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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 142 · 2016

Magrahat Paschim

Winner — 2016

GIAS UDDIN MOLLA
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 50.7%INC 41.5%9 others 7.8%
Votes
87,482
50.7% share
Winning margin
15,889
9.2% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
85.7%
of 2,01,242

A clear win with a 9.2% margin.

Seat history

2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.16 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GIAS UDDIN MOLLA
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
87,48250.7%
2
KHALID EBADULLAH
UPA
71,59341.5%
3
SUBHAS MONDAL
BJP
6,9284.0%
NOTA
NOTA
1,8701.1%
5
MD. RAIS UDDIN BAIDYA
WPOI
1,4270.8%
6
SABIR HOSSIAN MISTRI
IND
1,1840.7%
7
SAMBHU NATH KANJI
IND
9350.5%
8
ANURADHA PUTATUNDA
PDS
5280.3%
9
PANKAJ BAR
IND
2210.1%
10
ABDUL ROUF LASKAR
1840.1%
11
JAKIR HOSSEN SEKH
IND
1680.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (113th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 1.7% · max 54.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
113th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
93rd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
225th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 50.7%INC 41.5%OTH 6.7%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.16 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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