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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 49 · 2016

Manickchak

Winner — 2016

MD. MOTTAKIN ALAM
INC· Mahajot
INC 45.5%AITC 38.2%5 others 16.3%
Votes
78,472
45.5% share
Winning margin
12,603
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
78.8%
of 2,19,002

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history

0 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.15 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MD. MOTTAKIN ALAM
Mahajot
78,47245.5%
2
SABITRI MITRA
AITC
65,86938.2%
3
SIBENDU SEKHAR ROY
BJP
20,54911.9%
4
CHANCHALA KARMAKAR
2,2441.3%
5
MD. AMAL KHAN
2,1701.3%
NOTA
NOTA
1,9031.1%
7
ASHOK RABIDAS
IND
1,3440.8%

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

Average turnout (79th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.6% · min 1.0% · max 19.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
79th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
152nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
230th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.5%AITC 38.2%BJP 11.9%OTH 3.3%NOTA 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.15 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
39,88,845
Density
1069 / km²
Sex ratio
944 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,733 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population7.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
51%MUSLIM
Muslim 51.3%Hindu 48.0%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.5%
Electricity35.5%
Sanitation31.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.5%
Children underweight (under 5)35.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.6%
Women literate72.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Clean cooking fuel29.6%
Health insurance29.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products

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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