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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 77 · 2016

Karimpur

Winner — 2016

MAHUA MOITRA
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 45.2%CPM 37.3%7 others 17.5%
Votes
90,989
45.2% share
Winning margin
15,989
8.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
88.5%
of 2,27,166

A clear win with a 8.0% margin.

Seat history

1 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAHUA MOITRA
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
90,98945.2%
2
SAMARENDRANATH GHOSH
UPA
75,00037.3%
3
SUBHASIS BHATTACHARYYA(ANANDA)
BJP
23,30211.6%
4
MAHITOSH SARKAR
4,5542.3%
5
SAHABUDDIN MANDAL
WPOI
2,1401.1%
6
JITENDRA NATH HALDER
1,7690.9%
NOTA
NOTA
1,4490.7%
8
AZAD RAHAMAN
1,1040.6%
9
REJAUL SEKH
7990.4%

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

Average turnout (92nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.9% · max 27.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
92nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
259th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 45.2%CPM 37.3%BJP 11.6%OTH 5.2%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.12 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree

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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