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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 31 · 2021

Chakulia

Winner — 2021

AZAD MINHAJUL ARFIN
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 49.8%BJP 30.3%5 others 20.0%
Votes
86,311
49.8% share
Winning margin
33,837
19.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
73.9%
of 2,34,514

Chakulia is a safe seat — AZAD MINHAJUL ARFIN won by 19.5%.

Seat history

1 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.29 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AZAD MINHAJUL ARFIN
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
86,31149.8%
2
SACHIN PRASAD
NDA
52,47430.3%
3
ALI IMRAN RAMZ
28,70416.6%
4
GOUTAM PAUL
2,7251.6%
NOTA
NOTA
1,1860.7%
6
MAZHAR IMAM
IND
1,0460.6%
7
KAMKSHYA SARKAR
9540.6%

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

Average turnout (224th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 0.9% · max 53.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
224th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
34th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
96th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 49.8%BJP 30.3%AIFB 16.6%OTH 2.7%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.29 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,07,134
Density
958 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,140 km²
SC population26.9%
ST population5.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%MUSLIM
Muslim 49.9%Hindu 49.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity33.3%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.9%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.4%
Women literate65.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel27.2%
Health insurance21.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jute diversified products🏺Tulai Panji Rice (Aromatic Rice)

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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