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Winner — 1962

SYED MAQBOOL AHMED
INC· INC
INC 46.6%CPI 28.8%4 others 24.6%
Votes
17,113
46.6% share
Winning margin
6,547
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
47.1%
of 77,871

Colgong is a safe seat — SYED MAQBOOL AHMED won by 17.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SYED MAQBOOL AHMED
INC
17,11346.6%
2
NAGESHWAR SINGH
Left
10,56628.8%
3
NARENDRA PRASAD SAH
Swatantra Party
3,96010.8%
4
SURYA KANT MANDAR
Praja Socialist Party
2,7997.6%
5
ABDUL RAHMAN
IND
1,1313.1%
6
UMANATH MUKHERJEE
1,1193.0%

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

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (157th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 3.9% · max 35.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
157th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
156th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
94th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.6%CPI 28.8%SWA 10.8%PSP 7.6%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,37,766
Density
1182 / km²
Sex ratio
880 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,569 km²
SC population10.5%
ST population2.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 81.9%Muslim 17.7%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.2%
Electricity31.0%
Sanitation33.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births77.2%
Children fully vaccinated66.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Children underweight (under 5)40.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.0%
Women literate65.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.4%
Clean cooking fuel49.2%
Health insurance16.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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