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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1969

Goalpokhar

Winner — 1969

MOHAMAD SALIMUDDIN
PSP· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
PSP 45.5%INC 22.7%5 others 31.8%
Votes
11,308
45.5% share
Winning margin
5,670
22.8% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
37.5%
of 66,276

Goalpokhar is a safe seat — MOHAMAD SALIMUDDIN won by 22.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMAD SALIMUDDIN
Praja Socialist Party
11,30845.5%
2
SAMSUDDIN AHMED
INC
5,63822.7%
3
SK . SHARAFAT HUSSAIN
NDF
4,36717.6%
4
MITRA SUNIL KUMAR
1,5486.2%
5
ISMAIL
Samyukta Socialist Party
1,3715.5%
6
SARKAR NISHI KANTA
PBI
3781.5%
7
MOFIZA
2260.9%

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.

Low turnout (239th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.9% · min 3.3% · max 39.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
239th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.99
fewer partiesmore parties
288th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
175th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 45.5%INC 22.7%NDF 17.6%HMS 6.2%SSP 5.5%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,46,823
Density
586 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,149 km²
SC population17.2%
ST population21.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.0%Buddhist 11.3%Christian 7.7%Muslim 5.7%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.1%
Electricity77.7%
Sanitation65.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.4%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.3%
Children underweight (under 5)31.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.2%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.2%
Clean cooking fuel68.8%
Health insurance26.3%

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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