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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 45 · 1969

Kaliachak

Winner — 1969

SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD
INC· INC
INC 35.5%IND 25.8%4 others 38.6%
Votes
17,457
35.5% share
Winning margin
4,761
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
66.8%
of 73,557

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD
INC
17,45735.5%
2
PROMODE RANJAN BOSE
IND
12,69625.9%
3
NUHULL ISLAM
Left
7,81215.9%
4
MONI BHUSHAN SARKAR
NDF
7,07114.4%
5
BIBHUTI BHUSAN MISRA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,9228.0%
6
HAJI MOHAMED ABDUS SATTAR
Swatantra Party
1600.3%

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.

High turnout (59th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.4% · min 0.3% · max 33.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
59th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
67th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
287th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.5%IND 25.9%CPM 15.9%NDF 14.4%BJS 8.0%OTH 0.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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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