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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 289 · 1977
Mahammad Bazar
Winner — 1977
DHIRENDRA NATH SEN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 50.1%INC 30.6%6 others 19.2%
Votes
21,073
50.1% share
Winning margin
8,188
19.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
52.5%
of 80,137
Mahammad Bazar is a safe seat — DHIRENDRA NATH SEN won by 19.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHIRENDRA NATH SEN | Left Front | 21,073 | 50.1% |
| 2 | NITAI PADA GHOSH | INC | 12,885 | 30.6% |
| 3 | NIL RATAN GHOSH | Janata | 4,975 | 11.8% |
| 4 | ALOK KUMAR SADHU | IND | 1,383 | 3.3% |
| 5 | JITEN MANDAL | IND | 636 | 1.5% |
| 6 | AMAR BANERJEE | IND | 466 | 1.1% |
| 7 | NITYARANJAN BANDHOPADHYAY | IND | 466 | 1.1% |
| 8 | AJOY KUMAR NANDAN | IND | 166 | 0.4% |
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 (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 2.6% · max 32.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
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63rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.39
fewer partiesmore parties
138th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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180th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.39EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.1%INC 30.6%JNP 11.8%OTH 7.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,02,404
Density
771 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,545 km²
SC population29.5%
ST population6.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
62%HINDU
Hindu 62.3%Muslim 37.1%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.9%
Electricity41.1%
Sanitation24.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.3%
Children fully vaccinated81.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)41.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.7%
Women literate70.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance37.7%
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.