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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 50 · 1982

Farakka

Winner — 1982

ABUL HASNAT KHAN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 44.5%IND 24.6%2 others 30.9%
Votes
29,702
44.5% share
Winning margin
13,268
19.9% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
76.0%
of 87,819

Farakka is a safe seat — ABUL HASNAT KHAN won by 19.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABUL HASNAT KHAN
Left Front
29,70244.5%
2
JERAT ALI
IND
16,43424.6%
3
MD. ISRAIL
IND
10,35215.5%
4
SASTI CHARAN GHOSH
10,28715.4%

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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.2% · max 43.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
82nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
167th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
67th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 44.5%IND 24.6%IND 15.5%BJP 15.4%

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?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Makhana🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Silk and Silk products
Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

Tower of Nimasarai

🏛️MonumentASI

Tower of Nimasarai

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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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