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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1987

Beldanga

Winner — 1987

NURUL ISLAM CHOUDHURY
INC· INC
INC 41.1%RSP 32.3%4 others 26.6%
Votes
42,217
41.1% share
Winning margin
9,053
8.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
76.6%
of 1,34,171

A clear win with a 8.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NURUL ISLAM CHOUDHURY
INC
42,21741.1%
2
NOWSHAD ALI SHAIKH
Left Front
33,16432.3%
3
TIMIR BARAN BASHDURI
IND
23,07422.5%
4
PRAN KUMAR SAHA
BJP
2,4072.3%
5
MIA ABDUS SUKUR
MUL
1,5751.5%
6
A.B.MD.ALI JINNAH
IND
3180.3%

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.

Average turnout (61st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
61st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
199th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.1%RSP 32.3%IND 22.5%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

33 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf

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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