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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 58 · 2001

Murshidabad

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Winner — 2001

CHHAYA GHOSH
FBL· Left Front
FBL 46.9%IND 31.4%7 others 21.8%
Votes
69,572
46.9% share
Winning margin
22,994
15.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
79.6%
of 1,86,583

Murshidabad is a safe seat — CHHAYA GHOSH won by 15.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHAYA GHOSH
FBL
Left Front
69,57246.9%
2
MANNAN HOSSAIN
IND
46,57831.4%
3
MOZAMMEL HAQUE
PDS
15,74810.6%
4
SAGIR HOSSAIN
AITC
5,9154.0%
5
NIMAI MAJUMDER
BJP
BJP
4,4923.0%
6
SAJEM ALI
IND
2,6371.8%
7
BISWA HARI MONDAL
IND
1,3940.9%
8
MAJED HOSSAIN MANDAL
BSP
1,1350.8%
9
LALAN MONDAL
IND
1,0220.7%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
15.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 3.4% · max 46.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
44th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
228th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 46.9%IND 31.4%PDS 10.6%OTH 11.2%

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?

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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