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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 143 · 2016
Diamond Harbour
Winner — 2016
DIPAK KUMAR HALDER
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 48.6%CPM 41.0%9 others 10.4%
Votes
96,833
48.6% share
Winning margin
15,037
7.5% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
88.1%
of 2,26,308
A clear win with a 7.5% margin.
Seat history
2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.22 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIPAK KUMAR HALDER |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 96,833 | 48.6% |
| 2 | DR. ABUL HASNAT | UPA | 81,796 | 41.0% |
| 3 | BALARAM HALDER | BJP | 14,614 | 7.3% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,109 | 1.1% |
| 5 | SWAPAN MONDAL | IND | 1,539 | 0.8% |
| 6 | ROKEYA BIBI | 553 | 0.3% | |
| 7 | SUJIT SARDAR | IND | 406 | 0.2% |
| 8 | ARUN KUMAR PURKAIT | IND | 406 | 0.2% |
| 9 | UTTAM MANNA | IND | 399 | 0.2% |
| 10 | MONIRUL ISLAM | 378 | 0.2% | |
| 11 | KURBAN SK. | IUC | 313 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (105th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean7.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.1% · max 27.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
105th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
122nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
208th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 48.6%CPM 41.0%BJP 7.3%OTH 2.0%NOTA 1.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/10
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.22 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
17 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.