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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 77 · 2016
Karimpur
Winner — 2016
MAHUA MOITRA
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 45.2%CPM 37.3%7 others 17.5%
Votes
90,989
45.2% share
Winning margin
15,989
8.0% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
88.5%
of 2,27,166
A clear win with a 8.0% margin.
Seat history
1 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHUA MOITRA |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 90,989 | 45.2% |
| 2 | SAMARENDRANATH GHOSH | UPA | 75,000 | 37.3% |
| 3 | SUBHASIS BHATTACHARYYA(ANANDA) | BJP | 23,302 | 11.6% |
| 4 | MAHITOSH SARKAR | 4,554 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | SAHABUDDIN MANDAL | WPOI | 2,140 | 1.1% |
| 6 | JITENDRA NATH HALDER | 1,769 | 0.9% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,449 | 0.7% |
| 8 | AZAD RAHAMAN | 1,104 | 0.6% | |
| 9 | REJAUL SEKH | 799 | 0.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (92nd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean8.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.9% · max 27.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
92nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
44th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
259th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 45.2%CPM 37.3%BJP 11.6%OTH 5.2%NOTA 0.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
1/8
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.12 Cr
A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.