Maldaha Uttar election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Khagen Murmu wins

NEW DELHI: Khagen Murmu of the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious, securing 5,27,023 votes, which is 77,708 more than the runner-up. Prasun Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress came in second place with 4,49,315 votes, falling short by 77,708 votes.
Alam Mostaque of the Indian National Congress secured the third position with 3,84,764 votes, trailing the winner by 1,42,259 votes.
The remaining candidates, including independents and representatives from various parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party, Ambedkarite Party of India, Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party, Kamatapur People's Party (United), Socialist Unity Centre of India (COMMUNIST), All India Secular Front, and Jan Sangh Party, received votes ranging from 8,683 to 596.
The NOTA (None of the Above) option received 7,288 votes, which is 519,735 less than the votes secured by the winning candidate, Khagen Murmu of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The constituency participated in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7, 2024, with a voter turnout of 76.03 per cent. As one of the 42 parliamentary seats of West Bengal, Maldaha Uttar is categorized under the General category and covers a portion of the Maldaha district. The literacy rate within this constituency stands at 52.31 per cent, and it comprises seven legislative assembly segments.
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The major candidates this year are Khagen Murmu from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prasun Banerjee from the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), and Mostaque Alam from the Indian National Congress (INC).
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the constituency saw a voter turnout of 80.28 per cent. Khagen Murmu from the BJP won with 5,09,524 votes, followed by Mausam Noor from AITC, who received 4,25,236 votes.
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In the 2014 elections, Mausam Noor from AITC won the seat with 3,88,609 votes, followed by Khagen Murmu from CPI, who garnered 3,22,904 votes.
Based on the 2011 Census, in the Maldaha Uttar parliamentary constituency, approximately 23.8 per cent of the electorate are Scheduled Caste (SC) voters, while around 10.3 per cent are Scheduled Tribe (ST) voters. Muslim voters constitute about 45 per cent of the electorate. The constituency is primarily rural, with rural voters accounting for about 93.7 per cent, while urban voters make up about 6.3 per cent. In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the total number of voters was 1,683,797, and 1,713 polling booths were available.
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