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West Bengal · PC 13 · 1999
Barasat
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja
AITC· NDA (NDA)
AITC 50.3%FBL 40.9%7 others 8.8%
Votes
5,18,520
50.3% share
Winning margin
96,900
9.4% of votes
Total votes cast
10,31,285
Candidates
9
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja |  AITCNDA (NDA) | 5,18,520 | 50.3% |
| 2 | Saral Deb |  FBL | 4,21,620 | 40.9% |
| 3 | Ghosal Debi | INC | 76,751 | 7.4% |
| 4 | Manoj Howlader | 8,874 | 0.9% | |
| 5 | Sankar Ghosh | IND | 2,878 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Panchu Gopal Munda | AMB | 1,236 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Mostafijur Rahaman | IND | 650 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Jagat Narayan Srivastava | IND | 581 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Shyamal Chandra Das | IND | 175 | 0.0% |
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 (14th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean9.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 1.0% · max 41.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
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14th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
29th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 50.3%FBL 40.9%INC 7.4%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
26 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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