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West Bengal · PC 19 · 2004
Barrackpore
Winner — Lok Sabha 2004
Tarit Baran Topdar
CPM· Left Front
CPM 55.8%AITC 35.0%10 others 9.2%
Votes
4,43,048
55.8% share
Winning margin
1,65,071
20.8% of votes
Total votes cast
7,94,426
Candidates
12
Seat history
2 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.09 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
12 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Left Front | 4,43,048 | 55.8% |
| 2 | Arjun Singh |  AITC | 2,77,977 | 35.0% |
| 3 | Debi Ghosal | UPA | 43,750 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Subrata Biswas | IND | 9,072 | 1.1% |
| 5 | Chapala Majumder | 6,473 | 0.8% | |
| 6 | Tarkeshwar Singh | IND | 3,920 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Amal Kumar Sen | IND | 3,071 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Dinesh Kumar Sharma | IND | 1,927 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Arjun Prasad Singh | IND | 1,875 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Tapan Sinha | IND | 1,466 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Arjun Bag | IND | 947 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Ganesh Das | IND | 900 | 0.1% |
Average turnout (24th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe20.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.7% · min 3.4% · max 33.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
24th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
28th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 55.8%AITC 35.0%INC 5.5%OTH 3.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/12
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.09 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?
37 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.