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West Bengal · PC 17 · 2019
Barasat
Winner — Lok Sabha 2019
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 46.5%BJP 38.6%11 others 15.0%
Votes
6,48,444
46.5% share
Winning margin
1,10,169
7.9% of votes
Total votes cast
13,95,429
Candidates
13
Seat history
3 of 13 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.22 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 6,48,444 | 46.5% |
| 2 | Mrinal Kanti Debnath | NDA | 5,38,275 | 38.6% |
| 3 | Haripada Biswas | 1,24,068 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Subrata Dutta | 37,277 | 2.7% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 17,779 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Sukumar Bala | 9,748 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharjee | IND | 5,602 | 0.4% |
| 8 | Saurav Basu | RaJSP | 4,428 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Bani Chakraborty | NDA | 3,119 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Debasish Biswas | AMB | 2,349 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Tushar Ghosh | SUCI(C) | 1,756 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Oli Mahammad Mallick | CPIM | 1,307 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Dipankar Baidya | RJNP | 1,277 | 0.1% |
Average turnout (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.2% · max 41.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
23rd of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
11th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
10th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.5%BJP 38.6%AIFB 8.9%OTH 4.8%NOTA 1.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
3/12
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.22 Cr
A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
5 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture
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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.