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Winner — 1983
GOURI BHATTACHAJEE
CPM· Left
CPM 49.3%IND 29.6%3 others 21.1%
Votes
8,160
49.3% share
Winning margin
3,256
19.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
82.2%
of 20,130
Barjala is a safe seat — GOURI BHATTACHAJEE won by 19.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOURI BHATTACHAJEE | Left | 8,160 | 49.3% |
| 2 | BASANA CHAKRABORTY | IND | 4,904 | 29.6% |
| 3 | BHOLANATH DEB | Congress (I) | 3,292 | 19.9% |
| 4 | CHITTA BIN | Janata | 163 | 1.0% |
| 5 | SANAKA PODDER | IND | 32 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (32nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.7% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
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32nd of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.4%
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2nd of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.3%IND 29.6%INC 19.9%OTH 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,25,739
Density
577 / km²
Sex ratio
962 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,993 km²
SC population19.6%
ST population25.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 8.8%Other 3.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water33.3%
Electricity78.0%
Sanitation90.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.3%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER67.3%
Women literate86.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.1%
Clean cooking fuel65.2%
Health insurance28.1%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.