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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 173 · 1951

Barabazar

Winner — 1951

ISWAR DAS JALAN
INC 71.5%FBL(MG) 16.2%8 others 12.3%
Votes
16,016
71.5% share
Winning margin
12,382
55.3% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
34.8%
of 64,398

Barabazar is a safe seat — ISWAR DAS JALAN won by 55.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ISWAR DAS JALAN
16,01671.5%
2
RASHBEHARI SARKAR
3,63416.2%
3
BABULAL SHROFF
RRP
1,1865.3%
4
JAGADISH NARAYAN TEWARY
KMPP
3671.6%
5
NAGAR MUL SHARMA
3641.6%
6
BALKRISHNA MAHATA
IND
2581.1%
7
SUDHINDRA NARAYAN BHOUMIK
IND
1850.8%
8
JITENDRA MOHAN ROY
IND
1750.8%
9
SHEORATAN LALL BINANI
IND
1110.5%
10
PARMALAL GUJNATI
IND
1040.5%

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 (218th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
55.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.6% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
218th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.57
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
153rd of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.57EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 71.5%FBL(MG) 16.2%RRP 5.3%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
48,50,029
Density
3306 / km²
Sex ratio
939 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,467 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 72.9%Muslim 26.2%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water32.0%
Electricity77.4%
Sanitation74.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.5%
Children fully vaccinated87.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)27.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate80.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Clean cooking fuel61.9%
Health insurance20.1%

What's nearby?

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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.

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