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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 132 · 1967

Barabazar

Winner — 1967

I.D.JALAN
INC· INC
INC 54.5%BJS 37.0%5 others 8.5%
Votes
28,166
54.5% share
Winning margin
9,044
17.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
56.0%
of 92,226

Barabazar is a safe seat — I.D.JALAN won by 17.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
I.D.JALAN
INC
28,16654.5%
2
B.P.KEDIA
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
19,12237.0%
3
R.S.PANDEY
Samyukta Socialist Party
2,5524.9%
4
L.SHAWARMAL
IND
9361.8%
5
B.R.KISAN
IND
5501.1%
6
G.RATHI
IND
1800.3%
7
R.P.SHUKLA
IND
1780.3%

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 (140th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
17.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 3.0% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
140th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
252nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
294th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.5%BJS 37.0%OTH 8.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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 locations
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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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