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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1969

Naihati

Winner — 1969

GOPAL BASU
CPM· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPM 55.6%INC 43.1%2 others 1.2%
Votes
37,481
55.6% share
Winning margin
8,408
12.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
74.3%
of 90,673

A clear win with a 12.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPAL BASU
Left
37,48155.6%
2
GOLOKESH BHATTACHARJEE
INC
29,07343.1%
3
ASHUTOSH BISWAS
4580.7%
4
R.K. BHATTACHARYA
PBI
3660.5%

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 (155th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.3% · max 28.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
155th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
179th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 55.6%INC 43.1%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture
Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

Warren Hasting’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Warren Hasting’s House

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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