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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 120 · 1969

Bhatpara

Winner — 1969

SITARAM GUPTA
CPM· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPM 49.8%INC 46.5%3 others 3.7%
Votes
33,554
49.8% share
Winning margin
2,236
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
66.0%
of 1,02,094

A closely fought contest. SITARAM GUPTA won with a 3.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SITARAM GUPTA
Left
33,55449.8%
2
DAYARAM BERI
INC
31,31846.5%
3
OM PRAKASH GUPTA
1,4472.1%
4
SIW NATH RABIDAS
7191.1%
5
DINABANDHU GHOSH
NDF
3430.5%

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.

High turnout (8th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 0.1% · max 39.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
8th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
68th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.8%INC 46.5%OTH 3.7%

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
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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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