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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 128 · 1969
Cossipur
Winner — 1969
BASU VISHNUGOPAL
CPM· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPM 49.8%INC 49.4%1 others 0.8%
Votes
25,304
49.8% share
Winning margin
195
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
59.9%
of 84,806
Cossipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 195 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASU VISHNUGOPAL | Left | 25,304 | 49.8% |
| 2 | SUSHIL KUMAR PAUL | INC | 25,109 | 49.4% |
| 3 | PANDEY RAMSANKUR | IND | 402 | 0.8% |
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 (26th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.0% · min 0.4% · max 58.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
26th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
200th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.8%INC 49.4%OTH 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
18 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.