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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 208 · 1969

Garhbeta West

Winner — 1969

ROY SOROJ
CPI· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPI 57.8%INC 33.4%3 others 8.8%
Votes
30,521
57.9% share
Winning margin
12,912
24.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
72.6%
of 72,717

Garhbeta West is a safe seat — ROY SOROJ won by 24.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ROY SOROJ
Left
30,52157.9%
2
SINHA ROY PANCHANAN
INC
17,60933.4%
3
TEWARY RAMENDRA NATH
IND
2,0924.0%
4
JAGANNATH MURMU
IND
1,6293.1%
5
BINODE BEHARI PATRA
9091.7%

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 (154th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.3% · max 24.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
154th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
157th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
285th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 57.9%INC 33.4%OTH 8.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
50,95,875
Density
1081 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,713 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.2%Muslim 14.6%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.3%
Electricity48.3%
Sanitation85.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.5%
Children fully vaccinated88.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.8%
Children underweight (under 5)30.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER70.4%
Women literate77.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER57.6%
Clean cooking fuel17.0%
Health insurance21.5%

What's nearby?

1 location
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