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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1971
Naihati
Winner — 1971
GOPAL BASU
CPM· Left
CPM 54.4%IND 38.2%5 others 7.4%
Votes
37,153
54.4% share
Winning margin
11,060
16.2% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
65.0%
of 1,05,175
Naihati is a safe seat — GOPAL BASU won by 16.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOPAL BASU | Left | 37,153 | 54.4% |
| 2 | TARAPADA MUKHOBADHYAY | IND | 26,093 | 38.2% |
| 3 | GOLOKESH BHATTARCHARJEE | 2,542 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | RANJIT KUMAR DFY | Grand Alliance | 858 | 1.3% |
| 5 | DINESH CHANDRA DAS | BAC | 691 | 1.0% |
| 6 | GOUR SUNDER BASU | IND | 553 | 0.8% |
| 7 | RANJIT KUMAR BATTACHARJEE | IND | 418 | 0.6% |
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
lean16.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.3% · max 28.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
155th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
179th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 54.4%IND 38.2%OTH 7.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.