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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 132 · 1971

Bara Bazar

Winner — 1971

RAMKRISHNA SARAOGI
INC· Congress (R)
INC 55.6%BJS 28.3%4 others 16.1%
Votes
23,047
55.6% share
Winning margin
11,330
27.4% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
41.9%
of 98,800

Bara Bazar is a safe seat — RAMKRISHNA SARAOGI won by 27.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAMKRISHNA SARAOGI
Congress (R)
23,04755.6%
2
DURGA PRASAD NATHANY
Grand Alliance
11,71728.3%
3
AJODHYA SINGH
Left
6,23115.0%
4
BASANTA SINGH
RSM
1880.5%
5
SINGH JAGDISH
Grand Alliance
1300.3%
6
LALIT KUMAR SARMA
IND
1140.3%

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 (140th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 3.0% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
140th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
252nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
294th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.6%BJS 28.3%CPM 15.0%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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?

37 locations
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