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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1977
Cooch Behar North
Winner — 1977
APARAJITA GOPPI
FBL
FBL 63.1%INC 16.5%5 others 20.4%
Votes
32,792
63.1% share
Winning margin
24,200
46.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
57.9%
of 89,775
Cooch Behar North is a safe seat — APARAJITA GOPPI won by 46.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APARAJITA GOPPI |  FBL | 32,792 | 63.1% |
| 2 | BIMAL CHANDRA DHAR | INC | 8,592 | 16.5% |
| 3 | ARUN KUMAR BHATTACHARJYA | Janata | 5,419 | 10.4% |
| 4 | SHYAMAL KUMAR CHOUDHURY | IND | 3,008 | 5.8% |
| 5 | DEBI PROSAD NEOGI | Left Front | 1,685 | 3.2% |
| 6 | HARIDAS GUHA | IND | 417 | 0.8% |
| 7 | SAMAR DE | IND | 78 | 0.1% |
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 (54th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean46.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.5% · max 46.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
54th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
227th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
97th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 63.1%INC 16.5%JNP 10.4%IND 5.8%OTH 4.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%
What's nearby?
4 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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