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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1977

Barwan

Winner — 1977

AMALENDRA ROY
RSP· Left Front
RSP 56.4%INC 20.2%2 others 23.4%
Votes
23,004
56.4% share
Winning margin
14,783
36.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
42.6%
of 95,755

Barwan is a safe seat — AMALENDRA ROY won by 36.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AMALENDRA ROY
Left Front
23,00456.4%
2
SUNIL MOHAN GHOSH MOULIK
INC
8,22120.2%
3
TAMIL KANTI DE
Janata
5,66613.9%
4
DHIRENDRA NATH SARKAR
IND
3,8749.5%

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.

Low turnout (282nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
36.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 56.4%INC 20.2%JNP 13.9%IND 9.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mango and its processed products🏺Murshidabad Silk Saree/Scarf
🏛️

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

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Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

🏛️MonumentASI

Mound known as Barkona Deul Mound

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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