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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 258 · 1988 by-elections
Barabani
Winner — 1988 by-elections
M.UPADHYAY
INC 47.6%CPM 46.9%3 others 5.4%
Votes
45,424
47.6% share
Winning margin
653
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Barabani was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 653 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.UPADHYAY | 45,424 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | S.R.DAS | 44,771 | 0.0% | |
| 3 | B.TUDU | IND | 2,569 | 0.0% |
| 4 | S.NARAYAN | 1,389 | 0.0% | |
| 5 | S.DAS | IND | 1,232 | 0.0% |
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 (149th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 2.2% · max 36.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
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149th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
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158th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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82nd of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,96,674
Density
523 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,882 km²
SC population32.6%
ST population10.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.3%Muslim 8.1%Other 7.3%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.0%
Electricity44.2%
Sanitation20.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.3%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Children underweight (under 5)38.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.0%
Women literate68.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.7%
Clean cooking fuel20.8%
Health insurance43.4%
What's nearby?
5 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.