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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1991

Barwan

Winner — 1991

DEBABRATTA BANDAPADYAY
RSP· Left Front
RSP 50.0%INC 27.7%6 others 22.3%
Votes
52,144
50.0% share
Winning margin
23,202
22.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
70.8%
of 1,47,475

Barwan is a safe seat — DEBABRATTA BANDAPADYAY won by 22.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DEBABRATTA BANDAPADYAY
Left Front
52,14450.0%
2
SUDIP MOHAN GHOSH MOULIK
INC
28,94227.7%
3
SHYAMAL GUPTA
BJP
21,75820.8%
4
BABINDRANATH BISWAS
IND
8310.8%
5
SUJIT KUMAR GHOSH
IND
3680.3%
6
SUDHANGSHU SEKHAR BHATTACHARJEE
IND
1850.2%
7
NURUL ISLAM
IND
960.1%
8
CHOWDHURY ABU AHAMMED MOHAMMED HOQUEDED
IND
580.1%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.2%
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 50.0%INC 27.7%BJP 20.8%OTH 1.5%

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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