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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 250 · 1996
Barjora
Winner — 1996
SUSMITA BISWAS
CPM· Left Front
CPM 52.0%INC 41.3%4 others 6.7%
Votes
66,842
52.0% share
Winning margin
13,721
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
81.9%
of 1,57,135
A clear win with a 10.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSMITA BISWAS | Left Front | 66,842 | 52.0% |
| 2 | TAPASI BANERJEE | INC | 53,121 | 41.3% |
| 3 | PRIYA NATH KAR | BJP | 5,037 | 3.9% |
| 4 | LAKSHMAN DE | 2,403 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | KARTIK GHOSH | IND | 831 | 0.7% |
| 6 | SUNIL SARKAR | IND | 396 | 0.3% |
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 (161st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.6% · min 0.1% · max 43.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
161st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
192nd of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
95th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.0%INC 41.3%OTH 6.8%
Who 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?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️BaluchariGI🏷️Bengal DokraGI🏷️Terracotta CraftGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.