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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 119 · 2021
Barasat
Winner — 2021
CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 46.3%BJP 35.7%8 others 18.0%
Votes
1,04,431
46.3% share
Winning margin
23,783
10.5% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
80.4%
of 2,80,799
A clear win with a 10.5% margin.
Seat history
2 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.25 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 1,04,431 | 46.3% |
| 2 | SANKAR CHATTERJEE | NDA | 80,648 | 35.7% |
| 3 | SANJIB CHATTOPADHYAY | 34,171 | 15.1% | |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,688 | 1.2% |
| 5 | SUNIL CHANDRA ROY | 940 | 0.4% | |
| 6 | TARUN DHAR | IND | 767 | 0.3% |
| 7 | MOHAN LAL ADHIKARI | AMB | 576 | 0.3% |
| 8 | AMIT KUMAR CHAKRABORTY | IND | 572 | 0.3% |
| 9 | SUDARSHAN DAS | JASP | 496 | 0.2% |
| 10 | KSHAMA DEBNATH (PANDA) | 418 | 0.2% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Average turnout (155th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 2.3% · max 28.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
155th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
113th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
179th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.3%BJP 35.7%AIFB 15.1%OTH 1.7%NOTA 1.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
2/9
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.25 Cr
A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.