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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 159 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Baruipur

Winner — 1957

GANGADHAR NASKAR
CPI· Left
Also elected — same seat
KHAGENDRA KUMAR ROY CHOWDHURY
CPI· 34,294 votes
CPI 26.9%CPI 25.9%7 others 47.3%
Votes
35,628
26.9% share
Winning margin
14,268
10.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
42.6%
of 1,55,633

A clear win with a 10.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANGADHAR NASKAR
35,62826.9%
2
KHAGENDRA KUMAR ROY CHOWDHURY
34,29425.9%
3
BANKIM CHANDRA ROY
21,36016.1%
4
MANINDRA NATH BOSE
20,91815.8%
5
MD. FAIZUSH SHAHEED
IND
7,1565.4%
6
BASANTA KUMAR MAHATA
IND
4,7133.5%
7
GANAPATI PRASANNA BISWAS
IND
3,7292.8%
8
ANIL KUMAR BANERJEE
IND
2,4751.9%
9
BEJOY KUMAR CHATTERJI
IND
2,3381.8%

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 (286th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.4% · max 36.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
286th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
246th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
209th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
252 seats · 127 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 26.9%CPI 25.9%INC 16.1%INC 15.8%IND 5.4%OTH 10.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
44,96,694
Density
24306 / km²
Sex ratio
908 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
185 km²
SC population5.4%
ST population0.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.6%Other 2.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water88.1%
Electricity96.2%
Sanitation94.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)32.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate87.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.7%
Clean cooking fuel91.7%
Health insurance21.1%

What's nearby?

10 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kids wear/ Readymade Garments🏷️Leather goodsGI
Old Building of the Asiatic Society

Old Building of the Asiatic Society

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Building of the Asiatic Society

Old Building of the Asiatic Society

Old Building of the Asiatic Society

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Building of the Asiatic Society

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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