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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 132 · 1969

Bara Bazar

Winner — 1969

SARAOGI RAM KRISHNA
INC· INC
INC 55.5%BJS 25.1%6 others 19.4%
Votes
26,018
55.5% share
Winning margin
14,232
30.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
50.3%
of 93,277

Bara Bazar is a safe seat — SARAOGI RAM KRISHNA won by 30.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SARAOGI RAM KRISHNA
INC
26,01855.5%
2
LAKHOTIA RAMNIWAS
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
11,78625.1%
3
DHANDHANIA BIJOY KRISHNA
Samyukta Socialist Party
7,93916.9%
4
PANDEY RABISHANKER
IND
4360.9%
5
V.B. RAGHAVJI KUNDALIA
IND
3560.8%
6
YEAKUB ALI THANDER
IND
1660.3%
7
KANHAIA LAL PATHAK
Praja Socialist Party
1210.3%
8
CHOPDAR NAGIR
IND
650.1%

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.

Average turnout (140th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
30.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 3.0% · max 55.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
140th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
252nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
294th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 55.5%BJS 25.1%SSP 16.9%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%

What's nearby?

37 locations
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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.

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