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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 82 · 1971
Barasat
Winner — 1971
SARAL DEB
FBL
FBL 34.4%CPM 31.8%4 others 33.8%
Votes
17,896
34.4% share
Winning margin
1,384
2.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.9%
of 96,404
A closely fought contest. SARAL DEB won with a 2.7% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARAL DEB |  FBL | 17,896 | 34.4% |
| 2 | SAILESH DAS GUPTA | Left | 16,512 | 31.8% |
| 3 | ABDUR BASHID MALICK | IND | 8,630 | 16.6% |
| 4 | KARUNA KANTA RAY | BAC | 4,203 | 8.1% |
| 5 | MOHAN LAL GHOSH | 4,197 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | SHAIK RAFIQUF ALI | IND | 546 | 1.1% |
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 (256th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.6% · min 0.0% · max 34.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
256th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
140th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
279 seats · 140 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
FBL 34.4%CPM 31.8%IND 16.6%BAC 8.1%NCO 8.1%OTH 1.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
51,67,600
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,927 km²
SC population29.9%
ST population2.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
72%HINDU
Hindu 72.2%Muslim 26.8%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.2%
Electricity50.6%
Sanitation77.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.1%
Children underweight (under 5)25.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER73.4%
Women literate76.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.9%
Clean cooking fuel34.2%
Health insurance23.0%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Clay Doll🏺Tangail, Jamdani Saree & Shantipore Saree
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.