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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 240 · 1987Reserved (SC)
Para
Winner — 1987
GOBINDA BAURI
CPM· Left Front
CPM 58.7%INC 33.1%3 others 8.2%
Votes
49,566
58.7% share
Winning margin
21,599
25.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.8%
of 1,21,067
Para is a safe seat — GOBINDA BAURI won by 25.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOBINDA BAURI | Left Front | 49,566 | 58.7% |
| 2 | KASHINATH BAURI | INC | 27,967 | 33.1% |
| 3 | BIBHISHON BAURI | SUC | 4,551 | 5.4% |
| 4 | SATYANARAYAN RAJWAR | IND | 2,139 | 2.5% |
| 5 | SAHADEB BOURI | IND | 245 | 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 (231st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe25.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 3.4% · max 42.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
92%
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231st of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
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54th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 58.7%INC 33.1%SUC 5.4%OTH 2.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
29,30,115
Density
468 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,259 km²
SC population19.4%
ST population18.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.0%Other 10.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.2%
Electricity33.4%
Sanitation11.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.8%
Children fully vaccinated84.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.9%
Children underweight (under 5)46.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER76.7%
Women literate61.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.2%
Health insurance35.6%
What's nearby?
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