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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 67 · 1987
Barwan
Winner — 1987
AMALENDRA ROY
RSP· Left Front
RSP 58.3%INC 37.3%5 others 4.4%
Votes
51,966
58.3% share
Winning margin
18,734
21.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
67.9%
of 1,31,279
Barwan is a safe seat — AMALENDRA ROY won by 21.0%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMALENDRA ROY | Left Front | 51,966 | 58.3% |
| 2 | GADADHAR GHOSH | INC | 33,232 | 37.3% |
| 3 | SHASHTI CHARAN MAL | BJP | 1,489 | 1.7% |
| 4 | JITEN DAS | IND | 1,182 | 1.3% |
| 5 | KHONDAKAR GOLAN KABIR | 633 | 0.7% | |
| 6 | ABDUL MATIN SAIKH | IND | 507 | 0.6% |
| 7 | SUJIT KUMAR | IND | 78 | 0.1% |
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 (282nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean21.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.4% · max 36.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
282nd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.63
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.63EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 58.3%INC 37.3%OTH 4.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
71,03,807
Density
1334 / km²
Sex ratio
958 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,324 km²
SC population12.6%
ST population1.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%MUSLIM
Muslim 66.3%Hindu 33.2%Other 0.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.0%
Electricity34.6%
Sanitation39.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.0%
Children fully vaccinated90.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER77.6%
Women literate67.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER55.4%
Clean cooking fuel30.7%
Health insurance28.4%
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.