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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 104 · 1996

Baruipur

Winner — 1996

SOBHAN DEB CHATTOPADHYAY
INC· INC
INC 49.2%CPM 48.2%5 others 2.7%
Votes
75,314
49.2% share
Winning margin
1,526
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
83.5%
of 1,83,587

Baruipur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 1,526 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOBHAN DEB CHATTOPADHYAY
INC
75,31449.2%
2
SUJAN CHAKRABORTY
Left Front
73,78848.2%
3
HASI SINHA ROY
BJP
2,8511.9%
4
PRODYOT CHAKRABORTY
IND
4560.3%
5
KAZI ABDUL HALIM
IND
3730.2%
6
DEBASISH CHANDRA
IND
2500.2%
7
VISWA NASKAR
IND
1720.1%

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 (221st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.2% · min 0.0% · max 38.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
92%
lowerhigher
221st of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
161st of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
129th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.2%CPM 48.2%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture

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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