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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 245 · 2016Reserved (SC)

Para

Winner — 2016

UMAPADA BAURI
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 47.6%CPM 39.8%7 others 12.6%
Votes
84,337
47.6% share
Winning margin
13,878
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
81.9%
of 2,16,322

A clear win with a 7.8% margin.

Seat history

1 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.02 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UMAPADA BAURI
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
84,33747.6%
2
DINANATH BAURI
UPA
70,45939.8%
3
NADIAR CHAND BOURI
BJP
11,0926.3%
NOTA
NOTA
3,6762.1%
5
GOBORDHAN BAGDI
2,3341.3%
6
MIHIR KUMAR SAHIS
2,2111.3%
7
ANANTA RAJAK
IND
1,5320.9%
8
PABITRA BAURI
8970.5%
9
UTTAM DAS
6650.4%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Low turnout (242nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.3% · min 0.4% · max 34.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
242nd of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.41
fewer partiesmore parties
126th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
24th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.41EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 47.6%CPM 39.8%BJP 6.3%OTH 4.3%NOTA 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.02 Cr

A 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?

4 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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