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West Bengal Election 2022: Baranagar Assembly Seat

Yet to be declared
2017 Winner Tapas Roy All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal Election: Baranagar Assembly Constituency 2022

Baranagar is one of the 294 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Constituencies that comes under the North Twenty Four Parganas district. People of Baranagar voted for West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 on April 17 and the result was declared on May 2.

In 2016, the Baranagar assembly seat had 2,01,734 registered voters. Of the, 1,00,393 were male and 1,01,340 were female voters. 2.0% of votes were casted for NOTA.

What happened last time

In the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election 2016, Baranagar constituency had 5 candidates for assembly seat contention. Baranagar was one of 211 seats won by the Revolutionary Socialist Party. All India Trinamool Congress's Tapas Roy won the election by upstaging Revolutionary Socialist Party's Sukumar Ghosh by a margin of 16,100 votes.

The top two candidates split 89.7% of votes between them. All India Trinamool Congress's Tapas Roy got a total of 76,531 votes, while Revolutionary Socialist Party's Sukumar Ghosh secured 60,431 votes. Bharatiya Janta Party's candidate Sunil Dey secured 14,172 votes to finish at the third place. The top three parties got 50.1%, 39.6% and 9.3% respectively.

In West Bengal Assembly election 2011, All India Trinamool Congress's Tapas Roy outperformed Revolutionary Socialist Party's Sukumar Ghosh by 36,828 votes.

Baranagar West Bengal Assembly Elections 2017
Tapas Roy All India Trinamool Congress Winner
Sukumar Ghosh Revolutionary Socialist Party Runner Up
16,100 Winning margin
75.7% Percentage of votes polled
2,01,734 Number of voters
1,00,393 Number of male voters
1,01,340 Number of female voters

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