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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 140 · 1951
Dum Dum
Winner — 1951
KANAI LAL DAS
INC 30.5%IND 20.1%9 others 49.4%
Votes
7,344
30.5% share
Winning margin
2,514
10.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
49.7%
of 48,408
A clear win with a 10.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
11 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KANAI LAL DAS | 7,344 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | LAKSHMI KANTA PRAMANICK | IND | 4,830 | 20.1% |
| 3 | SUDHANSU KUMAR MITRA | IND | 4,268 | 17.7% |
| 4 | AMAR MOZUMDAR | 3,375 | 14.0% | |
| 5 | BIDYUT KUMAR BASU | KMPP | 1,780 | 7.4% |
| 6 | TARUN SEN GUPTA | 926 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | SAROJ SEN | 576 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | BHUPENDRA NATH BOSE | IND | 499 | 2.1% |
| 9 | KAMTA NATH TEWARY | 224 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | DEBA BRATA MOJUMDAR | IND | 132 | 0.6% |
| 11 | BIRENDRA NATH CHAKRABORTY | IND | 120 | 0.5% |
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 (69th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean10.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
69th of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
247th of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
238 seats · 120 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.5%IND 20.1%IND 17.7%FBL(MG) 14.0%KMPP 7.4%OTH 10.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
12 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.