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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 140 · 1969

Dhakuria

Winner — 1969

SOMNATH LAHIRI
CPI· United Front (1969, West Bengal)
CPI 61.8%INC 38.2%
Votes
31,344
61.8% share
Winning margin
11,973
23.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
64.1%
of 79,090

Dhakuria is a safe seat — SOMNATH LAHIRI won by 23.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOMNATH LAHIRI
Left
31,34461.8%
2
DEBAPROSAD CHATTERJEE
INC
19,37138.2%

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
lean
23.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.6% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
69th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
247th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
280 seats · 141 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 61.8%INC 38.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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 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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