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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 138 · 1991
Dum Dum
Winner — 1991
SANKAR KUMAR SEN
CPM· Left Front
CPM 49.2%INC 30.0%3 others 20.7%
Votes
69,702
49.3% share
Winning margin
27,172
19.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.0%
of 1,91,370
Dum Dum is a safe seat — SANKAR KUMAR SEN won by 19.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANKAR KUMAR SEN | Left Front | 69,702 | 49.3% |
| 2 | RMESH BHATTACHARJEE | INC | 42,530 | 30.1% |
| 3 | KAMESHWAR TIWARY | BJP | 25,792 | 18.2% |
| 4 | NARESH CHOWDHURY | IND | 1,823 | 1.3% |
| 5 | BIJOY KUMAR MONDAL | 1,692 | 1.2% |
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.
High turnout (23rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
23rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.3%INC 30.1%BJP 18.2%OTH 2.5%
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?
24 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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