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West Bengal · PC 20 · 1991

Dum Dum

Winner — Lok Sabha 1991

NIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE
CPM· Janata Dal
CPM 46.1%INC 35.3%6 others 18.6%
Votes
4,46,564
46.1% share
Winning margin
1,04,865
10.8% of votes
Total votes cast
9,68,968
Candidates
8
Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE
Janata Dal
4,46,56446.1%
2
LAL BAHADUR SINGH
INC
3,41,69935.3%
3
MONOHAR (AICH BISWASRI)
BJP
1,63,07016.8%
4
JAI HIND RAM
6,1210.6%
5
TILAK GANGULY
JP
4,8570.5%
6
UDAY SANKAR GHOSH
3,4270.3%
7
RAMJI SHARMA
2,0440.2%
8
PRADIP CHAKROBORTY
IND
1,1860.1%

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 (12th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.4% · max 32.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
12th of 42

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 42

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
31st of 42

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 46.1%INC 35.3%BJP 16.8%OTH 1.8%

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?

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