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West Bengal · PC 20 · 1999
Dum Dum
Winner — Lok Sabha 1999
Tapan Sikdar
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 51.6%CPM 40.3%7 others 8.1%
Votes
6,14,471
51.6% share
Winning margin
1,34,561
11.3% of votes
Total votes cast
11,91,114
Candidates
9
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapan Sikdar | NDA (NDA) | 6,14,471 | 51.6% |
| 2 | Anil Bhattacharya | Left Front | 4,79,910 | 40.3% |
| 3 | Ramesh Bhattacharjee | INC | 85,648 | 7.2% |
| 4 | Bimal Krishna Biswas | 4,848 | 0.4% | |
| 5 | Manas Chakraborty | IND | 1,862 | 0.2% |
| 6 | Suryya Ray | 1,658 | 0.1% | |
| 7 | Prabir Ghosal | IND | 956 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Ajit Nandi | IND | 945 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Saikat Nayak | IND | 816 | 0.1% |
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
lean11.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.2% · min 0.4% · max 32.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
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12th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
23rd of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
31st of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 51.6%CPM 40.3%INC 7.2%OTH 0.9%
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?
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