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West Bengal · PC 16 · 2024
Dum Dum
Winner — Lok Sabha 2024
SOUGATA RAY
All India Trinamool Congress· All India Trinamool Congress (INDIA)
AITC 41.9%BJP 36.3%13 others 21.8%
Votes
5,28,579
42.0% share
Winning margin
70,660
5.6% of votes
Total votes cast
12,60,841
Candidates
15
Seat history
4 of 15 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.34 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
15 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUGATA RAY |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress (INDIA) | 5,28,579 | 42.0% |
| 2 | SILBHADRA DATTA | NDA | 4,57,919 | 36.3% |
| 3 | SUJAN CHAKRABORTY | CPI(M) INDIA bloc | 2,40,784 | 19.1% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 11,334 | 0.9% |
| 5 | SHEKH IMANUR RAHMAN | IND | 6,411 | 0.5% |
| 6 | SWAMINATH KORI | 3,766 | 0.3% | |
| 7 | HIRAK SINHA | IND | 3,147 | 0.3% |
| 8 | BANAMALI PANDA | 1,739 | 0.1% | |
| 9 | DULU DEY | IND | 1,694 | 0.1% |
| 10 | MANIKA MUKHERJEE | BNARP | 1,237 | 0.1% |
| 11 | SANTANU MANDAL | DSPI | 885 | 0.1% |
| 12 | TRIDIB BHUNIA | IND | 772 | 0.1% |
| 13 | GOURI BISWAS | IND | 701 | 0.1% |
| 14 | SUBRATA BHOWMIK | MBMP | 604 | 0.1% |
| 15 | HARI PADA BISWAS | MPOI | 474 | 0.0% |
Low turnout (38th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean5.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.5% · min 0.4% · max 19.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
38th of 42How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 42How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
19th of 42How often does it back the winner?
SEAT
neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 42.0%BJP 36.3%CPI(M) 19.1%OTH 1.7%NOTA 0.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
4/14
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹0.34 Cr
A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,00,09,781
Density
2445 / km²
Sex ratio
955 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,094 km²
SC population21.7%
ST population2.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
73%HINDU
Hindu 73.5%Muslim 25.8%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.9%
Electricity70.4%
Sanitation87.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated92.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.4%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.3%
Women literate85.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.9%
Health insurance30.7%
What's nearby?
13 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.