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Delhi · Assembly Constituency 7 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

Reading Road

Winner — 1951

PRAFULLA RANJAN CHAKARVARTI
Also elected — same seat
AMIN CHAND
INC 60.3%BJS 32.8%5 others 7.0%
Votes
10,107
60.3% share
Winning margin
4,615
27.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
58.8%
of 28,506

Reading Road is a safe seat — PRAFULLA RANJAN CHAKARVARTI won by 27.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA RANJAN CHAKARVARTI
10,10760.3%
2
BHAGWAN DAS
5,49232.8%
3
KANWAR NARAIN
IND
4132.5%
4
SHAKUNTLA
IND
3332.0%
5
D C KULKARNI
IND
2561.5%
6
MAYA DASS
1681.0%
7
AMIN CHAND
00.0%

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 (43rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 5.8% · max 31.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
43rd of 70

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 70

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
30th of 70

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
48 seats · 25 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.3%BJS 32.8%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
36,56,539
Density
8254 / km²
Sex ratio
865 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
443 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.8%Muslim 8.0%Other 4.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.2%
Electricity98.7%
Sanitation84.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births89.7%
Children fully vaccinated66.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.2%
Women literate80.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.0%
Clean cooking fuel98.1%
Health insurance18.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Stainless Steel Utensils/ Kitchen Ware

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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