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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| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRAFULLA RANJAN CHAKARVARTI | 10,107 | 60.3% | |
| 2 | BHAGWAN DAS | 5,492 | 32.8% | |
| 3 | KANWAR NARAIN | IND | 413 | 2.5% |
| 4 | SHAKUNTLA | IND | 333 | 2.0% |
| 5 | D C KULKARNI | IND | 256 | 1.5% |
| 6 | MAYA DASS | 168 | 1.0% | |
| 7 | AMIN CHAND | 0 | 0.0% |
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
safe27.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.1% · min 5.8% · max 31.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
43rd of 70How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 70How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
30th of 70Where 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 COMPUTEDA 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.