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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 151 · 1987

Dhakuria

Winner — 1987

JATIN CHAKROBORTY
RSP· Left Front
RSP 53.1%INC 42.8%5 others 4.1%
Votes
53,361
53.1% share
Winning margin
10,318
10.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
69.6%
of 1,44,385

A clear win with a 10.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JATIN CHAKROBORTY
Left Front
53,36153.1%
2
SHANKAR KANTI BHOWMIK
INC
43,04342.8%
3
ARIJIT MITRA
IND
1,9011.9%
4
BASUDEV CHATTERJEE
IND
9450.9%
5
SNEHAMOY CHAUDHURY
IND
5640.6%
6
HARIHAR SARKAR
IND
3640.4%
7
JATINDRA NATH BISWAS
IND
3200.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (147th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.9% · max 26.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
94%
lowerhigher
147th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
188th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 53.1%INC 42.8%OTH 4.1%

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?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · 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.

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