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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 114 · 2016

Dum Dum

Winner — 2016

BRATYA BASU
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 46.7%CPM 41.4%4 others 11.9%
Votes
81,579
46.7% share
Winning margin
9,316
5.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
79.1%
of 2,20,783

A clear win with a 5.3% margin.

Seat history

0 of 5 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹1.05 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRATYA BASU
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
81,57946.7%
2
PALASH DAS
UPA
72,26341.4%
3
UMA SINGHA
BJP
14,5508.3%
NOTA
NOTA
3,5062.0%
5
SUBRATA KUMAR MAJUMDER
1,7051.0%
6
SUBRATA SEN
IND
9590.6%

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

Low turnout (247th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.7% · max 48.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
247th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
96th of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
135th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 46.7%CPM 41.4%BJP 8.3%OTH 1.5%NOTA 2.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/5

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹1.05 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?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jewellery Box🏺Jute diversified products🏺Steel Furniture
Clive’s House

Clive’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Clive’s House

Clive’s House

Clive’s House

🏛️MonumentASI

Clive’s House

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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