Dum Dum
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesKhardaha
Dum Dum Uttar
Panihati
Kamarhati
Baranagar
Dum Dum
Rajarhat Gopalpur
Established1977
Total electors1,405,981[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2019

Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Dum Dum in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 16 Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 16 Dum Dum is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
109 Khardaha None North 24 Parganas TMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
110 Dum Dum Uttar None North 24 Parganas TMC Chandrima Bhattacharya
111 Panihati None North 24 Parganas TMC Nirmal Ghosh
112 Kamarhati None North 24 Parganas TMC Madan Mitra
113 Baranagar None North 24 Parganas TMC Tapas Roy
114 Dum Dum None North 24 Parganas TMC Bratya Basu
117 Rajarhat Gopalpur None North 24 Parganas TMC Aditi Munshi

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party
Sixth1977-80Dum DumAshok Krishna Dutt Janata Party[3]
Seventh1980-84Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India[4]
Eighth1984-89Asutosh Laha Indian National Congress[5]
Ninth1989-91Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India [6][7][8]
Tenth1991-96
Eleventh1996-98
Twelfth1998-99Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party[9][10]
Thirteenth1999-04
Fourteenth2004-09Amitava Nandy Communist Party of India[11]
Fifteenth2009-14Saugata Roy Trinamool Congress[12][13]
Sixteenth2014-19
Seventeen 2019-Incumbent

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dum Dum[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sougata Roy 512,062 42.51 -0.16
BJP Samik Bhattacharya 4,59,063 38.11 +15.61
CPI(M) Nepaldev Bhattacharjee 1,67,590 13.91 -15.08
INC Saurav Saha 29,097 2.42 -0.59
SHS Indranil Banerjee 4007 0.42 +2.59
NOTA None of the above 14,491 1.20
Majority 53,002 4.40 -9.28
Turnout 12,04,695 76.92 -3.64
AITC hold Swing -7.73

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dum Dum[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sougata Roy 4,83,244 42.67 -4.37
CPI(M) Asim Dasgupta 3,28,310 28.99 -15.95
BJP Tapan Sikdar 2,54,819 22.50 +16.79
INC Dhananjoy Moitra 34,116 3.01 +3.01
None of the Above None of the Above 16,837 1.49 ---
Majority 1,54,934 13.68 -11.58
Turnout 11,32,644 80.56 +0.07
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dum Dum[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sougata Roy 4,58,988 47.04
CPI(M) Amitava Nandy 4,38,510 44.94
BJP Tapan Sikdar 55,679 5.70
BSP Dulal Chandra Das 9,065 0.92
Independent Sunil Pal 8,177 0.83
Majority 20,478 2.09
Turnout 9,75,684 80.49
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 6.14

General election 2004

General Election, 2004:Dum Dum[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Amitava Nandy 619,325 49.70 +9.41
BJP Tapan Sikdar 521,073 41.90 -9.69
INC Tapas Majumder 76,854 6.20 -0.99
Independent Subhankar Nag 10,352 0.80
BSP Goutam Das 9,882 0.80
SP Krishnendu Goswami 4,358 0.40
Independent Ahindra Basu 4,358 0.30
Independent Binoy Adhikary 4,358 0.20
Majority 98,252 7.90
Turnout 12,45,065 80.7
CPI(M) gain from BJP Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999:Dum Dum[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tapan Sikdar 614,471 51.59
CPI(M) Anil Bhattacharya 479,910 40.29
INC Ramesh Bhattacharjee 85,648 7.19
BSP Bimal Krishna Biswas 4,848 0.41
Independent Manas Chakraborty 1,862 0.16
NCP Suryya Ray 1,658 0.14
Independent Prabir Ghoshal 956 0.08
Independent Ajit Nandi 945 0.08
Independent Saikat Nayak 816 0.07
Majority 134,561 11.1
Turnout 12,09,926 75.7%
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998:Dum Dum[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tapan Sikdar 631,383 50.70
CPI(M) Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee 493,978 39.70
INC Pradyut Guha 111,078 8.90
BSP Jaihind Ram 3,524 0.30
Independent Aloke Das 2,951 0.20
Independent Gobinda Dey 1,164 0.10
RPI Milonkanti Choudhuri 763 0.10
Independent Prabir Ghoshal 355 0.00
Independent Tarun Srivastava 285 0.00
Majority 137,405 10.9
Turnout 12,62,384 80.9
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996:Dum Dum[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee 580,455 47.40
INC Asutosh Laha 522,164 42.70
BJP Dibakar Kundu 107,501 8.80
BSP Surendra Nath Biswas 6,457 0.05
Independent Ashoke Deb Chowdhury 4,858 0.40
Independent Milon Kanti Choudhari 2,218 0.20
Independent Jhoton Roy 763 0.10
Independent Prabir Ghoshal 355 0.00
Independent Tarun Srivastava 285 0.00
Majority 58,291 4.7
Turnout 12,52,429 81.1
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991:Dum Dum[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee 446,564 46.10
INC Lal Bahadur Singh 341,699 35.03
BJP Manohar Aich 163,070 16.80
BSP Jai Hind Ram 6,121 0.60
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Tilak Ganguly 4,857 0.50
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh Uday Shankar Ghosh 3,427 0.30
Doordarshi Party Ramji Sharma 2,044 0.20
Independent Pradip Chakraborty 1,186 0.10
Majority 104,865 10.6
Turnout 9,89,892 74.8
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989:Dum Dum[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee 556,139 55.20
INC Ashutosh Laha 439,135 43.60
BJP Chitta Ranjan Biswas 10,766 16.80
Doordarshi Party Shikari Dhobey 2,383 0.20
Majority 117,004 11.4
Turnout 10,27,270 79.2
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

General election 1984

General Election, 1984:Dum Dum[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ashutosh Laha 381,984 49.00
CPI(M) Niren Ghosh 379,281 48.70
Majority 2,703 0.3
Turnout 7,78,814 77.4
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1980

General Election, 1980:Dum Dum[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Niren Ghosh 368,214 61.07
INC(I) Barid Baran Das 202,542 33.59
JP Kalyan Brata Roy 19,400 3.22
INC(U) Salil BIswas 4,692 0.78 0.78
RPI Ramprit Gond 3,081 0.51
Independent Aniruddha Bera 1,890 0.31
Independent Sahabir Prasad Shaw 1404 0.23
Independent Swapan Dutta 767 0.15
Independent Karuna Nidhan Roy 927 0.13
Majority 1,65,672 15.1
Turnout 6,02,917 68.30
Swing to CPI(M) from BLD Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Dum Dum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLD Asoke Krishna Dutt 215,766 51.13
CPI Indrajit Gupta 193,986 45.97
Independent Baidyanath Ghosh 12,254 2.90%
Margin of victory 21,780
Turnout 4,22,006 54.00
BLD win (new seat)

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1977 Asoke Krishna Dutt Bharatiya Lok Dal Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India[3]
1980 Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Barid Baran Das Indian National Congress (I)[4]
1984 Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1989 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress[6]
1991 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lal Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress[7]
1996 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress[8]
1998 Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1999 Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party Anil Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2004 Amitava Nandy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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