Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

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:^[1]

Khardaha (assembly constituency no. 109)
Dum Dum Uttar (assembly constituency no. 110)
Panihati (assembly constituency no. 111)
Kamarhati (assembly constituency no. 112)
Baranagar (assembly constituency no. 113)
Dum Dum (assembly constituency no. 114)
Rajarhat Gopalpur (assembly constituency no. 117)

In 2004 Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]Rajarhat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 91), Khardaha (assembly constituency no. 134), Panihati (assembly constituency no. 135), Kamarhati (assembly constituency no. 136), Baranagar (assembly constituency no. 137), Dum Dum (assembly constituency no. 138), Belgachia East (assembly constituency no. 139)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	Dum Dum	Ashok Krishna Dutt	Bharatiya Lok Dal^[3]
Seventh	1980-84		Niren Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[4]
Eighth	1984-89		Asutosh Laha	Indian National Congress^[5]
Ninth	1989-91		Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) ^[6]
Tenth	1991-96		Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[7]
Eleventh	1996-98		Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
Twelfth	1998-99		Tapan Sikdar	Bharatiya Janata Party^[9]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Tapan Sikdar	Bharatiya Janata Party^[10]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Amitava Nandy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[11]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Saugata Roy	Trinamool Congress ^[12]
Sixteenth	2014-incumbent		Saugata Roy	Trinamool Congress^[13]

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Dum Dum^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Trinamool Congress	Saugata Roy	483,244	42.67	-4.37
	CPI(M)	Asim Dasgupta	328,310	28.99	-15.95
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	254,819	22.50	+16.79
	INC	Dhananjoy Moitra	34,116	3.01	+3.01
	PDS	Dr. Ashok Kundu	4,823
	BSP	Narendranath Ghosh	4,077
	Independent	Sukha Ranjan Banik	3,256
	RJSP	Satyabarata Bandopadhyay	1,618
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Sikha Sen Roy	1,544
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,837	1.49	---
Majority			1,54,934	13.68	-11.58
Turnout			11,32,644	80.56	+0.07
	Trinamool Congress hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General election 2009

General Election, 2009:Dum Dum^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Trinamool Congress	Saugata Roy	458,988	47.04
	CPI(M)	Amitava Nandy	438,510	44.94
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	55,679	5.70
	BSP	Dulal Chandra Das	9,065	0.92
	Independent	Sunil Pal	8,177	0.83
	LNJSP	Sanatan Ray Chaudhuri	5,285	0.54
Majority			20,478	2.09
Turnout			9,75,684	80.49
	Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004:Dum Dum^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Amitava Nandy	619,325	49.70
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	521,073	41.90
	INC	Tapas Majumder	76,854	6.20
	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

Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	31.8
Indian National Congress	6	3	13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	0	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	33.1
Communist Party of India	3	1	3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	3.56
All India Forward Bloc	3	1	3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	2	6.14

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

Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	31.8
Indian National Congress	6	3	13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	0	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	33.1
Communist Party of India	3	1	3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	3.56
All India Forward Bloc	3	1	3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	2	6.14

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
	ABJS	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
	Janata Party	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

Indian general election, 1977: Dum Dum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BLD	Asoke Krishna Dutt	2,15,766	51.13
	CPI	Indrajit Gupta	1,93,986	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]

References

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