Dum Dum Assembly constituency

Dum Dum Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Dum Dum
Constituency No. 114 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1951
Total electors232,545
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Most Successful parties from Dumdum assembly

  Communist Party of India (1 time) (5.88%)
  Praja Socialist Party (1 time) (5.88%)

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 114 Dum Dum Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dum Dum municipality and Ward Nos.1-17 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]

Dum Dum Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
1951Kanai Lal DasIndian National Congress[2]
1957Pabitra Mohan RoyPraja Socialist Party[3]
1962Tarun Kumar SenguptaCommunist Party of India[4]
1967Tarun Kumar SenguptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Tarun Kumar SenguptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Tarun Kumar SenguptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Lal Bahadur SinghIndian National Congress[8]
1977Santi Ranjan GhatakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Santi Ranjan GhatakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Santi Ranjan GhatakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Sankar SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Sankar SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Arunava GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006Rekha GoswamiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Bratya BasuAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Bratya BasuAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Bratya BasuAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCBratya Basu 87,999 47.48 +0.75
BJPProf. Bimal Shankar Nanda61,26833.06+24.73
CPI(M)Palash Das30,65316.54-24.85
BSPSubrata Kumar Majumder9800.53-0.44
IndependentRupa Sarkar7740.42
Bharatiya Nyay - Adhikar Raksha PartyRana Pal Choudhury7390.40
IndependentShree Raju Ghosh4640.25
IndependentSubrata Sen4180.23
NOTANone of the above2,0391.10-0.90
Majority26,73114.42+9.80
Turnout185,33474.77-4.29
AITC holdSwing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCBratya Basu81,57946.73-10.77
CPI(M)Palash Das72,26341.39+3.44
BJPUma Singha14,5508.33+5.70
BSPSubrata Kumar Majumdar1,7050.97+0.07
IndependentSubrata Sen9590.54N/A
NOTANone of the above3,5062.00N/A
Majority9,3165.34-14.21
Turnout174,56279.06-2.16
AITC holdSwing

2011

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In the 2011 elections, Bratya Basu of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Gautam Deb of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dum Dum constituency[16][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCBratya Basu92,63557.50+14.72#
CPI(M)Gautam Deb61,13837.95-16.01
BJPAnjana Chaturvedi4,2362.63
PDSTushar Kanti Roy1,6401.02
BSPNarendranath Ghosh1,4460.90
Majority31,49719.55
Turnout161,09581.22
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing30.73#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

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In the 2006 elections, Rekha Goswami of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Udayan Namboodiry of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Dum Dum constituency[16][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Rekha Goswami99,05457.50+14.72#
AITCUdayan Namboodiry68,81637.95-16.01
INCAhindra Majumder (Ahin)11,5412.63
Bahujan Samaj PartySudhir Deb Barma2,3801.02
JMMPartha Sarathi Dasgupta1,7700.90
Turnout161,09581.22
CPI(M) gain from AITCSwing30.73#

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress + BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

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In the 2001 elections, Arunava Ghosh of AITC defeated his nearest rival Ajit Choudhury of CPIM.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Dum Dum constituency[14][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCArunava Ghosh81,22846.70+14.72#
CPI(M)Ajit Choudhury81,00446.57-16.01
BJPRamen Bhattacharya8,5644.92
IndependentMrinal Paul1,3500.78
NCPAmit Kumar Roy1,2060.69
IndependentDebashis Banerjee5900.34
Turnout161,09581.22
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing30.73#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+ TrinamoolCongress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Rekha Goswami of CPI(M) won from the Dum Dum assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Udayan Namboodiry of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Arunava Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated Ajit Chowdhury of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Sankar Sen of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Ghosh of Congress in 1996[13] and Ramesh Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1991.[12] Santi Ranjan Ghatak of CPI(M) defeated Harashit Ghosh of Congress in 1987,[11] and Lal Bahadur Singh of Congress in 1982[10] and 1977.[9][20]

1951-1972

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Lal Bahadur Singh of Congress won in 1972.[8] Tarun Kumar Sengupta of CPI(M) won in 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Tarun Kumar Sengupta representing CPI won in 1962.[4] Pabitra Mohan Roy of PSP won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, kanai Lal Das of Congress won from the Dum Dum constituency.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dum Dum. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Dum Dum. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2006.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2001". Dum Dum. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2001.
  20. ^ "138 - Dum Dum Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.