Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency
| Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দম দম লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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:[2]
- 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:[3]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 | Ashoke Krishna Dutt | Bharatiya Lok Dal[4] |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Asutosh Laha | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party[10] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party[11] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Amitava Nandy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress [13] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress[14] |
Election results
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saugata 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
Template:West Bengal 2014 election summary
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saugata 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 | ||
| LJP | Sanatan Ray Chaudhuri | 5,285 | 0.54 | ||
| Majority | 20,478 | 2.09 | |||
| Turnout | 9,75,684 | 80.49 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amitava Nandy | 6,19,325 | 49.70 | ||
| BJP | Tapan Sikdar | 5,21,073 | 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 | ||||
Template:West Bengal 2004 election summary
General election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Tapan Sikdar | 6,14,471 | 51.59 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anil Bhattacharya | 4,79,910 | 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 | ||||
Template:West Bengal 2004 election summary
General election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Tapan Sikdar | 6,31,383 | 50.70 | ||
| CPI(M) | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | 4,93,978 | 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 | 1,37,405 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 12,62,384 | 80.9 | |||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | 5,80,455 | 47.40 | ||
| INC | Asutosh Laha | 5,22,164 | 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 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | 4,46,564 | 46.10 | ||
| INC | Lal Bahadur Singh | 3,41,699 | 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 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[4] |
| 1980 | Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Barid Baran Das | Indian National Congress (I)[5] |
| 1984 | Ashutosh Laha | Indian National Congress | Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1989 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ashutosh Laha | Indian National Congress[7] |
| 1991 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Lal Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1996 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ashutosh Laha | Indian National Congress[9] |
| 1998 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1999 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Anil Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |
| 2004 | Amitava Nandy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party[12] |
See also
References
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- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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- ^ a b c "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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