Dum Dum
Constituency No. 114 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Dum Dum Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1952
Total electors232,545
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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

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]
2016 Bratya Basu All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Bratya Basu All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bratya Basu 87,999 47.48 +0.75
BJP Prof. Bimal Shankar Nanda 61,268 33.06 +24.73
CPI(M) Palash Das 30,653 16.54 -24.85
NOTA None of the above 2,039 1.10 -0.90
BSP Subrata Kumar Majumder 980 0.53 -0.44
Independent Rupa Sarkar 774 0.42
Bharatiya Nyay - Adhikar Raksha Party Rana Pal Choudhury 739 0.40
Independent Shree Raju Ghosh 464 0.25
Independent Subrata Sen 418 0.23
Majority 26,731 14.42 +9.80
Turnout 185,334 74.77 -4.29
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bratya Basu 81,579 46.73 -10.77
CPI(M) Palash Das 72,263 41.39 +3.44
BJP Uma Singha 14,550 8.33 +5.70
BSP Subrata Kumar Majumdar 1,705 0.97 +0.07
Independent Subrata Sen 959 0.54 N/A
NOTA None of the above 3,506 2.00 N/A
Majority 9,316 5.34 -14.21
Turnout 174,562 79.06 -2.16
AITC hold Swing

2011

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bratya Basu 92,635 57.50 +14.72#
CPI(M) Gautam Deb 61,138 37.95 -16.01
BJP Anjana Chaturvedi 4,236 2.63
PDS Tushar Kanti Roy 1,640 1.02
BSP Narendranath Ghosh 1,446 0.90
Majority 31,497 19.55
Turnout 161,095 81.22
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 30.73#

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

2006

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Rekha Goswami 99,054 57.50 +14.72#
AITC Udayan Namboodiry 68,816 37.95 -16.01
INC Ahindra Majumder (Ahin) 11,541 2.63
Bahujan Samaj Party Sudhir Deb Barma 2,380 1.02
JMM Partha Sarathi Dasgupta 1,770 0.90
Turnout 161,095 81.22
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing 30.73#

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

2001

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arunava Ghosh 81,228 46.70 +14.72#
CPI(M) Ajit Choudhury 81,004 46.57 -16.01
BJP Ramen Bhattacharya 8,564 4.92
Independent Mrinal Paul 1,350 0.78
NCP Amit Kumar Roy 1,206 0.69
Independent Debashis Banerjee 590 0.34
Turnout 161,095 81.22
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 30.73#

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

1977-2006

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. 1 2 3 "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.
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