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.
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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
Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency
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:
<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>109</td><td>Khardaha</td><td>North 24 Parganas</td><td>Sovandeb Chattopadhyay</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>110</td><td>Dum Dum Uttar</td><td>Chandrima Bhattacharya</td></tr><tr><td>111</td><td>Panihati</td><td>Nirmal Ghosh</td></tr><tr><td>112</td><td>Kamarhati</td><td>Madan Mitra</td></tr><tr><td>113</td><td>Baranagar</td><td>Sayantika Banerjee</td></tr><tr><td>114</td><td>Dum Dum</td><td>Bratya Basu</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td>Rajarhat Gopalpur</td><td>Aditi Munshi</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of Parliament
Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Duration</th><th>Name of M.P.</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977-80</td><td>Ashok Krishna Dutt</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Lok Dal</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980-84</td><td>Niren Ghosh</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984-89</td><td>Asutosh Laha</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989-91</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991-96</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996-98</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>1998-99</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>1999-04</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2004-09</td><td>Amitava Nandy</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2009-14</td><td>Saugata Roy</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2014-19</td></tr><tr><td>Seventeenth</td><td>2019-24</td></tr><tr><td>Eighteenth</td><td>2024-Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
General election 2024
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sougata Roy</td><td>528,579</td><td>41.95</td><td>0.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shilbhadra Dutta</td><td>457,919</td><td>36.34</td><td>1.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sujan Chakraborty</td><td>240,784</td><td>19.11</td><td>5.20</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>11,334</td><td>0.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>70,660</td><td>5.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,60,046</td><td>74.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2019
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sougata Roy</td><td>512,062</td><td>42.51</td><td>−0.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Samik Bhattacharya</td><td>459,063</td><td>38.11</td><td>+15.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nepaldev Bhattacharya</td><td>167,590</td><td>13.91</td><td>−15.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Saurav Saha</td><td>29,097</td><td>2.42</td><td>−0.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>14,491</td><td>1.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>53,002</td><td>4.40</td><td>−9.28</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,04,695</td><td>76.92</td><td>−3.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2014
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sougata Roy</td><td>483,244</td><td>42.67</td><td>−4.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Dr. Asim Dasgupta</td><td>328,310</td><td>28.99</td><td>−15.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td>254,819</td><td>22.50</td><td>+16.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dhananjoy Moitra</td><td>34,116</td><td>3.01</td><td>+3.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>16,837</td><td>1.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,54,934</td><td>13.68</td><td>−11.58</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,32,644</td><td>80.56</td><td>+0.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2009
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sougata Roy</td><td>458,988</td><td>47.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Amitava Nandy</td><td>438,510</td><td>44.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td>55,679</td><td>5.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>20,478</td><td>2.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,75,684</td><td>80.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2004
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Amitava Nandy</td><td>619,325</td><td>49.70</td><td>+9.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td>521,073</td><td>41.90</td><td>−9.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Tapas Majumder</td><td>76,854</td><td>6.20</td><td>−0.99</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>98,252</td><td>7.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,45,065</td><td>80.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from BJP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1999
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td>614,471</td><td>51.59</td><td>+0.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Anil Bhattacharya</td><td>479,910</td><td>40.29</td><td>+0.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ramesh Bhattacharjee</td><td>85,648</td><td>7.19</td><td>−1.71</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>134,561</td><td>11.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,09,926</td><td>75.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1998
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapan Sikdar</td><td>631,383</td><td>50.70</td><td>+41.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee</td><td>493,978</td><td>39.70</td><td>−3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Pradyut Guha</td><td>111,078</td><td>8.90</td><td>−33.8</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>137,405</td><td>10.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,62,384</td><td>80.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee</td><td>580,455</td><td>47.40</td><td>+1.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Asutosh Laha</td><td>522,164</td><td>42.70</td><td>+7.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Dibakar Kundu</td><td>107,501</td><td>8.80</td><td>−8</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>58,291</td><td>4.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,52,429</td><td>81.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1991
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee</td><td>446,564</td><td>46.10</td><td>−9.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Lal Bahadur Singh</td><td>341,699</td><td>35.03</td><td>−8.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Manohar Aich</td><td>163,070</td><td>16.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>104,865</td><td>10.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,89,892</td><td>74.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1989
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee</td><td>556,139</td><td>55.20</td><td>+6.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Asutosh Laha</td><td>439,135</td><td>43.60</td><td>−5.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Chitta Ranjan Biswas</td><td>10,766</td><td>16.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>117,004</td><td>11.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,27,270</td><td>79.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1984
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Asutosh Laha</td><td>381,984</td><td>49.00</td><td>+14.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Niren Ghosh</td><td>379,281</td><td>48.70</td><td>−12.37</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>2,703</td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>7,78,814</td><td>77.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1980
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Niren Ghosh</td><td>368,214</td><td>61.07</td><td>+15.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(I)</td><td>Barid Baran Das</td><td>202,542</td><td>33.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Kalyan Brata Roy</td><td>19,400</td><td>3.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,65,672</td><td>15.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>6,02,917</td><td>68.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Swing to CPI(M) from BLD</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1977
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BLD</td><td>Ashok Krishna Dutt</td><td>215,766</td><td>51.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Indrajit Gupta</td><td>193,986</td><td>45.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Baidyanath Ghosh</td><td>12,254</td><td>2.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>21,780</td><td>5.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>4,22,006</td><td>61.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BLD hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>