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.

Dum Dum WB-16
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Khardaha Dum Dum Uttar Panihati Kamarhati Baranagar Dum Dum Rajarhat Gopalpur
Established	1977
Total electors	1,699,656[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Saugata Roy
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
109	Khardaha	North 24 Parganas	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
110	Dum Dum Uttar		Chandrima Bhattacharya
111	Panihati		Nirmal Ghosh
112	Kamarhati		Madan Mitra
113	Baranagar		Sayantika Banerjee
114	Dum Dum		Bratya Basu
117	Rajarhat Gopalpur		Aditi Munshi

Members of Parliament

Most successful parties from Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency

1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (5 times) (38.46%)
2. All India Trinamool Congress (4 times) (30.76%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (15.38%)
4. Indian National Congress (1 time) (7.69%)
5. Janata Party (1 time) (7.69%)

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party
Sixth	1977-80	Ashok Krishna Dutt		Janata Party[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][7][8]
Tenth	1991-96
Eleventh	1996-98
Twelfth	1998-99	Tapan Sikdar		Bharatiya Janata Party[9][10]
Thirteenth	1999-04
Fourteenth	2004-09	Amitava Nandy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Fifteenth	2009-14	Saugata Roy		Trinamool Congress[12][13]
Sixteenth	2014-19
Seventeenth	2019-24
Eighteenth	2024-Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
Year			Percent
2024			41.95%
2019			42.51%
2014			42.67%
2009			47.04%
2004			49.70%
1999			51.59%
1998			50.70%
1996			47.40%
1991			46.10%
1989			55.20%
1984			49%
1980			61.07%
1977			51.13%

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Dum Dum^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sougata Roy	528,579	41.95	0.56
	BJP	Shilbhadra Dutta	457,919	36.34	1.77
	CPI(M)	Sujan Chakraborty	240,784	19.11	5.20
	BSP	Swami Nath Kori	3,766	0.3	0.11
	SUCI(C)	Banamali Panda	1,739	0.14	0.60
	NOTA	None of the above	11,334	0.9
Majority			70,660	5.61
Turnout			12,60,046	74.13
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dum Dum^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sougata Roy	512,062	42.51	−0.16
	BJP	Samik Bhattacharya	459,063	38.11	+15.61
	CPI(M)	Nepaldev Bhattacharya	167,590	13.91	−15.08
	INC	Saurav Saha	29,097	2.42	−0.59
	BSP	Naresh Chandra Barui	4,974	0.41	−0.22
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Shankar Das	4,379	0.36	+0.22
	SUCI(C)	Tarun Kumar Das	2,437	0.2
	SS	Indranil Banerjee	2,395	0.2
	NOTA	None of the above	14,491	1.20
Majority			53,002	4.40	−9.28
Turnout			12,04,695	76.92	−3.64
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dum Dum^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sougata Roy	483,244	42.67	−4.37
	CPI(M)	Dr. 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	Ashok Kundu	4,823	0.43
	BSP	Narendra Nath Ghosh	4,077	0.63
	Independent	Sukha Ranjan Banik	3,256	0.29
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Sikha Sen Roy	1,544	0.14
	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
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dum Dum^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sougata 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	0.84
	LJP	Sanatan Ray Chaudhuri	5,265	0.54
Majority			20,478	2.09
Turnout			9,75,684	80.49
	AITC 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	+9.41
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	521,073	41.90	−9.69
	INC	Tapas Majumder	76,854	6.20	−0.99
	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

General election 1999

General Election, 1999:Dum Dum^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	614,471	51.59	+0.89
	CPI(M)	Anil Bhattacharya	479,910	40.29	+0.59
	INC	Ramesh Bhattacharjee	85,648	7.19	−1.71
	BSP	Bimal Krishna Biswas	4,848	0.41	+0.11
	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

General election 1998

General Election, 1998:Dum Dum^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tapan Sikdar	631,383	50.70	+41.9
	CPI(M)	Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee	493,978	39.70	−3
	INC	Pradyut Guha	111,078	8.90	−33.8
	BSP	Jaihind Ram	3,524	0.30	+0.25
	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	+1.3
	INC	Asutosh Laha	522,164	42.70	+7.67
	BJP	Dibakar Kundu	107,501	8.80	−8
	BSP	Surendra Nath Biswas	6,457	0.05	−0.55
	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	−9.1
	INC	Lal Bahadur Singh	341,699	35.03	−8.57
	BJP	Manohar Aich	163,070	16.80
	BSP	Jaihind 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	+6.5
	INC	Asutosh Laha	439,135	43.60	−5.4
	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	Asutosh Laha	381,984	49.00	+14.33
	CPI(M)	Niren Ghosh	379,281	48.70	−12.37
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	+15.1
	INC(I)	Barid Baran Das	202,542	33.59
	JP	Kalyan Brata Roy	19,400	3.22
	INC(U)	Salil Biswas	4,692	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 JP		Swing

General election 1977

General Election, 1977:Dum Dum^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ashok Krishna Dutt	215,766	51.13
	CPI	Indrajit Gupta	193,986	45.97
	Independent	Baidyanath Ghosh	12,254	2.90
Majority			21,780	5.16
Turnout			4,22,006	61.73
	JP hold		Swing

See also

• Dum Dum
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha