# 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.
Most Successful parties from Dumdum assembly

## 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.
Dum Dum Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Pabitra Mohan Roy | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Tarun Kumar Sengupta | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Tarun Kumar Sengupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Tarun Kumar Sengupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Tarun Kumar Sengupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Lal Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Santi Ranjan Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Santi Ranjan Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Santi Ranjan Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Sankar Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Sankar Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Arunava Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Rekha Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Bratya Basu | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 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 | 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 |
| | 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 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,039 | 1.10 | −0.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,731 | 14.42 | +9.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185,334 | 74.77 | −4.29 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,316 | 5.34 | −14.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,562 | 79.06 | −2.16 |
| | AITC hold | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,497 | 19.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 161,095 | 81.22 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 30.73# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

### 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 161,095 | 81.22 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 161,095 | 81.22 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | 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, 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. Sankar Sen of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Ghosh of Congress in 1996 and Ramesh Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1991. Santi Ranjan Ghatak of CPI(M) defeated Harashit Ghosh of Congress in 1987, and Lal Bahadur Singh of Congress in 1982 and 1977.

### 1951-1972

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