# 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

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

## Members of Parliament

* Communist Party of India (Marxist) (5 times) (38.46%)
* All India Trinamool Congress (4 times) (30.76%)
* Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (15.38%)
* Indian National Congress (1 time) (7.69%)
* Bharatiya Lok Dal (1 time) (7.69%)
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Ashok Krishna Dutt | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Asutosh Laha | Indian National Congress |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Amitava Nandy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results

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

### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 70,660 | 5.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,60,046 | 74.13 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 53,002 | 4.40 | −9.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,04,695 | 76.92 | −3.64 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,54,934 | 13.68 | −11.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,32,644 | 80.56 | +0.07 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 20,478 | 2.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,75,684 | 80.49 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 98,252 | 7.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,45,065 | 80.7 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from BJP | CPI(M) gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### General election 1999

General Election, 1999:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 134,561 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,09,926 | 75.7 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1998

General Election, 1998:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 137,405 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,62,384 | 80.9 | |
| | BJP gain from CPI(M) | BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### General election 1996

General Election, 1996:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 58,291 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,52,429 | 81.1 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1991

General Election, 1991:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 104,865 | 10.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,89,892 | 74.8 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1989

General Election, 1989:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 117,004 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,27,270 | 79.2 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election 1984

General Election, 1984:Dum Dum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Asutosh Laha | 381,984 | 49.00 | +14.33 |
| | CPI(M) | Niren Ghosh | 379,281 | 48.70 | −12.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,703 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,78,814 | 77.4 | |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### General election 1980

General Election, 1980:Dum Dum :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,65,672 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,02,917 | 68.30 | |
| | Swing to CPI(M) from BLD | Swing to CPI(M) from BLD | Swing | | |

### General election 1977

General Election, 1977:Dum Dum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BLD | Ashok Krishna Dutt | 215,766 | 51.13 |
| | CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 193,986 | 45.97 |
| | Independent | Baidyanath Ghosh | 12,254 | 2.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,780 | 5.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,22,006 | 61.73 |
| | BLD hold | BLD hold | Swing | |