Dum Dum Assembly constituency
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{{EngvarB|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dum Dum
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Dum Dum.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dum Dum Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Bratya Basu
| party = All India Trinamool Congress
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| state = West Bengal
| district = North 24 Parganas
| loksabha_cons = Dum Dum
| constituency_no = 114
| established = 1951
| electors = 232,545
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
Dum Dum Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 15 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}
Dum Dum Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
=2021=
{{Election box begin |title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bratya Basu
|votes = 87,999
|percentage = 47.48
|change = +0.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prof. Bimal Shankar Nanda
|votes = 61,268
|percentage = 33.06
|change = +24.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Palash Das
|votes = 30,653
|percentage = 16.54
|change = -24.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Subrata Kumar Majumder
|votes = 980
|percentage = 0.53
|change = -0.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rupa Sarkar
|votes = 774
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Bharatiya Nyay - Adhikar Raksha Party
|candidate = Rana Pal Choudhury
|votes = 739
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shree Raju Ghosh
|votes = 464
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Subrata Sen
|votes = 418
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,039
|percentage = 1.10
|change = -0.90
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 26,731
|percentage = 14.42
|change = +9.80
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 185,334
|percentage = 74.77
|change = -4.29
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin
|title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bratya Basu
|votes = 81,579
|percentage = 46.73
|change = -10.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Palash Das
|votes = 72,263
|percentage = 41.39
|change = +3.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Uma Singha
|votes = 14,550
|percentage = 8.33
|change = +5.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Subrata Kumar Majumdar
|votes = 1,705
|percentage = 0.97
|change = +0.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Subrata Sen
|votes = 959
|percentage = 0.54
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,506
|percentage = 2.00
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,316
|percentage = 5.34
|change = -14.21
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 174,562
|percentage = 79.06
|change = -2.16
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2011=
In the 2011 elections, Bratya Basu of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Gautam Deb of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dum Dum constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064826/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 7 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dum Dum| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bratya Basu
|votes = 92,635
|percentage = 57.50
|change = +14.72#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Gautam Deb
|votes = 61,138
|percentage = 37.95
|change = -16.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anjana Chaturvedi
|votes = 4,236
|percentage = 2.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Tushar Kanti Roy
|votes = 1,640
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Narendranath Ghosh
|votes = 1,446
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 31,497
|percentage = 19.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 161,095
|percentage = 81.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 30.73#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# 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.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Dum Dum constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064826/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 7 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work =Dum Dum| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2006}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rekha Goswami
|votes = 99,054
|percentage = 57.50
|change = +14.72#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Udayan Namboodiry
|votes = 68,816
|percentage = 37.95
|change = -16.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ahindra Majumder (Ahin)
|votes = 11,541
|percentage = 2.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sudhir Deb Barma
|votes = 2,380
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Partha Sarathi Dasgupta
|votes = 1,770
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 161,095
|percentage = 81.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 30.73#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# 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.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Dum Dum constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064826/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=114| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 7 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2001 |work =Dum Dum| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2001}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Arunava Ghosh
|votes = 81,228
|percentage = 46.70
|change = +14.72#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ajit Choudhury
|votes = 81,004
|percentage = 46.57
|change = -16.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ramen Bhattacharya
|votes = 8,564
|percentage = 4.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mrinal Paul
|votes = 1,350
|percentage = 0.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Amit Kumar Roy
|votes = 1,206
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Debashis Banerjee
|votes = 590
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 161,095
|percentage = 81.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 30.73#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# 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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp138.htm |title = 138 - Dum Dum Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}
=1951-1972=
References
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district