Dum Dum Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Dum Dum Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (9 times) (50.0%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (4 time) (22.2%)
- Indian National Congress (2 times) (11.1%)
- Communist Party of India (1 time) (5.55%)
- Praja Socialist Party (1 time) (5.55%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.55%)
| Dum Dum | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 114 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dum Dum Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 232,545 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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.[1]
Dum Dum Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Pabitra Mohan Roy | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Tarun Kumar Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Lal Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Santi Ranjan Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Sankar Sen | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Arunava Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Rekha Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Bratya Basu | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Arijit Bakshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arijit Bakshi | 99,181 | 50.07 |  17.01 | |
| AITC | Bratya Basu | 73,908 | 37.31 |  10.17 | |
| CPI(M) | Mayukh Biswas | 20,576 | 10.39 | 6.15 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,459 | 0.74 | 0.36 | |
| Majority | 25,273 | 12.76 | 1.66 | ||
| Turnout | 198,098 | 90.99 | 16.22 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bratya Basu | 87,999 | 47.48 | ||
| BJP | Bimal Shankar Nanda | 61,268 | 33.06 | ||
| CPI(M) | Palash Das | 30,653 | 16.54 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,039 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 26,731 | 14.42 | |||
| Turnout | 185,334 | 74.77 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| 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 | 9,316 | 5.34 | −14.21 | ||
| Turnout | 174,562 | 79.06 | −2.16 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| 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 | 31,497 | 19.55 | |||
| Turnout | 161,095 | 81.22 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
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.[5] Sankar Sen of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Ghosh of Congress in 1996[6] and Ramesh Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1991.[7] Santi Ranjan Ghatak of CPI(M) defeated Harashit Ghosh of Congress in 1987,[8] and Lal Bahadur Singh of Congress in 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arunava Ghosh | 81,228 | 46.70 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ajit Choudhury | 81,004 | 46.57 | ||
| 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 | 161,095 | 81.22 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1972-1996
Lal Bahadur Singh of Congress won in 1972.[12] Tarun Kumar Sengupta of CPI(M) won in 1971,[13] 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Tarun Kumar Sengupta representing CPI won in 1962.[16] Pabitra Mohan Roy of PSP won in 1957.[17] In independent India's first election in 1951, kanai Lal Das of Congress won from the Dum Dum constituency.[18]