Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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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.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesKhardaha
Dum Dum Uttar
Panihati
Kamarhati
Baranagar
Dum Dum
Rajarhat Gopalpur
Dum Dum Uttar
Panihati
Kamarhati
Baranagar
Dum Dum
Rajarhat Gopalpur
| 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 | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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:[2]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Khardaha | North 24 Parganas | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | AITC | AITC | ||
| 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
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (5 times) (38.5%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (4 times) (30.8%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (15.4%)
- 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[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
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sougata Roy | 528,579 | 41.95 | ||
| BJP | Shilbhadra Dutta | 457,919 | 36.34 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sujan Chakraborty | 240,784 | 19.11 | ||
| 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
| 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 | |
| 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
| 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 | |
| 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
| 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 | ||
| Majority | 20,478 | 2.09 | |||
| Turnout | 9,75,684 | 80.49 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
| 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 | |
| Majority | 98,252 | 7.90 | |||
| Turnout | 12,45,065 | 80.7 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
General election 1998
| 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 | |
| Majority | 137,405 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 12,62,384 | 80.9 | |||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 1996
| 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 | |
| Majority | 58,291 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 12,52,429 | 81.1 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1991
General election 1989
| 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 | ||
| Majority | 117,004 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 10,27,270 | 79.2 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1984
| 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 1977
| 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 | 21,780 | 5.16 | |||
| Turnout | 4,22,006 | 61.73 | |||
| BLD hold | Swing | ||||
