- Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দমদম লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Dum Dum in West Bengal.
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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:[1]
- Khardaha (assembly constituency no. 109)
- Dum Dum Uttar (assembly constituency no. 110)
- Panihati (assembly constituency no. 111)
- Kamarhati (assembly constituency no. 112)
- Baranagar (assembly constituency no. 113)
- Dum Dum (assembly constituency no. 114)
- Rajarhat Gopalpur (assembly constituency no. 117)
In 2004 Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Rajarhat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 91)
- Khardaha (assembly constituency no. 134)
- Panihati (assembly constituency no. 135)
- Kamarhati (assembly constituency no. 136)
- Baranagar (assembly constituency no. 137)
- Dum Dum (assembly constituency no. 138)
- Belgachia East (assembly constituency no. 139)
Election results
General Election, 2009: Dum Dum [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Trinamool Congress Saugata Roy 458,988 CPI(M) Amitava Nandy 438,510 BJP Tapan Sikdar 55,679 BSP Dulal Chandra Das 9,065 Independent Sunil Pal 8,177 LJP Sanatan Ray Chaudhuri 5,285 Turnout 975,684 Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:
Year Winner Runner-up Candidate Party Candidate Party 1977[4] Asoke Krishna Dutt Bharatiya Lok Dal Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India 1980 Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Barid Baran Das Indian National Congress (I) 1984 Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1989 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress 1991 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lal Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 1996 Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ashutosh Laha Indian National Congress 1998 Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1999 Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party Anil Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2004 Amitava Nandy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tapan Sikdar Bharatiya Janata Party References
- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ "General Election 2009 Dum Dum". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/dumdum.html. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "20 – Dum Dum Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp20.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
See also
North 24 Parganas district topics General Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary • Dakshineswar Kali Temple • Gangaridai • Kanchrapara Airfield · Marichjhanpi · Sundarbans • Sundarban National Park • West Bengal State University • Kripamayee Kali TempleSubdivisions Bangaon • Barrackpore • Barasat Sadar • Basirhat • BidhannagarLocations
other than cities and townsMunicipalities Ashoknagar Kalyangarh • Baduria • Baranagar • Barasat • Barrackpore • Basirhat • Bhatpara • Bidhannagar • Garulia • Gobardanga • Habra • Halisahar • Kamarhati • Kanchrapara • Khardaha • Madhyamgram • Naihati • North Barrackpur • North Dumdum • Panihati • Rajarhat • South Dumdum • Taki • TitagarhCommunity development blocks Barasat Sadar subdivision Amdanga • Deganga • Barasat I • Barasat II • Habra I • Habra II • Rajarhat Basirhat subdivision Baduria • Basirhat I • Basirhat II • Haroa • Hasnabad • Hingalganj • Minakhan • Sandeshkhali I • Sandeshkhali II • Swarupnagar Bangaon subdivision Bagdah • Bangaon • Gaighata Barrackpore subdivision Barrackpore I • Barrackpore IIRivers Transport NH 34 • NH 35 • Belghoria Expressway • Jubilee Bridge • Vivekananda Setu • Nivedita Setu • Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport • Barasat Basirhat Railway • Eastern Railway • Kolkata Suburban Railway • List of bus routes in KolkataLok Sabha constituencies Bangaon • Barrackpore • Barasat • Basirhat • Dum DumVidhan Sabha constituencies Bagda • Bangaon Uttar • Bangaon Dakshin • Gaighata • Swarupnagar • Baduria • Habra • Ashoknagar • Amdanga • Bijpur • Naihati • Bhatpara • Jagatdal • Noapara • Barrackpore • Khardaha • Dum Dum Uttar • Panihati • Kamarhati • Baranagar • Dum Dum • Rajarhat New Town • Bidhannagar • Rajarhat Gopalpur • Madhyamgram • Barasat • Deganga • Haroa • Minakhan • Sandeshkhali • Basirhat Dakshin • Basirhat Uttar • HingalganjFormer Vidhan Sabha constituencies Titagarh • HasnabadSee also Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district • People from North 24 Parganas districtOther districts in West Bengal Bankura • Bardhaman • Birbhum • Cooch Behar • Dakshin Dinajpur • Darjeeling • Hooghly • Howrah • Jalpaiguri • Kolkata • Malda • Murshidabad • Nadia • Paschim Medinipur • Purba Medinipur • Purulia • South 24 Parganas • Uttar DinajpurSurrounding areas outside West Bengal Bangladesh Khulna DivisionCategories:- Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal
- Politics in North 24 Parganas district
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