Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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 Dum Dum
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| Coordinates: 22°37′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.41667°ECoordinates: 22°37′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.41667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 114 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 16. Dum Dum |
| Electorate (year) | 198,332 (2011) |
Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দম দম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 114 Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Dum Dum municipality and Ward Nos.1 to 17 of South Dum Dum municipality.
Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
The election is scheduled on 25 April 2016 and results will be declared on 19 May 2016.
In the 2011 elections, Bratya Basu of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Gautam Deb of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
In the 2006 elections, Rekha Goswami of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Udayan Namboodiry of Trinamool Congress.
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2001 elections, Arunava Ghosh of AITC defeated his nearest rival Ajit Choudhury of CPIM.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+ Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
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.
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