Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দম দম উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is a legislative assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Dum Dum Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dum Dum Uttar
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°39′07″N 88°25′09″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.110
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency16. Dum Dum
Electorate (year)203,226 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 110 Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: North Dum Dum municipality and New Barrackpur municipality.[1]

Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011Dum Dum UttarChandrima BhattacharyaAll India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016Tanmoy Bhattacharya CPI(M)

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dum Dum Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Tanmoy Bhattacharya 91,959 46.38 +3.69
AITC Chandrima Bhattacharya 85,410 43.08 -10.35
BJP Tapan Chandra Das 15,420 7.77 +5.09
BSP Sova Howlader 1,947 0.98 -0.22
NOTA None of the above 3,518 1.77 N/A
Majority 6,549 3.30 -7.44
Turnout 1,98,254 82.57
Registered electors 2,40,100
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing +7.02

2011

In the 2011 election, Chandrima Bhattacharjee of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Rekha Goswami of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dum Dum Uttar constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Chandrima Bhattacharya 94,676 53.43
CPI (M) Rekha Goswami 75,650 42.69
BJP Chandan Roy 4,741 2.68
BSP Naresh Chandra Barui 2,144 1.20
Majority 19,026 10.74
Turnout 177,211 87.2
AITC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 23
Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 16
Forward Bloc 0 3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1
Communist Party of India 1 1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

References

  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dum Dum Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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