Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Dum Dum Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Dum Dum Uttar Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°39′07″N 88°25′09″E / 22.65194°N 88.41917°ECoordinates: 22°39′07″N 88°25′09″E / 22.65194°N 88.41917°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 110 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 16. Dum Dum |
| Electorate (year) | 203,226 (2011) |
Dum Dum Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দম দম উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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 | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dum Dum Uttar | Chandrima Bhattacharya | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
| 2016 | Tanmoy Bhattacharya | CPI(M) |
Election results
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Tanmoy Bhattacharya | 91,959 | 46.38 | +3.69 | |
| Trinamool Congress | 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 | 198,254 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from Trinamool Congress | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Chandrima Bhattacharjee of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Rekha Goswami of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 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 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
| 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 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dum Dum Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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