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Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1977-present

Current MP
  
Saugata Roy

Total Electors
  
1,405,981

State
  
West Bengal

Female electors
  
690,412

Reservation
  
None

Elected Year
  
2014

Member of parliament
  
Saugata Roy

Male electors
  
715,569

Assembly Constituencies
  
Khardaha Dum Dum Uttar Panihati Kamarhati Baranagar Dum Dum Rajarhat Gopalpur

Party
  
All India Trinamool Congress

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Panihati, Dum Dum North, Rajarhat Gopalpur, Kamarhati, Dum Dum, Khardaha, Baranagar

Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দম দম লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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.

Contents

Map of South Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal

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:

  • 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: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)

    Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
    General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

    General elections 1977-2004

    Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

    References

    Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia