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°E / 22.65194; 88.41917Coordinates: 22°39′07″N 88°25′09″E / 22.65194°N 88.41917°E / 22.65194; 88.41917
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) 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
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011Dum Dum UttarChandrima BhattacharyaAll India Trinamool Congress[2]

Election results

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 % ±%
AITMC 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
Turnout 177,211 87.2
AITMC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 Increase23
Congress 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease16
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1
Communist Party of India 1 Increase1

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 1 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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