Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Dum Dum (West Bengal) was won by Sougata Ray (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 53,002 votes over Samik Bhattacharya. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Dum Dum, West Bengal, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Asoke Krishna Dutt
Bharatiya Lok Dal
215,766
51.1%
Indrajit Gupta (Communist Party of India)
21,780 (5.2 pts)
1980
Niren Ghosh
CPI (Marxist)
368,214
61.1%
Barid Baran Das (Congress (I))
165,672 (27.5 pts)
1984
Asutosh Law
Indian National Congress
381,984
50.2%
Niren Ghosh (CPI (Marxist))
2,703 (0.4 pts)
1989
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
556,139
55.1%
Asutosh Law (Indian National Congress)
117,004 (11.6 pts)
1991
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
446,564
46.1%
Lal Bahadur Singh (Indian National Congress)
104,865 (10.8 pts)
1996
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
580,455
47.4%
Ashutosh Laha (Indian National Congress)
58,291 (4.8 pts)
1998
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
631,383
50.7%
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee (CPI (Marxist))
137,405 (11.0 pts)
1999
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
614,471
51.6%
Anil Bhattacharya (CPI (Marxist))
134,561 (11.3 pts)
2004
Amitava Nandy
CPI (Marxist)
619,325
49.6%
Tapan Sikdar (Bharatiya Janata Party)
98,252 (7.9 pts)
2009
Sougata Ray
All India Trinamool Congress
458,988
47.0%
Amitava Nandy (CPI (Marxist))
20,478 (2.1 pts)
2014
Saugata Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
483,244
42.7%
Asim Kumar Dasgupta (CPI (Marxist))
154,934 (13.7 pts)
2019
Sougata Ray
All India Trinamool Congress
512,062
43.0%
Samik Bhattacharya (Bharatiya Janata Party)
53,002 (4.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Asoke Krishna Dutt
Bharatiya Lok Dal
215,766
51.1%
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
193,986
46.0%
Baidyanath Ghosh
Independent
12,254
2.9%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Niren Ghosh
CPI (Marxist)
368,214
61.1%
Barid Baran Das
Congress (I)
202,542
33.6%
Kalyan Brata Roy
Janata Party
19,400
3.2%
Salil Biswas
Congress (U)
4,692
0.8%
Ramprit Gond
RPI
3,081
0.5%
Aniruddha Bera
Independent
1,890
0.3%
Sahabir Prasad Shaw
Independent
1,404
0.2%
Swapan Dutta
Independent
927
0.2%
Karuna Nidhan Roy
Independent
767
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Asutosh Law
Indian National Congress
381,984
50.2%
Niren Ghosh
CPI (Marxist)
379,281
49.8%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
556,139
55.1%
Asutosh Law
Indian National Congress
439,135
43.5%
Chitta Ranjan Biswas
Independent
10,766
1.1%
Shikary Dhobey
DDP
2,383
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
446,564
46.1%
Lal Bahadur Singh
Indian National Congress
341,699
35.3%
Monohar (Aich Biswasri)
Bharatiya Janata Party
163,070
16.8%
Jai Hind Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,121
0.6%
Tilak Ganguly
Janata Party
4,857
0.5%
Uday Sankar Ghosh
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,427
0.4%
Ramji Sharma
DDP
2,044
0.2%
Pradip Chakroborty
Independent
1,186
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
580,455
47.4%
Ashutosh Laha
Indian National Congress
522,164
42.6%
Dibakar Kundu
Bharatiya Janata Party
107,501
8.8%
Surendra Nath Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,457
0.5%
Ashoke Deb Chowdhury
Independent
4,858
0.4%
Milon Kanti Choudhari
Independent
2,218
0.2%
Jhoton Roy
Independent
1,068
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
631,383
50.7%
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
CPI (Marxist)
493,978
39.7%
Pradyut Guha
Indian National Congress
111,078
8.9%
Jaihind Ram
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,524
0.3%
Aloke Das
Independent
2,951
0.2%
Gobinda Dey
Independent
1,164
0.1%
Milonkanti Choudhuri
RPI
763
0.1%
Prabir Ghosal
Independent
355
0.0%
Tarun Srivastava
Independent
285
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
614,471
51.6%
Anil Bhattacharya
CPI (Marxist)
479,910
40.3%
Ramesh Bhattacharjee
Indian National Congress
85,648
7.2%
Bimal Krishna Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,848
0.4%
Manas Chakraborty
Independent
1,862
0.2%
Suryya Ray
Nationalist Congress Party
1,658
0.1%
Prabir Ghosal
Independent
956
0.1%
Ajit Nandi
Independent
945
0.1%
Saikat Nayak
Independent
816
0.1%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Amitava Nandy
CPI (Marxist)
619,325
49.6%
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
521,073
41.7%
Tapas Majumder
Indian National Congress
76,854
6.2%
Subhankar Nag
Independent
10,352
0.8%
Goutam Das
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,882
0.8%
Krishnendu Goswami
Samajwadi Party
4,358
0.3%
Ahindra Basu
Independent
3,704
0.3%
Adhikary Binoy
Independent
2,812
0.2%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sougata Ray
All India Trinamool Congress
458,988
47.0%
Amitava Nandy
CPI (Marxist)
438,510
44.9%
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
55,679
5.7%
Dulal Chandra Das
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,065
0.9%
Sunil Pal
Independent
8,177
0.8%
Sanatan Ray Chaudhuri
LJP
5,265
0.5%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Saugata Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
483,244
42.7%
Asim Kumar Dasgupta
CPI (Marxist)
328,310
29.0%
Tapan Sikdar
Bharatiya Janata Party
254,819
22.5%
Dhananjay (Shakti) Moitra
Indian National Congress
34,116
3.0%
None Of The Above
Independent
16,837
1.5%
Ashok Kundu
PDS
4,823
0.4%
Narendra Nath Ghosh (Naren Ghosh)
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,077
0.4%
Sukha Ranjan Banik
Independent
3,256
0.3%
Satyabrata Bandyopadhyay
RJSP
1,618
0.1%
Sikha Sen Roy
CPI(ML)RS
1,544
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sougata Ray
All India Trinamool Congress
512,062
43.0%
Samik Bhattacharya
Bharatiya Janata Party
459,060
38.6%
Nepaldeb Bhattacharya
CPI (Marxist)
167,590
14.1%
Saurav Saha
Indian National Congress
29,097
2.4%
Naresh Chandra Barui
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,974
0.4%
Shankar Das
CPI(ML)RS
4,379
0.4%
Satya Brata Bandyopadhyay
RJSP
2,964
0.2%
Tarun Kumar Das
SUCI(C)
2,437
0.2%
Indranil Banerjee
Shiv Sena
2,395
0.2%
Subir Das
NDPI
2,320
0.2%
Jhuma Saha
PDS
1,705
0.1%
Amit Sengupta
RJP(RJP)
1,186
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Dum Dum has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, All India Trinamool Congress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Dum Dum in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Sougata Ray (All India Trinamool Congress) won Dum Dum, West Bengal, in 2019 with 512,062 votes (43.0%), a margin of 53,002 votes over Samik Bhattacharya.
Which parties have won Dum Dum since 1977?
Since 1977, Dum Dum has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Dum Dum?
The closest result on record for Dum Dum was 1984, when Indian National Congress beat CPI (Marxist) by just 2,703 votes (0.4 percentage points).