Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal. The Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 16) was formed prior to the 1977 elections.

73.51 per cent of over 1.49 crore electorate exercised their franchise in West Bengal in the final phase.

Sougata Ray of All India Trinamool Congress, Nepaldeb Bhattacharya of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Naresh Chandra Barui of Bahujan Samaj Party, Samik Bhattacharya of Bharatiya Janata Party, Saurav Saha of Indian National Congress and Indranil Banerjee of Shivsena are few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Dum Dum Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	NARESH CHANDRA BARUI	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	NEPALDEB BHATTACHARYA	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	SAMIK BHATTACHARYA	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	SOUGATA RAY	All India Trinamool Congress
5	SAURAV SAHA	Indian National Congress
6	AMIT SENGUPTA	Rashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.)
7	INDRANIL BANERJEE	Shivsena
8	JHUMA SAHA	Party for Democratic Socialism
9	TARUN KUMAR DAS	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
10	SHANKAR DAS	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
11	SATYA BRATA BANDYOPADHYAY	Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
12	SUBIR DAS	New Democratic Party of India

It consists of seven assembly segments - Khardaha, Dum Dum Uttar, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Dum Dum and Rajarhat Gopalpur.

The election in this constituency was held in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19 and the results will be declared on May 23.

Prof Saugata Roy of AITC was elected MP from this constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Roy managed to get 483244 votes and defeated CPM candidate Asim Kumar Dasgupta who got 328310 votes.