Constituency
521. Dum Dum
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-DUM-DUM
CPM 49.6%won by 7.9%BJP 41.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.9%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.3% to 49.6% of the vote here (+9.3%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 80.9%.
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Electorate
15,43,705
Turnout
80.9%
Valid votes
12,48,360
Margin
98,252
7.87%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1Amitava NandyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,19,32549.6%
- 2Tapan SikdarBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,21,07341.7%
- 3Tapas MajumderIndian National Congress · INC76,8546.2%
- 4Subhankar NagIndependent · IND10,3520.8%
- 5Goutam DasBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,8820.8%
- 6Krishnendu GoswamiSamajwadi Party · SP4,3580.3%
- 7Ahindra BasuIndependent · IND3,7040.3%
- 8Adhikary BinoyIndependent · IND2,8120.2%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–BJP swing
- +19.2%
- CPM share
- 40.3% → 49.6%
- BJP share
- 51.6% → 41.7%
- Turnout
- 74.5% → 80.9%