Independent on Dum Dum

State 19 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 19 contested

IND never finished second here

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 19 published candidatures

Best vote share4.40%in 1989

Worst vote share0.10%in 2024

Average vote share1.19% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2024

Votes polled here1.8 Lacross all 19 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Independent vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1984, 2019 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

19 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Hirak Sinha	3,147	0.20%	6	Lost · 6th
2024	Gouri Biswas	701	0.10%	12	Lost · 12th
2024	Dulu Dey	1,694	0.10%	8	Lost · 8th
2024	Shekh Imanur Rahman	6,411	0.50%	4	Lost · 4th
2024	Tridib Bhunia	772	0.10%	11	Lost · 11th
2014	Sukha Ranjan Banik	3,256	0.30%	7	Lost · 7th
2009	Sunil Pal	8,177	0.80%	5	Lost · 5th
2004	Mihir Kumar Naskar	7,767	0.90%	6	Lost · 6th
2004	Prahlad Kumar Purkait	16,021	1.80%	4	Lost · 4th
1999	Prahlad Kumar Purkait	14,691	1.80%	4	Lost · 4th
1998	Prahlad Kumar Purkait	19,042	2.20%	4	Lost · 4th
1998	Kalidas Halder	2,724	0.30%	5	Lost · 5th
1996	Samir Sekhar Naiya	23,063	2.60%	3	Lost · 3rd
1996	Sakti Kumar Sarkar	1,394	0.20%	6	Lost · 6th
1991	Samir Sekher Naiya	27,663	3.70%	4	Lost · 4th
1989	Samir Sekhar Naiya	32,434	4.40%	3	Lost · 3rd
1980	Makhan Chandra Baidya	3,358	0.60%	5	Lost · 5th
1977	Makhan Chandra Baidya	5,137	1.30%	4	Lost · 4th
1977	Ajit Kumar Roy	2,682	0.70%	5	Lost · 5th

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Indian National Congress All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)West Bengal Trinamool Congress Socialist Unity Centre Of India Bahujan Samaj Party Janta Party Muslim Leage Party For Democratic Socialism Shiv Sena Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star Lok Jan Shakti Party Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party Democratic Socialist Party Of India New Democratic Party Of India Rashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.)Mera Bharat Mahan Party Mulnibasi Party Of India