Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Barasat | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Barasat Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar |
Parliamentary Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1952-present |
Reservation | None |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,512,792[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Habra Ashoknagar Rajarhat New Town Bidhannagar Madhyamgram Barasat Deganga |
Barasat (Lok Sabha Constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district.
Assembly segments[]
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Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following Assembly segments from 2009:[2]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA |
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100 | Habra | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick |
101 | Ashoknagar | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Narayan Goswami |
115 | Rajarhat New Town | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Tapash Chatterjee |
116 | Bidhannagar | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Sujit Bose |
118 | Madhyamgram | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Rathin Ghosh |
119 | Barasat | None | North 24 Parganas |
AITC |
Chiranjeet Chakraborty |
120 | Deganga | None | North 24 Parganas | AITC | Rahima Mondal |
Members of Parliament[]
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | 1952-57 | Santipur | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress[3] | |
Second | 1957-62 | Barasat | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress[4] | |
Third | 1962-67 | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress | ||
Fourth | 1967-71 | Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India[5] | ||
Fifth | 1971-77 | Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India[6] | ||
Sixth | 1977-80 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[7] | ||
Seventh | 1980-84 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[8] | ||
Eighth | 1984-89 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[9] | ||
Ninth | 1989-91 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc | ||
Tenth | 1991-96 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc | ||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[12] | ||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress[13] | ||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress[14] | ||
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Subrata Bose | Forward Bloc[15] | ||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress [16] | ||
Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress[17] | ||
Seventeenth | 2019-incumbent | Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress[17] |
Election results[]
General election 2019[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 6,48,444 | 46.47 | +5.08 | |
BJP | Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath | 5,38,275 | 38.57 | +15.2 | |
AIFB | Haripada Biswas | 1,24,068 | 8.89 | -18.86 | |
INC | Subrata Dutta | 37,277 | 2.67 | -0.53 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 17,769 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 1,10,169 | 7.90 | -5.74 | ||
Turnout | 13,96,194 | 81.26 | -2.65 | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
General elections 2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 5,25,387 | 41.39 | -9.56 | |
AIFB | Dr. Mortaza Hossain | 3,52,246 | 27.75 | -11.22 | |
BJP | P. C. Sorcar, Jr. | 2,96,608 | 23.37 | +17.97 | |
INC | Riju Ghoshal | 40,660 | 3.20 | +3.20 | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 12,700 | 1.00 | ||
BSP | Sukumar Bala | 12,178 | 0.96 | ||
Majority | 1,73,141 | 13.64 | +1.66 | ||
Turnout | 12,69,331 | 83.91 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | -10.39 |
General election 2009[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 5,22,530 | 50.96 | ||
AIFB | Sudin Chattopadhyay | 3,99,629 | 38.97 | ||
BJP | Bratin Sengupta | 55,353 | 5.39 | ||
BSP | Arun Kumar Biswas | 18,381 | 1.79 | ||
AUDF | Bhaskar Ghosh | 9,161 | 0.89 | ||
IND | Kumari Kamala Das | 7,527 | 0.73 | ||
Majority | 1,22,901 | 11.99 | |||
Turnout | 10,25,329 | 83.60 | |||
AITC gain from AIFB | Swing |
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
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Trinamool Congress | 19 | ![]() |
31.8 |
Indian National Congress | 6 | ![]() |
13.45 |
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1 | ![]() |
NA |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 | ![]() |
33.1 |
Communist Party of India | 2 | ![]() |
3.6 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | ![]() |
3.56 |
Forward bloc | 2 | ![]() |
3.04 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | ![]() |
6.14 |
General elections 1957-2004[]
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
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%age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
1957 | 273525 | 56.56 | Arun Chandra Guha | 51.10 | Indian National Congress | Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta | 48.90 | Communist Party of India[4] |
1962 | 385,859 | 59.64 | Arun Chandra Guha | 50.17 | Indian National Congress | Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta | 37.70 | Communist Party of India[18] |
1967 | 365,429 | 74.09 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 40.84 | Communist Party of India | Arun Chandra Guha | 31.59 | Indian National Congress[5] |
1971 | 349,894 | 64.10 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 33.29 | Communist Party of India | Hemanta Gangopadhyay | 30.54 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
1977 | 372,420 | 61.05 | Chitta Basu | 56.15 | Forward Bloc | Ranen Sen | 24.23 | Communist Party of India[7] |
1980 | 571,760 | 75.33 | Chitta Basu | 53.03 | Forward Bloc | Harasit Ghosh | 36.30 | Indian National Congress (I)[8] |
1984 | 703,870 | 83-83 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 49.46 | Indian National Congress | Chitta Basu | 47.64 | Forward Bloc[9] |
1989 | 898,100 | 85.87 | Chitta Basu | 50.52 | Forward Bloc | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 44.38 | Indian National Congress[10] |
1991 | 893, 570 | 83.11 | Chitta Basu | 43.60 | Forward Bloc | Ashok Krishna Dutt | 35.84 | Indian National Congress[11] |
1996 | 1,072,010 | 86.33 | Chitta Basu | 46.24 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 42.86 | Indian National Congress[12] |
1998 | 1,070,950 | 84.10 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 47.13 | Trinamool Congress | Chitra Ghosh | 40.83 | Forward Bloc[13] |
1999 | 1,043,590 | 80.88 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 50.28 | Trinamool Congress | Saral Deb | 40.88 | Forward Bloc[14] |
2004 | 1,153,580 | 83.11 | Subrata Bose | 45.13 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 44.07 | Trinamool Congress[15] |
See also[]
- Barasat
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References[]
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- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
External links[]
Coordinates: 22°43′N 88°29′E / 22.72°N 88.48°E
Categories:
- Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal
- Politics of North 24 Parganas district