Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1957-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,512,792[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Habra Ashoknagar Rajarhat New Town Bidhannagar Madhyamgram Barasat Deganga |
Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বারাসাত লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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
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]
- Habra (assembly constituency no. 100)
- Ashoknagar (assembly constituency no. 101)
- Rajarhat New Town (assembly constituency no. 115)
- Bidhannagar (assembly constituency no. 116)
- Madhyamgram (assembly constituency no. 118)
- Barasat (assembly constituency no. 119)
- Deganga (assembly constituency no. 120)
In 2004, Barasat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Bagadaha (SC) (assembly constituency no. 84), Bangaon (assembly constituency no. 85), Gaighata (assembly constituency no. 86), Habra (assembly constituency no. 87), Ashoknagar (assembly constituency no. 88), Barasat (assembly constituency no. 90), Deganga (assembly constituency no. 92)
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second | 1957-62 | Barasat | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress [4] |
| Third | 1962-67 | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Ranendranath Sen | Communist Party of India[6] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Ranendranath Sen | Communist Party of India [7] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[8] | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[9] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress[10] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc [11] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[12] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Chitta Basu | Forward Bloc[13] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Subrata Bose | Forward Bloc[16] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress [17] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress[18] |
Election results
General elections 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 525,387 | 41.39 | -9.56 | |
| Forward Bloc | Dr. Mortaza Hossain | 352,246 | 27.75 | -11.22 | |
| BJP | P. C. Sorcar, Jr. | 296,608 | 23.37 | +17.97 | |
| INC | Riju Ghoshal | 40,660 | 3.20 | +3.20 | |
| BSP | Sukumar Bala | 12,178 | |||
| Independent | Morttaja Hosen | 6,911 | |||
| WPI | Md. Rafikul Islam | 6,895 | |||
| Independent | Kaushik Das Gupta | 6,375 | |||
| Independent | Kalyan Basak | 4,122 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Paresh Chandra Ghosh | 2,439 | |||
| BMP | Bikash Hazra | 1,478 | |||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Shukla Bhuimali | 1,332 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 12,700 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 173,141 | 13.64 | +1.66 | ||
| Turnout | 1,269,331 | 83.91 | |||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 5,22,530 | 50.96 | ||
| Forward Bloc | 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 | ||
| Independent | Kumari Kamala Das | 7,527 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Bose | 6,913 | 0.67 | ||
| IUML | Waliur Rahaman | 6,045 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 1,22,901 | 11.99 | |||
| Turnout | 10,25,329 | 83.60 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from Forward Bloc | Swing | ||||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %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[5] |
| 1967 | 365,429 | 74.09 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 40.84 | Communist Party of India | Arun Chandra Guha | 31.59 | Indian National Congress[6] |
| 1971 | 349,894 | 64.10 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 33.29 | Communist Party of India | Hemanta Gangopadhyay | 30.54 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] |
| 1977 | 372,420 | 61.05 | Chitta Basu | 56.15 | Forward Bloc | Ranen Sen | 24.23 | Communist Party of India[8] |
| 1980 | 571,760 | 75.33 | Chitta Basu | 53.03 | Forward Bloc | Harasit Ghosh | 36.30 | Indian National Congress (I)[9] |
| 1984 | 703,870 | 83-83 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 49.46 | Indian National Congress | Chitta Basu | 47.64 | Forward Bloc[10] |
| 1989 | 898,100 | 85.87 | Chitta Basu | 50.52 | Forward Bloc | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 44.38 | Indian National Congress[11] |
| 1991 | 893, 570 | 83.11 | Chitta Basu | 43.60 | Forward Bloc | Ashok Krishna Dutt | 35.84 | Indian National Congress[12] |
| 1996 | 1,072,010 | 86.33 | Chitta Basu | 46.24 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 42.86 | Indian National Congress[13] |
| 1998 | 1,070,950 | 84.10 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 47.13 | Trinamool Congress | Chitra Ghosh | 40.83 | Forward Bloc[14] |
| 1999 | 1,043,590 | 80.88 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 50.28 | Trinamool Congress | Saral Deb | 40.88 | Forward Bloc[15] |
| 2004 | 1,153,580 | 83.11 | Subrata Bose | 45.13 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 44.07 | Trinamool Congress[16] |
See also
References
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- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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Coordinates: 22°43′N 88°29′E / 22.72°N 88.48°E
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