Barasat
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Barasat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesHabra
Ashoknagar
Rajarhat New Town
Bidhannagar
Madhyamgram
Barasat
Deganga
Established1952-present
Total electors1,512,792[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2019

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

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
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 SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party
First1952-57SantipurArun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress[3]
Second1957-62BarasatArun Chandra Guha[4]
Third1962-67Arun Chandra Guha
Fourth1967-71Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen Communist Party of India[5]
Fifth1971-77Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen[6]
Sixth1977-80Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc[7]
Seventh1980-84Chitta Basu[8]
Eighth1984-89Tarun Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress[9]
Ninth1989-91Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc[10]
Tenth1991-96Chitta Basu[11]
Eleventh1996-98Chitta Basu[12]
Twelfth1998-99Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja Trinamool Congress[13]
Thirteenth1999-04Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja[14]
Fourteenth2004-09Subrata Bose All India Forward Bloc[15]
Fifteenth2009-14Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar Trinamool Congress[16]
Sixteenth2014-2019Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar[17]
Seventeenth2019-incumbentDr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar[17]

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barasat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 648,444 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

2014 Indian general elections: Barasat[17]
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

2009 Indian general elections: Barasat[16]
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
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 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
%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

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Members Biographical Sketches - First Lok Sabha". West Bengal. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. 1 2 "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.
  8. 1 2 "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.
  9. 1 2 "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.
  10. 1 2 "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.
  11. 1 2 "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.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. 1 2 "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.
  14. 1 2 "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.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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