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Barasat Lok Sabha constituency

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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.

Barasat
WB-17
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
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
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Most Successful parties from Barasat Lok Sabha

  All India Forward Bloc (6 times) (35.29%)
  Trinamool Congress (6 times) (35.29%)
  Indian National Congress (4 times) (23.53%)
  Communist Party of India (2 times) (11.76%)

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 District Party MLA 2024 Lead
100 Habra North 24 Parganas TMC Jyotipriya Mallick BJP
101 Ashoknagar TMC Narayan Goswami TMC
115 Rajarhat New Town TMC Tapash Chatterjee TMC
116 Bidhannagar TMC Sujit Bose BJP
118 Madhyamgram TMC Rathin Ghosh TMC
119 Barasat

TMC

Chiranjeet Chakraborty TMC
120 Deganga TMC Rahima Mondal TMC

Members of Parliament

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Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party
First 1952-57 Santipur Arun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress[3][4]
Second 1957-62 Barasat
Third 1962-67
Fourth 1967-71 Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen Communist Party of India[5][6]
Fifth 1971-77
Sixth 1977-80 Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc[7][8]
Seventh 1980-84
Eighth 1984-89 Tarun Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress[9]
Ninth 1989-91 Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc[10][11][12]
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99 Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja Trinamool Congress[13][14]
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09 Subrata Bose All India Forward Bloc[15]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Kakali Ghosh Dastidar Trinamool Congress[16][17]
Sixteenth 2014-2019
Seventeenth 2019-2024
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent

Election results

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General election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Barasat[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 692,010 45.15  1.32
BJP Swapan Majumder 577,821 37.70  0.87
ISF Tapas Banerjee 121,440 7.92  7.92
AIFB Sanjib Chatterjee 100,000 6.52  2.37
NOTA None of the above 17,892 1.17
Majority 114,189
Turnout 1,532,601
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Barasat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 648,444 46.47 +5.08
BJP Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath 538,275 38.57 +15.2
AIFB Haripada Biswas 124,068 8.89 −18.86
INC Subrata Dutta 37,277 2.67 −0.53
NOTA None of the above 17,769 1.27
Majority 110,169 7.90 −5.74
Turnout 1,396,194 81.26 −2.65
AITC hold Swing

General elections 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Barasat[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 525,387 41.39 −9.56
AIFB 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

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2009 Indian general elections: Barasat[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 522,530 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  18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6  0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1  1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9  17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2  1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2  1 3.56
Forward bloc 2  1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1  1 6.14

General elections 1957-2004

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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[19]
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

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References

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  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. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  18. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2517.htm [bare URL]
  19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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