Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency
Bolpur WB-41 | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | Ausgram Bolpur Ketugram Labpur Mayureswar Mangalkot Nanoor |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 18,39,234 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2024 |
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Vidhan Sabha segments
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As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Constituency number | Name | District | Party (as of 2021) |
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271 | Ketugram | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
272 | Mangalkot | TMC | |
273 | Ausgram (SC) | TMC | |
286 | Bolpur | Birbhum | TMC |
287 | Nanoor (SC) | TMC | |
288 | Labpur | TMC | |
290 | Mayureswar | TMC |
Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)
Members of Parliament
[edit]Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
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Fourth | 1967-71 | Bolpur | A.K.Chanda | Indian National Congress[3] | |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4][5] | ||
Sixth | 1977-80 | ||||
Seventh | 1980-84 | ||||
Eighth | 1984-85 | ||||
Bye Election, 1985 | 1985-89 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Ninth | 1989-91 | ||||
Tenth | 1991-96 | ||||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | ||||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | ||||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | ||||
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | ||||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | |||
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Anupam Hazra | Trinamool Congress | ||
Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Asit Kumar Mal | |||
Seventeenth | 2024-Incumbent |
Election results
[edit]General election 2024
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Asit Kumar Mal | 855,633 | 55.98 | ![]() | |
BJP | Piya Saha | 528,380 | 34.57 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Shyamali Pradhan | 99,383 | 6.50 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 21,722 | 1.42 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,27,253 | 21.41 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,528,470 | 82.66 | ![]() | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
General election 2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Asit Kumar Mal | 699,172 | 47.85 | −0.48 | |
BJP | Ram Prasad Das | 592,769 | 40.57 | +25.44 | |
CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 91,964 | 6.29 | −23.95 | |
INC | Abhijit Saha | 30,112 | 2.06 | −1.53 | |
RJVP | Simanta Mondal | 17,013 | 1.16 | +1.16 | |
Majority | 1,06,403 | 7.28 | |||
Turnout | 14,61,929 | 85.74 | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
General election 2014
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Anupam Hazra | 6,30,693 | 48.33 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 3,94,584 | 30.24 | −19.66 | |
BJP | Kamini Mohan Sarkar | 1,97,474 | 15.13 | +8.64 | |
INC | Tapan Kumar Saha | 46,953 | 3.59 | −34.55 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 17,322 | 1.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,36,109 | 18.09 | +6.33 | ||
Turnout | 13,04,756 | 84.81 | +2.32 | ||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +38.50 |
General elections 2009
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 508,383 | 49.90 | ||
INC | Asit Kumar Mal | 411,501 | 38.14 | ||
BJP | Arjun Saha | 70,084 | 6.49 | ||
AUDF | Adara Bauri | 21,325 | 1.97 | ||
IND | Professor Bijay Dalui | 14,581 | 1.35 | ||
IND | Nihar Hazra | 11,798 | 1.09 | ||
BSP | Vidyasagar Mete | 11,139 | 1.03 | ||
Majority | 96,882 | 11.76 | |||
Turnout | 10,78,811 | 82.49 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General elections 2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 504,836 | 65.80 | ||
AITC | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 194,531 | 25.30 | ||
INC | Dhananjoy Saha | 48,756 | 6.49 | ||
Independent | Budhen Soren | 9,860 | 1.30 | ||
Independent | Bhabotosh Mandal | 6,561 | 0.09 | ||
Independent | Bijoy Dolui | 5,515 | 0.07 | ||
Majority | 310,305 | 40.40 | |||
Turnout | 7,67,695 | 74.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General elections 1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 464,199 | 59.36 | ||
AITC | Suniti Chattaraj | 277,810 | 35.53 | ||
INC | Dr. Sushil Banerjee | 37,093 | 4.74 | ||
JP | Nazma | 2,852 | 0.36 | ||
Majority | 186,389 | 23.50 | |||
Turnout | 7,81,954 | 76.43 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General elections 1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 470,645 | 59.55 | ||
AITC | Gour Hari Chanda | 219,553 | 27.78 | ||
INC | Suniti Chattaraj | 110,091 | 12.67 | ||
Majority | 251,092 | 31.30 | |||
Turnout | 7,81,954 | 78.55 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General election 1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 471,549 | 58.80 | ||
INC | Sunil Das | 217,903 | 27.20 | ||
BJP | Tara Prosanna Sinha | 76,548 | 9.50 | ||
Independent | Modassar Hossain | 8,670 | 1.10 | ||
Independent | Md. Sadakas | 1,987 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Maharaj Mistry | 1,482 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Abu Taher Mirza | 669 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 253,646 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,02,298 | 82.1 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General election 1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 394,496 | 55.30 | ||
INC | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 167,872 | 23.50 | ||
BJP | Tara Prosanna Sinha | 117,394 | 16.40 | ||
Independent | Aloke Mukherjee | 7,577 | 1.10 | ||
BSP | Sailendranath Majumder | 2,654 | 0.40 | ||
Jharkhand Party | Shyamali Ghosh | 2,392 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Sunil Kumar Mitra | 2,149 | 0.10 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Maharaj Mistry | 920 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Manohar Murmu | 615 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Abu taher Mirza | 428 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 226,624 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,13,844 | 77.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General election 1989
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 421,483 | 59.30 | ||
INC | Sachindranath Sahu | 257,890 | 36.30 | ||
Independent | Modassar Hossain | 8,164 | 1.10 | ||
JP(S) | Mahonmbd Saddu Kas | 5,045 | 0.70 | ||
Independent | Rabindranath Ghosh | 2,587 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Abu Taher Mirza | 1,437 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Sanat Kumar Datta | 1,027 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 163,593 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,11,128 | 79.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1984 Election
[edit]- Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 317,749 votes
- Nihar Dutta (Congress) : 256,818
By-election 1985
[edit]A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 339,078 | |||
INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 240,079 | |||
Independent | K.K Roy | 10,087 | |||
Independent | M.Hossain | 4,182 | |||
Independent | N.C.Mandal | 2,245 | |||
Majority | 98,999 | 7.92 | +6.12 | ||
Turnout | 5,95,671 | 62.82 | −14.07 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1980 Election
[edit]- Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 264,798 votes [14]
- Pranab mukherjee (Cong-Indira) : 196,169
General elections 1967-2004
[edit]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 | ||
1967 | 259,965 | 53.75 | A.K.Chanda | 52.73 | Congress | Saradish Roy | 47.27 | CPI(M)[3] |
1971 | 270,782 | 52.77 | Saradish Roy | 45.39 | CPI(M) | Phulrenu Guha | 31.01 | Congress[4] |
1977 | 255,130 | 48.36 | Saradish Roy | 50.19 | CPI(M) | Durga Banerjee | 36.20 | CPI[15] |
1980 | 493,810 | 74.04 | Saradish Roy | 54.97 | CPI(M) | Pranab Mukherjee | 40.72 | INC(I)[16] |
1984 | 589,190 | 78.26 | Saradish Roy | 55.09 | CPI(M) | Nihar Dutta | 44.53 | INC[17] |
Bye Polls 1985 | Somnath Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279> | ||||
1989 | 711,130 | 79.20 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.42 | CPI(M) | Sachidanandan Sau | 36.97 | INC[13] |
1991 | 713,840 | 77.17 | Somnath Chatterjee | 56.64 | CPI(M) | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 24.10 | Independent[12] |
1996 | 802,300 | 82.10 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.55 | CPI(M) | Sunil Das | 27.98 | INC[11] |
1998 | 803,380 | 78.55 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.55 | CPI(M) | Gour Hari Chandra | 27.78 | WBTC[10] |
1999 | 792.87 | 76.43 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.36 | CPI(M) | Suniti Chattaraj | 35.53 | AITC[9] |
2004 | 770.12 | 74.41 | Somnath Chatterjee | 65.56 | CPI(M) | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 25.26 | AITC[8] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ 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 2 June 2014.
- ^ 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 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
- ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
- ^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.