Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

For other uses, see Barasat (disambiguation).
Barasat
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentKakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1957-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,512,792[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesHabra
Ashoknagar
Rajarhat New Town
Bidhannagar
Madhyamgram
Barasat
Deganga

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]

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 SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57SantipurArun Chandra GuhaIndian National Congress [4]
Second1957-62BarasatArun Chandra GuhaIndian National Congress [5]
Third1962-67Arun Chandra GuhaIndian National Congress[6]
Fourth1967-71Ranendranath SenCommunist Party of India[7]
Fifth1971-77Ranendranath SenCommunist Party of India [8]
Sixth1977-80Chitta BasuForward Bloc[9]
Seventh1980-84Chitta BasuForward Bloc[10]
Eighth1984-89Tarun Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress[11]
Ninth1989-91Chitta BasuForward Bloc [12]
Tenth1991-96Chitta BasuForward Bloc[13]
Eleventh1996-98Chitta BasuForward Bloc[14]
Twelfth1998-99Dr. Ranjit Kumar PanjaTrinamool Congress[15]
Thirteenth1999-04Dr. Ranjit Kumar PanjaTrinamool Congress[16]
Fourteenth2004-09Subrata BoseForward Bloc[17]
Fifteenth2009-14Dr. Kakali Ghosh DastidarTrinamool Congress [18]
Sixteenth2014-2019Dr. Kakali Ghosh DastidarTrinamool Congress[19]
Seventeenth2019-incumbentDr. Kakali Ghosh DastidarTrinamool Congress[19]

Election results

General election 2019
Indian General Election 2019:Barasat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
SUCI(C) Tushar Ghosh 1754 0.13
Majority 1,10,169 7.9 -5.74
Turnout 13,96,194 81.26 2.65
AITC hold Swing
 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage Vote change %
AITC 22 12 43.00 4
BJP 18 16 40.00 23
INC 2 2 6.29 4
Left 0 2 7.57 24

Source: Election Results 2019

General elections 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Barasat[19]
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
BSP Sukumar Bala 12,178
Independent Morttaja Hosen 6,911
WPOI 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 1,73,141 13.64 +1.66
Turnout 1,269,331 83.91
AITC hold Swing -10.39
 2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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
General Election, 2009: Barasat[18]
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
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
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

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[5]
1962 385,859 59.64 Arun Chandra Guha 50.17 Indian National Congress Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta 37.70 Communist Party of India[6]
1967 365,429 74.09 Ranendra Nath Sen 40.84 Communist Party of India Arun Chandra Guha 31.59 Indian National Congress[7]
1971 349,894 64.10 Ranendra Nath Sen 33.29 Communist Party of India Hemanta Gangopadhyay 30.54 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977 372,420 61.05 Chitta Basu 56.15 Forward Bloc Ranen Sen 24.23 Communist Party of India[9]
1980 571,760 75.33 Chitta Basu 53.03 Forward Bloc Harasit Ghosh 36.30 Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984 703,870 83-83 Tarun Kanti Ghosh 49.46 Indian National Congress Chitta Basu 47.64 Forward Bloc[11]
1989 898,100 85.87 Chitta Basu 50.52 Forward Bloc Tarun Kanti Ghosh 44.38 Indian National Congress[12]
1991 893, 570 83.11 Chitta Basu 43.60 Forward Bloc Ashok Krishna Dutt 35.84 Indian National Congress[13]
1996 1,072,010 86.33 Chitta Basu 46.24 Forward Bloc Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 42.86 Indian National Congress[14]
1998 1,070,950 84.10 Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 47.13 Trinamool Congress Chitra Ghosh 40.83 Forward Bloc[15]
1999 1,043,590 80.88 Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 50.28 Trinamool Congress Saral Deb 40.88 Forward Bloc[16]
2004 1,153,580 83.11 Subrata Bose 45.13 Forward Bloc Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 44.07 Trinamool Congress[17]

See also
  • Barasat
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References
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