Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district.

For other uses, see Barrackpore (disambiguation).

Barrackpore
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentArjun Singh
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,433,276[1]
Former MPDinesh Trivedi (AITC)
Assembly ConstituenciesAmdanga
Bijpur
Naihati
Bhatpara
Jagatdal
Noapara
Barrackpur

Overview
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. Bankur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

The Barrackpore constituency stretching from the north western edges of Kolkata metropolis in to the North 24-Parganas district is an industrial area with a difference - "the eastern bank of the Hooghly here, from Barrackpore to Shyamnagar, is an expanse of chimneys that pierce the sky like a cardiogram…Smoke billows from only one or two of them. The Empire Jute Mill is at work on occasional weeks. Loomtex Cotton is shut. Naihati Jute is shut. Gouripore Jute, shut. The ordnance factories, Ishapore Rifle and Metal & Steel, are coping with dwindling orders for guns and bombs but their workers at least have a modicum of government security. Bengal Enamel and Mahaluxmi Cotton, both in Palta, are forgotten, their land having been sold for apartment blocks. Dunbar Cotton has sold its real estate. Lakkhi Cotton does not exist, private residential high-rises having already been built on its land. To the north, the Kakinada Paper Mill is shut, as is the Meghni Mill. Workers of Barrackpore’s sick industries lead measly lives." [2]

More than half of the voters are from the working class[2] and around 35% of them are Hindi-speaking.[3]

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 15 Barrackpur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[4]

  • Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 102)
  • Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 103)
  • Naihati (assembly constituency no. 104)
  • Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 105)
  • Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 106)
  • Noapara (assembly constituency no. 107)
  • Barrackpur (assembly constituency no. 108)

In 2004, Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 89), Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 128), Naihati (assembly constituency no. 129), Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 130), Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 131), Noapara (assembly constituency no. 132), Titagarh (assembly constituency no. 133)

Members of Parliament
Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57BarrackporeRamananda DasIndian National Congress [6]
Second1957-62Bimal Kumar GhoshPraja Socialist Party [7]
Third1962-67Renu ChakravarttyCommunist Party of India [8]
Fourth1967-71Mohammed IsmailCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Fifth1971-77Mohammed IsmailCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Sixth1977-80Saugata RoyIndian National Congress[11]
Seventh1980-84Mohammad IsmailCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Eighth1984-89Debi GhosalIndian National Congress[13]
Ninth1989-91Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
Tenth1991-96Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Eleventh1996-98Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Twelfth1998-99Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Thirteenth1999-04Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Fourteenth2004-09Tarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Fifteenth2009-14Dinesh TrivediTrinamool Congress[20]
Sixteenth2014-19Dinesh TrivediTrinamool Congress[21]
Seventeenth2019–presentArjun SinghBharatiya Janata Party[22]

Election results

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Barrackpore[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arjun Singh 4,72,994 42.82 +20.90
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 4,58,137 41.48 -4.11
CPI (M) Gargi Chatterjee 1,17,456 10.63 -15.29
INC Mohammad Alam 15,746 1.43 -1.47
NOTA None of the Above 12,678 1.15
Majority 14,857 1.25
Turnout 11,04,699 76.91 -4.95
Registered electors 14,36,431
BJP gain from AITC Swing +12.50
 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 election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Barrackpore[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 479,206 45.59 -3.69
CPI (M) Subhashini Ali 272,433 25.92 -16.92
BJP Rumesh Kumar Handa 230,401 21.92 +18.36
INC Samrat Topadar 30,491 2.90 +2.90
BSP Tapash Sarkar 5458
Independent Dina Shankar Singh 5036
CPI(ML)L Omprakash Rajbhar 4416
Independent Omprakash Shaw 3555
Independent Girish Chandra Singh 3132
SUCI(C) Pradip Chaudhuri 2200
CPI(ML) Red Star Sharmistha Choudhury 2036
AAP Mihir Biswas 1787
LNJSP Jainal Abudeen Ahmed 10,979 1.04 ---
Majority 206,773 19.67 +13.23
Turnout 1,051,130 81.86 +1.40
AITC hold Swing -3.69
 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: Barrackpore[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 428,699 49.28
CPI (M) Tarit Baran Topdar 372,675 42.84
BJP Prabhakar Tewari 30,970 3.56
BSP Ashok Sonkar 9,359 1.08
Independent Rabi Shankar Paul 7,111
Independent Binod Kumar Singh 5,169
CPI(ML)L Subrata Sengupta 5,071
Independent Dharmendra Singh 4,720
Independent Dinesh Kumar Sharma 3,322
Independent Gopal Rout 2,872
Majority 56,024 6.44
Turnout 8,69,968[1] 80.46
AITC gain from CPI (M) 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 election 2004
General Election, 2004: Barrackpore[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Tarit Baran Topdar 443,048 55.77
AITC Arjun Singh 277,977 34.99
INC Debi Ghosal 43,750 5.51
Independent Subrata Biswas 9,072 1.14
BSP Chapala Majumder 6,473 0.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh 3,920 0.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen 3,071 0.39
Majority 165,071 20.78
Turnout 7,94,426 80.98
CPI (M) hold Swing
 Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 1 7 21.40
Indian National Congress 6 3 14.56
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 0 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 26 3 38.57
Communist Party of India 3 1 4.01
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 0 4.48
All India Forward Bloc 3 1 3.66
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 2 8.06

General election 1999
General Election, 1999: Barrackpore[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Tarit Baran Topdar 399,269
AITC Jayanta Bhattacharya 358,494 34.99
INC Ashok Shukla 59,732 5.51
Independent Subrata Biswas 9,072 1.14
BSP Chapala Majumder 6,473 0.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh 3,920 0.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen 3,071 0.39
Majority 40,775 4.78
Turnout 7,94,426 80.98
CPI (M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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
1951 159,207 43.58 Ramananda Das 51.24 Indian National Congress Debprasad Ghosh 18.89 Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1957 241747 56.18 Bimal Coomar Ghose 54.98 Praja Socialist Party Labonya Prova Dutta 36.35 Indian National Congress
1962 404,181 68.76 Renu Chakraborty 57.56 Communist Party of India Ram Dhari Singh 33.76 Indian National Congress
1967 424548 70.88 Md. Ismail 39.16 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Renu Chakrabarty 32.90 Communist Party of India
1971 522,103 68.65 Md. Ismail 56.29 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Renu Chakravarty 39.72 Communist Party of India
1977 470,020 72.23 Saugata Roy 64.60 INC Mahammad Ismail 33.78 CPI (M)
1980 482,46 68.94 Mahammad Ismail 56.72 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 34.61 INC (I)
1984 617.10 79.30 Debi Ghosal 53.52 INC Mohammad Amin 44.64 CPI (M)
1989 733,760 78.84 Tarit Baran Topdar 50.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 45.41 INC
1991 695,870 74.81 Tarit Baran Topdar 47.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 38.78 INC
1996 825,300 81.53 Tarit Baran Topdar 49.54 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 42.23 INC
1998 846,370 82.56 Tarit Baran Topdar 46.01 CPI (M) Tarun Adhikary 42.65 WBTC
1999 845,190 81.25 Tarit Baran Topdar 48.06 CPI (M) Jayanta Bhattacharya 43.15 AITC
2004 794,680 81.01 Tarit Baran Topdar 55.77 CPI (M) Arjun Singh 34.99 AITC

See also
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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