Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)

Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district.

Hooghly
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentLocket Chatterjee
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,630,042[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesSingur
Chandannagar
Chunchura
Balagarh (SC)
Pandua
Saptagram
Dhanekhali (SC)

Overview
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

Hoogly constituency, shares a large industrial area on the western bank of the Hooghly river in the district with Sreerampur and has a rich agricultural hinterland.

According to The Statesman, "The Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency had remained a Communist bastion till the Trinamul snatched their thunder in the 2009 General Election. The constituency has the distinction of having a rich colonial history with the Portuguese settlement at Bandel, the French colony at Chandannagore, the Danish settlement at Serampore… and Chinsurah, a former Dutch colony. Despite ruling West Bengal for 35 years, the Marxixt government alienated its people by such historical blunders as the forcible acquisition of fertile agricultural land in Singur which forms part of the Hooghly constituency." [2]

The Dunlop tyre plant at Sahaganj, in this constituency is closed. According to Hindustan Times, "The entire jute industry, with eight mills in Hooghly, is sick…From Tribeni in north to Hind Motor in south, by the bank of Hooghly exists the Hooghly industrial belt, now seeking oxygen. Two fertiliser units, one food processing unit, two cotton mills, one steel plant and many other small and medium scale units have closed down over the years." [3]

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 28 Hooghly is composed of the following segments:[4]

Prior to delimitation, Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]Chandernagore (assembly constituency no. 182), Singur (assembly constituency no. 183), Haripal (assembly constituency no. 184), Chinsurah (assembly constituency no. 186), Bansberia (assembly constituency no. 193), Polba (assembly constituency no. 190), Dhaniakhali (SC) (assembly constituency no. 191)

Members of Parliament
Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-57HooghlyN.C.ChatterjeeAkhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha [6]
Second1957-62Provat KarCommunist Party of India[7]
Third1962-67Provat KarCommunist Party of India [8]
Fourth1967-71Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Fifth1971-77Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Sixth1977-80Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Seventh1980-84Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Eighth1984-89Indumati BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[13]
Ninth1989-91Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
Tenth1991-96Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Eleventh1996-98Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Twelfth1998-99Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Thirteenth1999-04Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Fourteenth2004-09Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Fifteenth2009-14Dr. Ratna De (Nag)All India Trinamool Congress[20]
Sixteenth2014-19Dr. Ratna De (Nag)All India Trinamool Congress[21]
Seventeenth2019-incumbentLocket ChatterjeeBharatiya Janata Party[22]

Election results

General election 2019

Indian General Election 2019: Hooghly[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Locket Chatterjee 6,71,448 46.03 +29.66
AITC Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 5,98,086 41.00 -4.51
CPI (M) Pradip Saha 1,21,588 8.34 -27.18
INC Pratul Chandra Saha 25,374 1.74 -1.39
NOTA None of the above 13,525 0.93 N/A
Majority 73,362 5.03
Turnout 14,57,842 82.52 -0.18
BJP gain from AITC Swing +17.09
 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: Hooghly[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 614,312 45.54 -6.83
CPI (M) Pradip Saha 425,228 31.52 -10.84
BJP Chandan Mitra 221,271 16.40 +12.98
INC Pritam Ghosh 42,226 3.13 N/A
CPI(ML)L Sajal Adhikari 9,152 0.67 -0.36
SUCI(C) Paban Mazumder 7,682 0.56
BSP Vijay Kumar Mahato 5,519 0.40 -0.45
RJP Sanghamitra Mukherjee 3,766 0.27
JDP Shukchand Murmu 3,197 0.23 -0.83
Majority 1,89,084 14.02 +7.01
Turnout 13,48,870 82.75 +0.04
AITC hold Swing -3.83
 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: Hooghly[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 5,74,022 52.37 +16.47
CPI (M) Rupchand Pal 4,92,499 42.36 -11.64
BJP Dr. Chuni Lal Chakraborty 39,784 3.42
JDP Swapan Murmu 12,417 1.06
CPI(ML)L Sajal Adhikari 12,068 1.03
Independent Satya Gopal Dey 10,119 0.87
BSP Suryya Kanta Ray 9,933 0.85
Independent Alok Pathak 6,908 0.59
SP Arabinda Sen 4,894 0.42
Majority 81,523 7.01
Turnout 11,62,646 82.71
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 2004
General Election, 2004: Hooghly[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Rupchand Pal 496,890 54.00
AITC Indrani Mukherjee 329,924 35.90
INC Ashok Kumar Das 70,173 7.60
JDP Keshab Chandra Soren 16,931 1.80
Bahujan Samaj Party Matilal Mandal 11,101 1.20
Majority 166,966 18.2
Turnout 9,19,683 79.2
CPI (M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2019

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951 Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Renuka Roy Indian National Congress
1957 Provat Kar Communist Party of India Sachindra Chosdhury Indian National Congress
1962 Provat Kar Communist Party of India Nirmal Kumar Sen Indian National Congress
1967 Bejoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) P.K.Palit Indian National Congress
1972 Bejoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Phani Ghosh Indian National Congress
1977 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bishnu Charan Banerjee Indian National Congress
1980 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santimohan Roy Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indumati Bhattacharya Indian National Congress Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Umasankar Halder Indian National Congress
1991 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Umasankar Halder Indian National Congress
1996 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gouri Sankar Banerjee Indian National Congress
1998 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tapan Dasgupta Trinamool Congress
1999 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tapan Dasgupta Trinamool Congress
2004 Rupchand Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Indrani Mukherjee Trinamool Congress
2009 Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Trinamool Congress Rupchand Pal Communist party of India (Marxist)
2014 Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Trinamool Congress Pradip Saha Communist party of India (Marxist)
2019 Locket Chatterjee Bharatiya Janata Party Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Trinamool Congress

See also
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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