Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency
Barrackpur WB-15 | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | Amdanga Bijpur Naihati Bhatpara Jagatdal Noapara Barrackpur |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 15,08,728 (2024)[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2024 |
Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpur in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.
Overview
[edit]The Barrackpur 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 Barrackpur 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 Barrackpur’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
[edit]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]
Constituency number | Name | District | Party | MLA | 2024 Lead |
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102 | Amdanga | North 24 Parganas | TMC | Rafiqur Rahaman | TMC |
103 | Bijpur | TMC | Subodh Adhikary | TMC | |
104 | Naihati | TMC | Sanat Dey | BJP | |
105 | Bhatpara | BJP | Pawan Singh | BJP | |
106 | Jagatdal | TMC | Somenath Shyam Ichini | TMC | |
107 | Noapara | Manju Basu | TMC | ||
108 | Barrackpur | TMC | Raj Chakraborty | TMC |
| *by-election 2024
Members of Parliament
[edit]Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
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First | 1952-57 | Barrackpore | Ramananda Das | Indian National Congress[5] | |
Second | 1957-62 | Bimal Kumar Ghosh | Praja Socialist Party[6] | ||
Third | 1962-67 | Renu Chakravartty | Communist Party of India[7] | ||
Fourth | 1967-71 | Mohammed Ismail | Communist Party of India[8][9] | ||
Fifth | 1971-77 | ||||
Sixth | 1977-80 | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress[10] | ||
Seventh | 1980-84 | Mohammad Ismail | Communist Party of India[11] | ||
Eighth | 1984-89 | Debi Ghosal | Indian National Congress[12] | ||
Ninth | 1989-91 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13][14][15][16][17][18] | ||
Tenth | 1991-96 | ||||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | ||||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | ||||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | ||||
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | ||||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dinesh Trivedi | Trinamool Congress[19][20] | ||
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | ||||
Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Arjun Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party[21] | ||
Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Partha Bhowmick | Trinamool Congress |
Election results
[edit]General election 2024
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Partha Bhowmick | 520,231 | 45.56 | 4.08 | |
BJP | Arjun Singh | 4,55,793 | 39.92 | 2.90 | |
CPI(M) | Debdut Ghosh | 1,09,564 | 9.60 | 1.03 | |
Majority | 64,438 | 5.64 | 4.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,141,860 | ||||
AITC gain from BJP | Swing | 1.87 |
General election 2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Arjun Singh | 472,994 | 42.82 | 20.90 | |
AITC | Dinesh Trivedi | 458,137 | 41.48 | −4.11 | |
CPI(M) | Gargi Chatterjee | 117,456 | 10.63 | −15.29 | |
INC | Mohammad Alam | 15,746 | 1.43 | −1.47 | |
Majority | 14,857 | 1.25 | |||
Turnout | 1,104,699 | 76.91 | −4.95 | ||
Registered electors | 1,436,431 | ||||
BJP gain from AITC | Swing | 12.50 |
General election 2014
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
LJP | 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 |
General election 2009
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[24] | 80.46 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
General election 1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[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 | ||
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
[edit]References
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