| Bishnupur WB-37 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Barjora Onda Bishnupur Katulpur Indas Sonamukhi Khandaghosh |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 17,54,268[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543parliamentary constituencies inIndia. The constituency centres onBishnupurinWest Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency are inBankura district, one assembly segment is inPurba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:[2]
Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the followingassembly segments:[3]Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 244),Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 245),Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246),Indpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247),Vishnupur (assembly constituency no. 253),Kotulpur (assembly constituency no. 254) andIndas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255).
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third | 1962-67 | Pashupati Mandal | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71[5] | |||
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Ajit Kumar Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80[7] | |||
| Seventh | 1980-84[8] | |||
| Eighth | 1984-89[9] | |||
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Sukhendu Khan[10] | ||
| Tenth | 1991-96[11] | |||
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Sandhya Bauri[12] | ||
| Twelfth | 1998-99[13] | |||
| Thirteenth | 1999-04[14] | |||
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Susmita Bauri[15] | ||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14[16] | |||
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Saumitra Khan | Trinamool Congress[17] | |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Eighteenth | 2024-29 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saumitra Khan | 680,130 | 44.93 |  1.32 | |
| AITC | Sujata Mondal | 6,74,563 | 44.56 |  3.81 | |
| CPI(M) | Shital Koiborto | 1,05,411 | 6.96 | 0.26 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 19,132 | 1.26 | 0.24 | |
| Majority | 5,567 | 0.37 | 5.13 | ||
| Turnout | 15,13,872 | 86.30 | 1.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,54,268 | ||||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saumitra Khan | 657,019 | 46.25 | +32.14 | |
| AITC | Shyamal Santra | 578,972 | 40.75 | −4.75 | |
| CPI(M) | Sunil Khan | 102,615 | 7.22 | −26.55 | |
| INC | Narayan Chandra Khan | 17,932 | 1.26 | −0.86 | |
| BMP | Basudeb Sikari | 7,816 | 0.95 | +0.34 | |
| SUCI(C) | Ajit Kumar Bauri | 11,225 | 0.79 | +0.41 | |
| Independent | Tarani Roy | 11,070 | 0.78 | +0.25 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,436 | 1.02 | −0.62 | |
| Majority | 78,047 | 5.50 | |||
| Turnout | 14,21,191 | 87.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,27,199 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | +18.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Saumitra Khan | 578,870 | 45.50 | +6.45 | |
| CPI(M) | Susmita Bauri | 459,185 | 33.73 | −17.59 | |
| BJP | Dr. Jayanta Mondal | 179,530 | 14.11 | +10.14 | |
| INC | Narayan Chandra Khan | 27,054 | 2.12 | N/A | |
| BSP | Jagadananda Roy | 10,127 | 0.79 | −0.04 | |
| BMP | Joydeb Bauri | 7,816 | 0.61 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tarani Roy | 6,854 | 0.53 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dinesh Lohar | 6,820 | 0.53 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Sadananda Mandal | 4,886 | 0.38 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 20,928 | 1.64 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,49,685 | 11.77 | −0.50 | ||
| Turnout | 1,272,070 | 86.72 | +1.56 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Susmita Bauri | 541,075 | 51.92 | −12.96 | |
| AITC | Seuli Saha | 411,709 | 39.05 | +15.91 | |
| BJP | Jayanta Mondal | 41,908 | 3.97 | N/A | |
| JMM | Tapas Das | 21,634 | 2.02 | N/A | |
| Independent | Uma Kanta Bhakat | 17,727 | 1.68 | N/A | |
| Independent | Uttam Bouri | 11,280 | 1.07 | N/A | |
| BSP | Manik Bauri | 8,816 | 0.83 | −0.48 | |
| Majority | 129,366 | 12.27 | −28.87 | ||
| Turnout | 1,054,188 | 85.16 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | -12.96 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Susmita Bauri | 518,507 | 64.28 | ||
| AITC | Janardan Saha | 186,678 | 23.14 | ||
| INC | Achintya Majhi | 61,793 | 7.66 | ||
| Independent | Sraban Mondal | 29,009 | 3.59 | ||
| BSP | Ajoy Bauri | 10,637 | 1.31 | ||
| Majority | 3,31,829 | 41.14 | |||
| Turnout | 8,06,624 | ||||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
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 | ||
| 1962 | 214,661 | 45.63 | Pashupati Mandal | 52.94 | Indian National Congress | Biswanath Bauri | 27.54 | Communist Party of India[4] |
| 1967 | 315,034 | 60.58 | Pashupati Mandal | 49.12 | Indian National Congress | M.M.Mallick | 35.45 | Bangla Congress[5] |
| 1971 | 316,885 | 50.14 | Ajit Kumar Saha | 33.29 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Guru Pada Khan | 32.46 | Indian National Congress[6] |
| 1977 | 376,330 | 62.60 | Ajit Kumar Saha | 67.30 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gour Chandra Lohar | 31.39 | Indian National Congress[7] |
| 1980 | 527,720 | 76.18 | Ajit Kumar Saha | 58.27 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Tulsi Das Mandal | 36.81 | Indian National Congress (I)[8] |
| 1984 | 613,200 | 80.50 | Ajit Kumar Saha | 54.77 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gour Chandra Lohar | 42.17 | Indian National Congress[9] |
| 1989 | 744,880 | 82.12 | Sukhendu Khan | 59.78 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jayanta Kumar Mallick | 34.20 | Indian National Congress[10] |
| 1991 | 738, 610 | 78.99 | Sukhendu Khan | 58.57 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sadhan Majhi | 32.18 | Indian National Congress[11] |
| 1996 | 851,260 | 84.13 | Sandhya Bauri | 58.14 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ashis Rajak | 25.99 | Indian National Congress[12] |
| 1998 | 862,530 | 81.06 | Sandhya Bauri | 56.79 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Purnima Lohar | 36.28 | All India Trinamool Congress[13] |
| 1999 | 846,340 | 78.96 | Sandhya Bauri | 57.89 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Adhibas Duley | 36.13 | All India Trinamool Congress[14] |
| 2004 | 806,910 | 76.64 | Susmita Bauri | 64.28 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Janardan Saha | 23.14 | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
In 1951 and 1957Bankura Lok Sabha constituency, then covering the Bishnupur area also, had two seats with one reserved forScheduled Castes