Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is inWest Bengal , in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are inBirbhum district , three are inPurba Bardhaman district . The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved forscheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
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 DurgapurAs per order of theDelimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved forScheduled castes (SC) , is composed of the followingassembly segments:[ 1]
Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the followingassembly segments:[ 2] Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267),Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281),Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283),Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284),Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285),Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) andMayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)
Members of Parliament [ edit ] General election 2024 [ edit ] General election 2019 [ edit ] General election 2014 [ edit ] General elections 2009 [ edit ] 2009 Indian general elections :Bolpur [ 9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 508,383 49.90 INC Asit Kumar Mal 411,501 38.14 BJP Arjun Saha 70,084 6.49 AUDF Adara Bauri 21,325 1.97 IND Professor Bijay Dalui 14,581 1.35 IND Nihar Hazra 11,798 1.09 BSP Vidyasagar Mete 11,139 1.03 Majority 96,882 11.76 Turnout 1,078,811 82.49 CPI(M) hold Swing
General elections 2004 [ edit ] General Election, 2004 :Bolpur [ 10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 504,836 65.80 AITC Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 194,531 25.30 INC Dhananjoy Saha 48,756 6.49 Independent Budhen Soren 9,860 1.30 Independent Bhabotosh Mandal 6,561 0.09 Independent Bijoy Dolui 5,515 0.07 Majority 310,305 40.40 Turnout 7,67,695 74.2 CPI(M) hold Swing
General elections 1999 [ edit ] General elections 1998 [ edit ] General election 1996 [ edit ] General Election, 1996 :Bolpur [ 13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 471,549 58.80 INC Sunil Das 217,903 27.20 BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 76,548 9.50 Independent Modassar Hossain 8,670 1.10 Independent Md. Sadakas 1,987 0.20 Independent Maharaj Mistry 1,482 0.20 Independent Abu Taher Mirza 669 0.10 Majority 253,646 31.6 Turnout 8,02,298 82.1 CPI(M) hold Swing
General election 1991 [ edit ] General Election, 1991 :Bolpur [ 14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 394,496 55.30 INC Jivan Mukhopadhyay 167,872 23.50 BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 117,394 16.40 Independent Aloke Mukherjee 7,577 1.10 BSP Sailendranath Majumder 2,654 0.40 Jharkhand Party Shyamali Ghosh 2,392 0.30 Independent Sunil Kumar Mitra 2,149 0.10 Doordarshi Party Maharaj Mistry 920 0.10 Independent Manohar Murmu 615 0.10 Independent Abu taher Mirza 428 0.10 Majority 226,624 31.7 Turnout 7,13,844 77.2 CPI(M) hold Swing
General election 1989 [ edit ] General Election, 1989 :Bolpur [ 15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 421,483 59.30 INC Sachindranath Sahu 257,890 36.30 Independent Modassar Hossain 8,164 1.10 JP(S) Mahonmbd Saddu Kas 5,045 0.70 Independent Rabindranath Ghosh 2,587 0.40 Independent Abu Taher Mirza 1,437 0.20 Independent Sanat Kumar Datta 1,027 0.10 Majority 163,593 23.0 Turnout 7,11,128 79.2 CPI(M) hold Swing
Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 317,749 votes Nihar Dutta (Congress) : 256,818 A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election,Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rivalSiddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.
[ edit ] 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 1967 259,965 53.75 A.K.Chanda 52.73 Congress Saradish Roy 47.27 CPI(M) [ 3] 1971 270,782 52.77 Saradish Roy 45.39 CPI(M) Phulrenu Guha 31.01 Congress[ 4] 1977 255,130 48.36 Saradish Roy 50.19 CPI(M) Durga Banerjee 36.20 CPI [ 17] 1980 493,810 74.04 Saradish Roy 54.97 CPI(M) Pranab Mukherjee 40.72 INC(I)[ 18] 1984 589,190 78.26 Saradish Roy 55.09 CPI(M) Nihar Dutta 44.53 INC[ 19] Bye Polls 1985 Somnath Chatterjee CPI(M) Siddhartha Shankar Ray CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279 > 1989 711,130 79.20 Somnath Chatterjee 60.42 CPI(M) Sachidanandan Sau 36.97 INC[ 15] 1991 713,840 77.17 Somnath Chatterjee 56.64 CPI(M) Jivan Mukhopadhyay 24.10 Independent[ 14] 1996 802,300 82.10 Somnath Chatterjee 60.55 CPI(M) Sunil Das 27.98 INC[ 13] 1998 803,380 78.55 Somnath Chatterjee 59.55 CPI(M) Gour Hari Chandra 27.78 WBTC[ 12] 1999 792.87 76.43 Somnath Chatterjee 59.36 CPI(M) Suniti Chattaraj 35.53 AITC [ 11] 2004 770.12 74.41 Somnath Chatterjee 65.56 CPI(M) Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 25.26 AITC[ 10]
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