Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency

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Arambagh
WB-29
Lok Sabha constituency
Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly & Pashim Medinipur
Assembly constituencies Haripal
Tarakeswar
Pursurah
Arambag
Goghat
Khanakul
Chandrakona
Established1967
Total electors1,600,293 [1]
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
All India Trinamool Congress logo (1).svg
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2024

Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes. It was once known as the ' Red Fort ' (্লাল গড় ) of CPI(M) for the party's long standing dominance over it for decades.

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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 Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
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

In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country. [2]

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. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments: [3]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
196 Haripal Hooghly Karabi Manna Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
198 Tarakeswar Ramendu Sinharay
199 Pursurah Biman Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
200 Arambagh (SC) Madhusudan Bag Trinamool Congress
201 Goghat (SC) Biswanath Karak Bharatiya Janata Party
202 Khanakul Sushanta Ghosh
232 Chandrakona (SC) Paschim Medinipur Arup Dhara Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress

Prior to delimitation, Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [4] Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71Arambagh Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc [5]
Fifth 1971-77 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India [6]
Sixth 1977-80 Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party [7]
Seventh 1980-84 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India [8]
Eighth 1984-89 Anil Basu [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sakti Mohan Malik [16]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress [17]
Seventeenth 2019-24
Eighteenth2024-Incumbent Mitali Bag [18]

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Arambagh [19] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mitali Bag 712,587 45.71 Increase2.svg1.57
BJP Arup Kanti Digar706,18845.30Increase2.svg1.24
CPI(M) Biplab Kumar Moitra92,5025.93Decrease2.svg0.90
NOTA None of the above18,0311.16Decrease2.svg0.23
Majority6,399
Turnout 1,559,07982.62
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arambagh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar 649,929 44.14 −10.79
BJP Tapan Kumar Roy648,78744.06+32.45
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 100,5206.83−22.68
INC Jyoti Kumari Das25,1281.71−0.33
NOTA None of the above20,4951.39
Majority1,1420.07−25.39
Turnout 1,471,98183.44−1.67
Registered electors 1,764,726
AITC hold Swing -21.62

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Arambagh [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) 7,48,76454.94New
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 4,01,91929.51−25.29
BJP Madhusudan Bag1,58,48011.63+6.66
INC Sambhu Nath Malik27,8722.04−34.81
JDP Ganesh Bag7,0620.51−1.35
Majority3,46,84525.46+8.14
Turnout 13,61,93485.11+0.53
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +42.64

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Arambagh [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 6,30,45454.80−22.99
INC Sambhu Nath Malik4,28,69636.85+29.76
BJP Murari Bera57,9034.97−10.78
BSP Parimal Biswas24,7622.12N/A
JDP Subir Kumar Majhi21,7221.86N/A
Majority2,01,55817.32−44.09
Turnout 11,63,33784.58+3.34
CPI(M) hold Swing -22.99

General elections 1967-2009

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1967Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc Sachin Choudhury Indian National Congress [5]
1971Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santi Mohan RayIndian National Congress [6]
1977 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal Santi Mohan RoyIndian National Congress [7]
1980Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party [8]
1984 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)Gopal Das NagIndian National Congress [9]
1989Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sheikh Hasan ImamIndian National Congress [10]
1991Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sheikh Hasan ImamIndian National Congress [11]
1996Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Monoranjan HazraIndian National Congress [12]
1998Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party [13]
1999Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Chunilal ChakrabortyBharatiya Janata Party [14]
2004Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Swapan Kumar NandiBharatiya Janata Party [15]

See also

References

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  3. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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