Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency

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Barrackpur
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Lok Sabha constituency
Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Barrackpore Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Amdanga
Bijpur
Naihati
Bhatpara
Jagatdal
Noapara
Barrackpur
Established1951
Total electors15,08,728 (2024) [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Partha Bhowmick.png
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year 2024

Barrackpore 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.

Contents

Most successful parties from Barrackpore Loksabha
  1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (10 times) 52.94 (50.0%)
  2. Indian National Congress (3 times) 17.65 (16.7%)
  3. Trinamool Congress (2 times) 17.65 (16.7%)
  4. Communist Party of India (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)
  5. Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)
  6. Praja Socialist Party (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)

Overview

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. Barrackpur, 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. Bankur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
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. Barrackpur, 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. Bankur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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

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]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
102 Amdanga North 24 Parganas Rafiqur Rahaman Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
103 Bijpur Subodh Adhikary
104 Naihati Sanat Dey
105 Bhatpara Pawan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
106 Jagatdal Somenath Shyam Ichini Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
107 Noapara Manju Basu
108 Barrackpur Raj Chakraborty

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First 1952-57Barrackpore 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 1967-71Mohammed Ismail Communist Party of India [8] [9]
Fifth 1971-77
Sixth 1977-80 Saugata Roy Indian National Congress [10]
Seventh 1980-84Mohammad 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

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Barrackpur [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Partha Bhowmick 520,231 45.56 Increase2.svg4.08
BJP Arjun Singh 4,55,79339.92Decrease2.svg2.90
CPI(M) Debdut Ghosh1,09,5649.60Decrease2.svg1.03
Majority 64,4385.64Increase2.svg4.39
Turnout 1,141,860
AITC gain from BJP Swing 1.87

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barrackpur [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Arjun Singh 472,994 42.82 +20.90
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 458,13741.48−4.11
CPI(M) Gargi Chatterjee117,45610.63−15.29
INC Mohammad Alam15,7461.43−1.47
Majority 14,8571.25
Turnout 1,104,69976.91−4.95
Registered electors 1,436,431
BJP gain from AITC Swing +12.50

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Barrackpur [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 479,206 45.59 −3.69
CPI(M) Subhashini Ali 272,43325.92−16.92
BJP Rumesh Kumar Handa230,40121.92+18.36
INC Samrat Topadar30,4912.90+2.90
BSP Tapash Sarkar5458
Independent Dina Shankar Singh5036
CPI(ML)L Omprakash Rajbhar4416
Independent Omprakash Shaw3555
Independent Girish Chandra Singh3132
SUCI(C) Pradip Chaudhuri2200
CPI(ML) Red Star Sharmistha Choudhury2036
AAP Mihir Biswas1787
LJP Jainal Abudeen Ahmed10,9791.04−−−
Majority 206,77319.67+13.23
Turnout 1,051,13081.86+1.40
AITC hold Swing -3.69

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Barrackpur [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 428,699 49.28 +14.29
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 372,67542.84−14.93
BJP Prabhakar Tewari30,9703.56
BSP Ashok Sonkar9,3591.08
Independent Rabi Shankar Paul7,111
Independent Binod Kumar Singh5,169
CPI(ML)L Subrata Sengupta5,071
Independent Dharmendra Singh4,720
Independent Dinesh Kumar Sharma3,322
Independent Gopal Rout2,872
Majority 56,0246.44
Turnout 8,69,968 [24] 80.46
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
PartySeats wonSeat changeVote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19Increase2.svg1831.8
Indian National Congress 6Increase2.svg013.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1Increase2.svg1NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9Decrease2.svg1733.1
Communist Party of India 2Decrease2.svg13.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2Decrease2.svg13.56
Forward bloc 2Decrease2.svg13.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1Increase2.svg16.14

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Barrackpur [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 443,048 55.77
AITC Arjun Singh 277,97734.99
INC Debi Ghosal43,7505.51
Independent Subrata Biswas9,0721.14
BSP Chapala Majumder6,4730.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh3,9200.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen3,0710.39
Majority 165,07120.78
Turnout 7,94,42680.98
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Barrackpur [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 399,269
AITC Jayanta Bhattacharya 358,49434.99
INC Ashok Shukla59,7325.51
Independent Subrata Biswas9,0721.14
BSP Chapala Majumder6,4730.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh3,9200.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen3,0710.39
Majority 40,7754.78
Turnout 7,94,42680.98
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951159,20743.58Ramananda Das51.24 Indian National Congress Debprasad Ghosh18.89 Bharatiya Jan Sangh
195724174756.18Bimal Coomar Ghose54.98 Praja Socialist Party Labonya Prova Dutta36.35Indian National Congress
1962404,18168.76Renu Chakraborty57.56 Communist Party of India Ram Dhari Singh33.76Indian National Congress
196742454870.88Md. Ismail39.16 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Renu Chakrabarty32.90Communist Party of India
1971522,10368.65Md. Ismail56.29Communist Party of India (Marxist)Renu Chakravarty39.72Communist Party of India
1977470,02072.23 Saugata Roy 64.60INCMahammad Ismail33.78CPI (M)
1980482,4668.94Mahammad Ismail56.72CPI (M)Debi Ghosal34.61INC (I)
1984617.1079.30Debi Ghosal53.52INCMohammad Amin44.64CPI (M)
1989733,76078.84 Tarit Baran Topdar 50.56CPI (M)Debi Ghosal45.41INC
1991695,87074.81Tarit Baran Topdar47.56CPI (M)Debi Ghosal38.78INC
1996825,30081.53Tarit Baran Topdar49.54CPI (M)Debi Ghosal42.23INC
1998846,37082.56Tarit Baran Topdar46.01CPI (M)Tarun Adhikary42.65WBTC
1999845,19081.25Tarit Baran Topdar48.06CPI (M)Jayanta Bhattacharya43.15AITC
2004794,68081.01Tarit Baran Topdar55.77CPI (M)Arjun Singh34.99AITC

See also

References

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