Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency

For other uses, see Bangaon (disambiguation).

Bangaon WB-14
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bangaon Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Kalyani Haringhata Bagda Bangaon Uttar Bangaon Dakshin Gaighata Swarupnagar
Established	2009
Total electors	1,540,713 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Shantanu Thakur
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Bangaon is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centered on Bangaon. 5 of the 7 assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district and the Kalyani and Haringhata assemblies are of Nadia District (formerly Nabadwip loksabha constituency). As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency came into being in 2009. ^[2]

Most Successful parties from Bongaon Lok Sabha

   All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (75%)

   Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (25%)

History

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 Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

In 2009 Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency was formed. Until then Bagdah, Bongaon Uttar, Bongaon Dakshin, Gaighata all these assembly constituencies were the part of Barasat Lok Sabha constituency. Gobinda Chandra Naskar was the first elected MP of this constituency. ^[3] He was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly in four different terms.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Bangaon (SC) Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 14) is composed of the following assembly segments

Constituency Number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
92	Kalyani	SC	Nadia	BJP	Ambika Roy
93	Haringhata	SC	Nadia	BJP	Asim Kumar Sarkar
94	Bagda	SC	North 24 Parganas	BJP
95	Bangaon Uttar	SC	North 24 Parganas	BJP	Ashok Kirtania
96	Bangaon Dakshin	SC	North 24 Parganas	BJP	Swapan Majumder
97	Gaighata	SC	North 24 Parganas	BJP	Subrata Thakur
98	Swarupnagar	SC	North 24 Parganas	TMC	Bina Mondal

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party		Refs
1950–2008	Constituency did not exist. Was a part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)
2009	Gobinda Chandra Naskar		Trinamool Congress	[4]
2014	Kapil Krishna Thakur (Died in 2014)			[5]
2015 by-election	Mamata Thakur			[6]
2019	Shantanu Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bongaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shantanu Thakur
	AITC	Biswajit Das
	INC	Pradip Biswas
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

General election 2019

In 2019 Election BJP won for the first time in this constituency since its delimitation. ^[7]

2019 Indian general election: Bangaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shantanu Thakur	687,622	48.85	+24.68
	AITC	Mamata Thakur	576,028	40.92	-2.35
	CPI(M)	Alakesh Das	90,122	6.40	-19.9
	INC	Sourav Prasad	22,618	1.61	-0.72
	Independent	Animesh Chandra Halder	9,522	0.68
	BSP	Chandan Mallick	4,707	0.33
	SUCI(C)	Swapan Mondal	4,544	0.32
	PDS	Samaresh Biswas	1,913	0.14
	Independent	Swapan Kumar Roy	1,859	0.13
	BMP	Subrata Biswas	1,291	0.09
	NOTA	None of the above	7,512	0.53
Majority			111,594	11.42
Turnout			1,408,653	82.64
Registered electors			1,704,632
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

Bye-poll 2015

The bye election occurred on 13 February 2015 due to the death of sitting MP Kapil Krishna Thakur on 13 October 2014. Mamata Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated Debesh Das of CPIM. ^[6]

Bye election, 2015: Bangaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Thakur	5,39,999	43.27	+0.33
	CPI(M)	Debesh Das	3,28,214	26.30	-5.22
	BJP	Subrata Thakur	314,214	24.17	+5.10
	INC	Kuntal Mandal	29,149	2.33	-1.09
Majority			2,11,785	22.9
Turnout			12,48,359	79.75
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bangaon ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kapil Krishna Thakur	551,213	42.94	-7.75
	CPI(M)	Debesh Das	404,612	31.52	-10.56
	BJP	K.D. Biswas	244,783	19.07	+15.12
	INC	Ila Mondal	43,866	3.42	+3.42
	BSP	Chandan Mullick	9,207
	Independent	Pranita Mandal	8,738
	SUCI(C)	Swapan Mondal	3,589
	AMB	Tarapada Biswas	2,848
	PDS	Shyam Prasad Mondal	2,624
	Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch	Sarat Chandra Mandal	1,172
	The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India	Pinaki Ranjan Bharati	1,071
	None of the Above	None of the Above	9,965	0.78	---
Majority			1,46,601	11.42	-2.81
Turnout			12,83,688	83.32
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Bangaon ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	546,596	50.69
	CPI(M)	Dr. Asim Bala	453,770	42.08
	BJP	Krishnapada Majumder	42,610	3.95
	BSP	Pranita Roy	17,178	1.59
	LJP	Probir Kumar Sarkar	4,557	0.42
	RPI(A)	Sukriti Ranjan Biswas	5974	0.55
	Independent	Nishikanta Biswas	7,550	0.70
Majority			92,826
Turnout			1,078,235	86.47
	AITC win (new seat)

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
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

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
3. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
5. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
6. "Bangaon Bye Elections to Lok Sabha 2015". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
7. "General Election 2019, Bangaon, Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

External links

• Bangaon lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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