Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency

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Calcutta North East
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs of 2004:
Entally
Beliaghata
Sealdah
Vidyasagar
Burtola
Maniktola
Belgachia West
Established1951
Abolished2009
ReservationNone

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009. [1]

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Assembly segments

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyRefsNotes
1952 Meghnad Saha Revolutionary Socialist Party [3] [4]
1956^ Mohit Mitra Communist Party of India [4]
1957 Hirendranath Mukherjee [5] Constituency merged with Calcutta Central
1962 [6] Calcutta Central (Lok Sabha) constituency
1967 [7] Reestablishment of Calcutta North East
1971 [8]
1977 Pratap Chandra Chunder Janata Party [9]
1980 Sunil Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1984 Ajit Kumar Panja Indian National Congress [11]
1989 [12]
1991 [13]
1996 [14]
1998 Trinamool Congress [15]
1999 [16]
2004 Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]

^By poll

Election results

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 284,427 49.90
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 210,64737.10
INC Indira Mukherjee 56,4499.09
Independent Ajit Kumar Panja4,7923.05
Independent Pintu Kundu4,1807.09
Independent Debojyoti Basu2,6257.09
BSP Chandra Prakash Dubey2,2267.09
Independent Mahua Roy1,3117.09
Independent Angshuman Paul1,3087.09
Independent Imtiaz Ahmed9187.09
Margin of victory73,78010.0
Turnout 5,68,88581.24
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 297,49145.17
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 255,91738.86
INC Tapas Roy84,51612.83
Independent Sukhen Dolui5,2820.80
BSP Bali Karan Kori4,4487.090.68
Independent Mohammed Salim3,8930.59
SP Md. Ghaus Ali3,2670.50
Independent Ashim Kumar Saha2,1430.33
Independent Samar Das1,6740.25
Margin of victory41,574(6.3%)
Turnout 8,05,12166.96
AITC hold Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 310,36147.10%
CPI(M) Prasanta Chatterjee 245,48937.26%
INC Sadhan Pandey 94,02414.27%
Independent Ajit Das1,9860.30%
Independent Sharad Kumar Singh1,7250.26%0.68
Independent Feroz Ahmed1,3680.21%
Independent Swapan Sarkar1,2780.19%
Independent Brij Bhusan Sharma9250.14%
Independent Anjali Rakshit7690.12%
Independent Tarapada Halder5720.09%
Independent Md. Shahid Iqbal4350.07%
Margin of victory64,872(9.7%)
Turnout 6,58,93273.45%
AITC gain from INC Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 335,85551.98%
CPI(M) Dipen Ghosh270,87041.93%
BJP Subhas Maitra33,2465.15%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar2,0940.32%
Independent Hari Narayan Ray9980.15%
AIIC(T) Salil Kumar Tiwari6160.10%
Independent Uday Pratap Singh6110.09%
Independent Subhas Dhar5410.08%
Independent Radheshyam Yadav4290.07%
Independent Jayanta Bhowmick2920.05%
Independent Mohanlal Agarwal2780.04%
Independent Achintya Jana2350.04%
Margin of victory64,985(9.8%)
Turnout 6,46,06572.79%
INC hold Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 276,39949.52%
JD Pratap Chandra Chunder 204,94336.72%
BJP Dibakar Kundu55,0649.87%
JP Hrishikesh Dubey7,3601.32%
Independent Sukumar Biswas5,0740.91%
ABJS Anima Basu3,6240.65%
Independent Anath Baran Bhowal1,7920.32%
Independent Ajit Chowdhury1,0500.19%
Independent Madhav Upadhyay6530.12%
Independent Barun Goswami4890.09%
Independent Gopichand Prasad4870.09%
SHS Hijal Prakash Chatterjee4550.08%
Doordarshi Party Chhedi Lal Jalan2740.05%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar2690.05%
Independent Achintya Jana1880.03%
Margin of victory71,456(12.5%)
Turnout 5,58,12166.82%
INC hold Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 305,23751.59%
CPI(M) Satyasadhan Chakraborty277,60846.92%
BJP Sibu Chakraborty2,5720.43%
JP Pradip Guha Roy1,2200.21%
Independent Sudhindra Chandra1,1540.20%
ABJS Sukumar Biswas1,0760.18%
Independent Harizan Santal9300.16%
Independent Ajit Ghosh9090.15%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar5290.09%
Independent Achinta Jana4210.07%
Margin of victory27,629(4.6%)
Turnout 5,91,65672.71%
INC hold Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 284,32457.11%
CPI(M) Sunil Maitra 195,74839.32%
JP Nirmalendu Dey5,4881.10%
IUML Mohammed Samsuddin3,5910.72%
Independent Kanailal Choudhury2,0850.42%
ABJS Amalendu Roy1,6230.33%
Independent Rajesh Gupta1,1550.23%
Independent Rabindranath Dasgupta1,0880.22%
Independent Kanailal Bose7600.15%
Independent Nilima Nandy7380.15%
Independent Dhirendranath Chatterjee6900.14%
Independent Rabin Mukherjee5860.12%
Margin of victory88,576(17.4%)
Turnout 4,97,87671.75%
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Sunil Maitra 187,95247.95%
INC(I) Ajit Kumar Panja 160,88241.05%
JP Pratap Chandra Chunder 32,8328.38%
INC(U) Sudip Bandyopadhyay 5,1421.31%
Independent Mubarak Mazdoor8790.22%
ABJS Ritendra Nath Ghosh8560.22%
Independent Md. Nasim Ali Azad8170.21%
Independent Sk. Noyimuddin7450.19%
Independent Rameshwar Agarwal7280.19%
Independent Panchanan Mondal6150.16%
Independent Karuna Nidhan Roy5180.13%
Margin of victory27,069(6.8%)
Turnout 3,91,96455.04%
CPI(M) gain from BLD Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BLD Pratap Chandra Chunder 237,78767.53%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 108,02830.68%
Independent Rizawan Ahmed4,3921.25%
Independent Arun Kumar De1,9340.55%
Margin of victory1,29,759
Turnout 3,52,14156.29%
BLD gain from CPI Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 113,23040.34
CPI(M) Piyus Kanti Dasgupta110,93939.53
INC(O) Balai Chandra Paul56,49020.13
Margin of victory2,309
Turnout 2,80,65954.27%
CPI hold Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 130,60037.83
INC Balai Chandra Pal116,45733.73
CPI(M) Amalendu Bhushan Chakraborty98,19328.44
Margin of victory14,153
Turnout 3,45,25064.53
CPI hold Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 154,77258.22
INC Balai Chandra Paul111,08241.78
Margin of victory43,692
Turnout 2,65,85466.84%
CPI hold Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 135,30865.04
INC Nalinikrishna Sanyal68,40332.88
Independent Satish Chandra Roy4,2272.08
Margin of victory76,905
Turnout 2,08,04752.57
CPI hold Swing

General election 1952

1952 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 71,97050.28%
INC Bejoy Bihari Mukherjee36,18025.28%
ABHM Debendra Nath Mukherjee14,50510.13%
RSP Tarapada Lahiri5,8014.05%
Independent Pramatha Nath Banerjee4,8093.36%
Independent Jiban Lal Chatterjee3,6252.53%
Independent Paresh Chandra Chatterjee2,5191.76%
Independent Kedar Nath Chatterjee2,4031.68%
Independent Manmohan Bhattacharjee1,3200.92%
Margin of victory35,790
Turnout 1,43,13238.12
CPI win (new seat)

General elections 1977-2004

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951 Hirendra Nath Mukherjee Communist Party of India Bejoy Behari Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1957Hirendranath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaNalinakshya SanyalIndian National Congress
1962Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaBalai Chandra PalIndian National Congress
1967Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaBalai Chandra PalIndian National Congress
1971Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaPiyus Kanti Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 Pratap Chandra Chunder Bharatiya Lok Dal Hirendranath MukerjeeCommunist Party of India
1980 Sunil Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ajit Kumar Panja Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Ajit Kumar Panja Indian National CongressSunil MaitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1989Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressSatyasadhan ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1991Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressPratap Chandra Chunder Janata Dal
1996Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressDipen GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1998Ajit Kumar Panja Trinamool Congress Prasanta Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999Ajit Kumar Panja All India Trinamool Congress Mohammad Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004 Mohammad Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist)Ajit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool Congress

In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central

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