Calcutta North West | |
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Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | (in 2004): Cossipur Shyampukur Jorabagan Jorasanko Bara Bazar Bowbazar Taltola (SC) |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2009 |
Reservation | None |
Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on the north-western part of Calcutta 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]
In 2004, Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [2]
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
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First | 1952-57 | Calcutta North West | Meghnad Saha | Revolutionary Socialist Party [3] |
Second | 1957-62 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [4] | |
Third | 1962-67 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [5] | |
Fourth | 1967-71 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [6] | |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [7] | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Janata Party [8] | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [9] | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress [10] | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress [11] | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress [12] | |
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress [13] | |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress [14] | |
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress [15] | |
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Sudhangshu Seal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] |
For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Sudhangshu Seal | 181,772 | 44.20 | ||
AITC | Subrata Mukherjee | 138,768 | 39.09 | ||
INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 91,952 | 28.05 | ||
Independent | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 3,450 | |||
Independent | Prof. Vijay Kumar Arora | 2,666 | |||
Independent | Sudhir kr. Bishram | 2,201 | |||
Independent | Ashim Das | 2,172 | |||
BSP | Rizwan Ahmad Siddiqui | 2,127 | |||
Independent | Subrata Banerjee | 1,185 | |||
Independent | Biplab Mukherjee | 1,079 | |||
Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 969 | |||
Independent | Gopal Chandra Saha | 697 | |||
Independent | Lok Nath Saraff | 640 | |||
Independent | Kamalesh Ojha | 439 | |||
Margin of victory | 43,004 | ||||
Turnout | 3,60,117 | ||||
CPI(M) gain from Trinamool Congress | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 206,684 | 46.60 | ||
CPI(M) | Rajdeo Goala | 112,514 | 25.37 | ||
INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 106,430 | 24.00 | ||
Independent | Sasanka Saha | 3,888 | 0.88 | ||
JD(S) | Masarrat Begum | 3,076 | 0.69 | ||
RJD | Asiruddin | 2,602 | 0.59 | ||
Independent | Purna Chandra Ghosh | 1,914 | 0.43 | ||
BSP | Narayan Saha | 1,857 | 0.42 | ||
Independent | Pradyut Saha | 1,173 | 0.26 | ||
Independent | Indranil Kumar | 1,141 | 0.26 | ||
JP | Parimal Biswas | 1,017 | 0.23 | ||
Independent | Imtiaz Alam (Fahim) | 626 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Bihari Lal Thalia | 564 | 0.13 | ||
Margin of victory | 94,170 | ||||
Turnout | 4,62,269 | 67.47 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 226,832 | 49.07 | ||
CPI(M) | Sarla Maheshwari | 153,349 | 33.17 | ||
INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 75,047 | 16.23 | ||
SHS | Kana Ram | 1,421 | 0.31 | ||
JD(S) | Ramen Pandey | 1,393 | 0.30 | ||
RJD | Abdul Samad Sardar | 845 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Ashoke Dutta | 777 | 0.17 | ||
BSP | Gholam Mohammed | 698 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Narayan Saha | 597 | 0.13 | ||
Independent | Ashok Pandey | 480 | 0.10 | ||
JP | Bihari Lal Thalia | 3,23 | 0.07 | ||
Independent | Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar | 206 | 0.04 | ||
Independent | Amar Nath Sen | 153 | 0.03 | ||
Independent | Indranil Kumar | 148 | 0.03 | ||
Margin of victory | 73,483 | ||||
Turnout | 4,43,486 | 63.07 | |||
Trinamool Congress gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 212,637 | 48.07% | ||
JD | Shyamal Bhattacharjee | 147,686 | 33.17% | ||
BJP | Amal Dutta | 59,395 | 16.23% | ||
Independent | Himadri Bhusan Kali | 1,421 | 0.31% | ||
Independent | Ramen Pandey | 1,393 | 0.30% | ||
RJD | Abdul Samad Sardar | 845 | 0.18% | ||
Independent | Ashoke Dutta | 777 | 0.17% | ||
BSP | Gholam Mohammed | 698 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | Narayan Saha | 597 | 0.13% | ||
Independent | Ashok Pandey | 480 | 0.10% | ||
JP | Bihari Lal Thalia | 3,23 | 0.07% | ||
Independent | Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar | 206 | 0.04% | ||
Independent | Amar Nath Sen | 153 | 0.03% | ||
Independent | Indranil Kumar | 148 | 0.03% | ||
Margin of victory | 64,951 | ||||
Turnout | 4,43,486 | 63.07 | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 166,227 | 40.06% | ||
JD | Dilip Chakravartty | 134,408 | 32.08% | ||
BJP | Victor Banerjee | 89,155 | 21.08% | ||
Jharkhand Party | Singh Bimla | 2,190 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | Lok Nath Saraf | 1,523 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Ram Beharilal Thlia | 999 | 0.20% | ||
LKD | Lok Nath Choudhury | 621 | 0.20% | ||
BSP | Hari Naraiyan Ray | 607 | 0.10% | ||
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Agarwal Durga Dutt | 596 | 0.10% | ||
Doordarshi Party | Chhedi Lal Jalan | 574 | 0.10% | ||
JP | Naraiyan Ch. Roy | 539 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Shyam Sunder Bhiwaniwala | 527 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Bimal Sengupta | 497 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Dayasankar Tewari | 480 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Asis Kumar Nandi | 383 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Biswa Nath Das | 280 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Roy Ranjit Kumar | 272 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Bimal Kumar Bilotia | 241 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Lakshmi Naraiyan Mamani | 216 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Balswar Singh | 207 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Ravindra Kumar Jain | 203 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 167 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Pathak Raj Naraiyan | 144 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Laxmi Naraiyan Ojha | 116 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Sita Ram Goenka | 116 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Kapil Muni Pande | 105 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Tapan Kumar Seal | 100 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Durga Prasad | 91 | 0.00% | ||
Margin of victory | 31,819 | 7.8% | |||
Turnout | 4,09,564 | 58.01% | |||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 219,586 | 40.06% | ||
JD | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 164,854 | 32.08% | ||
BJP | Shanti Lal Jain | 31,677 | 21.08% | ||
ABJS | Shibji Prasad Gupta | 2,894 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | Durga Dutt Agarwal | 1,527 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Lok Nath Saraf | 1,116 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | Bimal Kumar Bhilotia | 652 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | Benoy Sircar | 602 | 0.10% | ||
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Ram Beharilal Bilotia | 597 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Ambar Chatterjee | 602 | 0.10% | ||
JP | Md. Ayub | 536 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Gopal Taparia | 516 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Basant Singh | 484 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Sambhu Singh | 409 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Debabrata Ghosh | 373 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Prakash Chandra Saxena | 331 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Lakshmi Narayan Mimani | 294 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Md. Maniruddin | 253 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Md. Yousuf | 229 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Rajkumar Jain | 219 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Baleswar Singh | 206 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Rajnarayan Pathak | 187 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Shankar Lal Bajoria | 173 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 165 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Md. Yasin Mallick | 156 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Mahabir Prasad Bajaj | 97 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Tonny Malhotra | 96 | 0.00% | ||
Independent | Durga Prasad | 91 | 0.00% | ||
Margin of victory | 64,732 | 7.8% | |||
Turnout | 4,31,007 | 63.32% | |||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 242,982 | 64.24% | ||
AIFB | Amiya Nath Bose | 110,560 | 32.08% | ||
BJP | Durga Prasad Nathany | 10,781 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Ibrahim Khan | 5,611 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | Benoy Sircar | 1,982 | 0.40% | ||
ABJS | Durga Dutta Agarwal | 1,233 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | Arun Biswas | 1,222 | 0.20% | ||
Independent | Babban Singh | 1,189 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Benoy Sircar | 602 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Ram Beharilal Thelia | 905 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Ashok Jain Chabbra | 821 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Ram Chabila Shahi | 496 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Gopal Taparia | 439 | 0.10% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,32,422 | 7.8% | |||
Turnout | 3,78,221 | 64.73% | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 150,476 | 47.90% | ||
AIFB | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 106,643 | 33.94% | ||
JP | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 44,611 | 14.20% | ||
JP(S) | Ranjit Kumar Mitra | 3,542 | 1.13% | ||
Independent | Ganadeb Mullick | 2,146 | 0.68% | ||
ABJS | Durga Dutta Agarwal | 1,322 | 0.42% | ||
Independent | Mohan Lal Soni | 1,041 | 0.33% | ||
Independent | Bishnu Kant Thakur | 708 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | S.C.Roy | 612 | 0.19% | ||
BSP | Shew Prasad Gupta | 576 | 0.18% | ||
Independent | Upendranath Halder | 500 | 0.16% | ||
Independent | Ramendra Bhushan Singh | 484 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | Bikram Singh Chandallia | 474 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | Pratap Narayan Tiwari | 421 | 0.13% | ||
Independent | Milan Chand Choraria | 324 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Karuna Nidhan Roy | 288 | 0.09% | ||
Margin of victory | 43,733 | ||||
Turnout | 3,14,168 | 51.89% | |||
INC gain from BLD | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 179,681 | 47.90% | ||
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 110,048 | 32.08% | ||
Independent | Upendra Nath Halder | 19,839 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Shankar Lal Bajoria | 1,402 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | Fazal Ahmed | 754 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Loknath Saraf | 737 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Sujit Chakraborty | 724 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Basanta Singh | 695 | 0.40% | ||
Margin of victory | 69,633 | ||||
Turnout | 3,13,880 | 54.00% | |||
Swing to JP from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 144,055 | 47.90% | ||
CPI(M) | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 70,776 | 32.08% | ||
Independent | Haripada Bharati | 34,397 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Bindu Prasad Gupta | 2,316 | 0.50% | ||
Margin of victory | 73,279 | ||||
Turnout | 2,51,544 | 40.96% | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 154,664 | 47.90% | ||
Independent | S.P Roy | 89.838 | 32.08% | ||
ABJS | Haripada Bharati | 82,455 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | P.Dey | 4,124 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | K.Chandiprasad | 3,863 | 0.50% | ||
Independent | P.Dey | 3,796 | 0.50% | ||
Margin of victory | 64,826 | ||||
Turnout | 3,38,740 | 58.70% | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 143,725 | 47.90% | ||
CPI | Snehansu Kanta Acharya | 110,347 | 32.08% | ||
ABJS | Chandi Prasad Kedia | 5,913 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Dinesh Das Gupta | 3,554 | 0.50% | ||
Margin of victory | 43,378 | ||||
Turnout | 2,63,539 | 64.58% | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 102,807 | 47.90% | ||
Independent | Mohit Moitra | 96,880 | 32.08% | ||
ABJS | Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury | 6,307 | 21.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,927 | ||||
Turnout | 2,05,994 | 49.73% | |||
INC gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RSP | Dr. Meghnad Saha | 74,124 | 47.90% | ||
INC | Prabhau Dayal Himatsingka | 51,168 | 32.08% | ||
Independent | Bhanwarmal Singhi | 4,686 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Nalini Rajnan Sengupta | 4,595 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Mohit Kumar Moitra | 1,998 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Karuna Mitra | 1,383 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Butto Kumar Roy | 1,018 | 21.08% | ||
Independent | Panchu Gopal Sen | 759 | 21.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 22,956 | ||||
Turnout | 1,39,731 | 36.52% | |||
RSP win (new seat) |
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
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%age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
1951 | 139,731 | 36.52 | Meghnad Saha | 53.05 | RSP | Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka | 36.62 | Congress [3] |
1957 | 205,994 | 49.73 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 49.91 | Congress | Mohit Maitra | 47.03 | Independent [4] |
1962 | 268,078 | 64.58 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 54.54 | Congress | Snehansu Kanta Acharyya | 41.87 | CPI [5] |
1967 | 347,334 | 58.70 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 45.66 | Congress | S.P.Roy | 26.52 | Independent [6] |
1972 | 257,684 | 40.96 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 57.27 | Congress | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 28.14 | CPI(M) [7] |
1977 | 321,740 | 54 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 57.25 | BLD | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 35.06 | Congress [8] |
1980 | 319,810 | 51.89 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 47.9 | Congress | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 33.94 | Forward Bloc [9] |
1984 | 387,150 | 64.73 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 64.24 | Congress | Amiya Nath Bose | 29.23 | Forward Bloc [10] |
1989 | 439,770 | 63.32 | Debi Prasad Pal | 50.95 | Congress | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 38.25 | JD [11] |
1991 | 409,560 | 58.14 | Debi Prasad Pal | 41.39 | Congress | Dilip Chakravarti | 33.47 | JD [12] |
1996 | 452,760 | 65.24 | Debi Prasad Pal | 48.31 | Congress | Shyamal Bhattacharjee | 33.56 | JD [13] |
1998 | 469,380 | 67.47 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 49.07 | Trinamool Congress | Sarala Maheswari | 33.17 | CPI(M) [14] |
1999 | 444,040 | 63.07 | Sudip Bandopadhyay | 46.6 | Trinamool Congress | Rajdeo Goala | 25.37 | CPI(M) [15] |
2004 | 360,120 | 59.11 | Sudhangsu Seal | 42.15 | CPI(M) | Subrata Mukherjee | 30.2 | Trinamool Congress [16] |
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