Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency

Jangipur WB-9
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Jangipur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Suti Jangipur Raghunathganj Sagardighi Lalgola Nabagram Khargram
Established	1967-present
Total electors	1,391,656 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Khalilur Rahaman
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district.

The most successful party in the Lok Sabha elections

   Communist Party of India (Marxist) (41.17%)

   Indian National Congress (35.29%)

   Trinamool Congress (23.52%)

Assembly segments

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

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 9 Jangipur is composed of the following segments from 2009: ^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
57	Suti	Murshidabad	Emani Biswas		AITC		AITC
58	Jangipur		Jakir Hossain		AITC		BJP
59	Raghunathganj		Akhruzzaman		AITC		AITC
60	Sagardighi		Bayron Biswas [3]		AITC		AITC
61	Lalgola		Ali Mohammad		AITC		INC
65	Nabagram (SC)		Kanai Chandra Mondal		AITC		AITC
66	Khargram (SC)		Ashis Marjit		AITC		AITC

In 2004 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: ^[4] Farakka (assembly constituency no. 50), Aurangabad (assembly constituency no. 51), Suti (assembly constituency no. 52), Sagardighi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 53), Jangipur (assembly constituency no. 54), Nabagram (assembly constituency no. 57), Khargram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 66)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name [5]	Party
1967	Lutfal Haque		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Sasanka Sekhar Sanyal		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Zainal Abedin
1984
1989
1991
1996	Mohammad Idris Ali		Indian National Congress
1998	Abul Hasnat Khan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999
2004	Pranab Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
2009
2012^	Abhijit Mukherjee
2014
2019	Khalilur Rahaman		Trinamool Congress
2024

^ denotes by-elections

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Jangipur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Khalilur Rahaman	544,427	39.75	3.40
	INC	Mortaza Hossain Bakul	427,790	31.23	11.62
	BJP	Dhananjay Ghosh	340,814	24.88	0.58
	NOTA	None of the above	17,158	1.25	0.38
Majority			116,637
Turnout			1,369,633	75.72	5.0
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jangipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Khalilur Rahaman	562,838	43.15	24.61
	BJP	Mafuja Khatun	317,056	24.3	15.65
	INC	Abhijit Mukherjee	255,836	19.61	14.19
	CPI(M)	Zulfikar Ali	95,501	7.32	25.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,355	0.87	N/A
Majority			245,782
Turnout			1,304,629	80.72
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jangipur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abhijit Mukherjee	378,201	33.80	−20.44
	CPI(M)	Muzaffar Hussain	370,040	33.07	−7.45
	AITC	Sk Nurul Islam	207,455	18.54	+18.54
	BJP	Samrat Ghosh	96,751	8.65	+6.32
	SDPI	Md. Sahabuddin	17,257
	Independent	Abhijit Sarkar	10,055
	WPOI	Monirul Islam	9,476
	SUCI(C)	Abdus Sayeed	7,926
	BSP	Sanjit Singh	5,507
	AMB	Dhananjay Banerjee	3,019
	Jamat-E-Sheratul Mustakim	Md. Ginnatulla Sk	2,318
	NOTA	None of the above	11,079	0.99	−−−
Majority			8,161	0.73	−12.99
Turnout			11,19,084	80.41	−5.54
	INC hold		Swing	-20.44

By election 2012

Bye-election, 2012: Jangipur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abhijit Mukherjee	332,919	39.01	−15.23
	CPI(M)	Muzaffar Hussain	330,383	38.71	−1.81
	BJP	Sudhansu Biswas	85,887	10.06	+7.73
	WPOI	Raisuddin Baidya	41,620	4.90	+4.90
	SDPI	Tayedul Islam	24,691	2.90	+2.90
Majority			2,536	0.30	−13.42
Turnout			8,53,413	68.73	−17.22
	INC hold		Swing

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General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Jangipur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pranab Mukherjee	506,749	54.24	+5.36
	CPI(M)	Mriganka Sekhar Bhattacharya	378,600	40.52	−4.18
	BJP	Debashish Majumdar	21,791	2.33	+2.33
	AUDF	Zamirul Hassan	19,000	2.03	+2.03
	Independent	Tapas Saha	8,141	0.87	+0.87
Majority			128,149	13.72	+9.54
Turnout			9,34,281	85.95	+4.34
	INC hold		Swing	+5.36

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Jangipur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pranab Mukherjee	431,647	48.38
	CPI(M)	Abul Hasnat Khan	394,787	44.70
	AITC	Shish Mohammad	19,725	2.23
	Independent	Palash De	9,959	1.13
	BSP	Gourpada Biswas Mallick	8,499	0.96
	Independent	Abdus Sayeed	7,132	0.81
	Independent	Tojibur Rahaman	3,997	0.45
	SP	Mohammad Abdur Rahaman	3,934	0.45
	Independent	Abu Asim Siddique	3,448	0.39
Majority			36,860	4.18
Turnout			8,83,128	81.61
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Jangipur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Abul Hasnat Khan	352,580	44.90
	INC	Mainul Haque	291,263	37.10
	AITC	Syed Mushtaque Murshed	120,770	15.43
	Independent	Dwarka Nath Das	6,074	1.13
	NCP	Utpal Majumder	2,339	0.30
	BSP	Alam Khairul	1,857	0.20
	Independent	Mihir Kumar Das	610	0.10
Majority			61,317	(7.8%)
Turnout			7,85,797	(72.3%)
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Jangipur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Abul Hasnat Khan	396,761	48.00
	INC	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	324,260	38.60
	Trinamool Congress	Sk Fukran	99,028	11.80
	MUL	Mosharaf Hossain	6,013	0.70
	Independent	Rafique Sk	1,563	0.20
Majority			72,501	(8.6%)
Turnout			8,40,406	(78.5%)
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1967-2004

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

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1967	Lutfal Haque	Indian National Congress	J.Gupta	Independent [12]
1972	Lutfal Haque	Indian National Congress	Barun Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [13]
1977	Sasankasekher Sanyal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Lutfal Haque	Indian National Congress [14]
1980	Zainal Abedin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Lutfal Haque	Indian National Congress (I) [15]
1984	Zainal Abedin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Md. Sohrab	Indian National Congress [16]
1989	Zainal Abedin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Md. Sohrab	Indian National Congress [17]
1991	Zainal Abedin	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Mannan Hossain	Indian National Congress [18]
1996	Mohammad Idris Ali	Indian National Congress	Zainal Abedin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
1998	Abul Hasnat Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress [20]
1999	Abul Hasnat Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Mainul Haque	Indian National Congress [11]
2004	Pranab Mukherjee	Indian National Congress	Abul Hasnat Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]

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See also

• Jangipur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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