Malda Lok Sabha constituency

Malda
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	As in 2004: Habibpur (ST) Araidanga Malda (SC) Englishbazar Manikchak Suzapur Kaliachak
Established	1951
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None

Malda Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Malda in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat was a very strong bastion of the Indian National Congress.

Assembly segments

Malda Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: ^[1]

• Habibpur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 39)
• Araidanga (assembly constituency no. 44)
• Malda (SC) (assembly constituency no. 45)
• Englishbazar (assembly constituency no. 46)
• Manikchak (assembly constituency no. 47)
• Suzapur (assembly constituency no. 48)
• Kaliachak (assembly constituency no. 49)

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda parliamentary constituency will cease to exist and current constituent assembly segments will be part of either of the two new ones: Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency or Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Year	MLA	Party
1952	Surendra Mohan Ghose		Indian National Congress
1957	Renuka Ray
1962
1967	Uma Roy
1971	Dinesh Chandra Joarder		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury		Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2006^	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury

For MPs from the area in subsequent years see Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency and Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

By-election 2006

A by-election was held in this constituency on 13 September 2006 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury. In the by-election, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) by 84,391 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2006: Malda constituency ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	437,161	50.67	+1.87
	CPI(M)	Sailen Sarkar	353,770	41.00	+5.20
	BJP	Biswapriya Roy Chowdhury	45,737	5.30	−5.00
	Independent	Atul Chandra Mandal	13,875	1.61
	Independent	Ataur Rahman	12,328	1.42
Majority			84,391
Turnout			862,888	77.5%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Malda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury	412,913	48.80
	CPI(M)	Pranab Das	301,805	35.80
	BJP	Badsha Alam	86,525	10.30
	Independent	Sadhan Chatterjee	18,813	2.20
	Independent	Tushar Kanti Besra	5,748	0.70
	Independent	Majedur Rahaman	5,496	0.70
	BSP	Lawrence Hansda	5,364	0.60
	Independent	Parimal Mardi	5,283	0.60
	Independent	Atul Chandra Mandal	3,794	0.40
	Independent	Naresh Rishi	3,370	0.40
Majority			111,108	13.20
Turnout			844,032	77.6%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Surendra Mohan Ghosh	Indian National Congress	Amarendra Krishna Bhaduri	Independent [4]
1957	Renuka Ray	Indian National Congress	S.Rahaman	Independent [5]
1962	Renuka Ray	Indian National Congress	Haji Abdus Sattar	Independent [6]
1967	U.Roy	Indian National Congress	S.K.Misra	Independent [7]
1971	Dinesh Chandra Joarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Uma Roy	Indian National Congress [8]
1977	Dinesh Chandra Joardar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Pranab Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [9]
1980	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress (I)	Dinesh Chandra Joarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1984	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Dinesh Chandra Joarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1989	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Sunil Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1998	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Jiban Maitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1999	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2004	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Pranab Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
Bye Polls 2006	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]

See also

• Malda
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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