Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency

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Nabadwip
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs of 2004:
Nabadwip
Shantipur
Hanskhali (SC)
Ranaghat East (SC)
Ranaghat West
Chakdaha
Haringhata
Established1951
Abolished2009
Reservation SC

Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. This constituency was in the state of West Bengal. This constituency was reserved for Scheduled castes over certain periods.

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Assembly segments

In 2004, Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [1]

As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Nabadwip parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; most of the assembly segments of this constituency are part of new Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency. [2]

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Lakshmi Kanta Maitra Indian National Congress [3]
Second 1957-62 Ila Pal Choudhury Indian National Congress [4]
Third 1962-67 Haripada Chattopadhyay Independent [5]
Fourth 1967-71 P.R.Thakur Bangla Congress [6]
Fifth 1971-77Bibha Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
Sixth 1977-80 Bibha Ghosh (Goswami) Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
Seventh 1980-84Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
Eighth 1984-89Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
Ninth 1989-91 Asim Bala Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
Tenth 1991-96Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
Eleventh 1996-98Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
Twelfth 1998-99Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Ananda Mohan Biswas Trinamool Congress [15]
By election, 2003 2003-04 Alakesh Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
Fourteenth 2004-09Alakesh DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [16]

For MPs from this area in subsequent years see Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency.

Election results

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Nabadwip constituency [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Alakesh Das 560,176 47.56
AITC Nilima Nag (Mallick)550,18546.71
INC Nripendra Nath Howladar24,2685.70
BSP Satish Biswas15,7190.92
IndependentBasudeb Bacchar11,1390.83
Independent Parimal Dhali8,3180.54
Independent Gopal Biswas3,7100.54
Independent Paramesh Chandra Biswas2,2190.54
Independent Amitosh Biswas2,0370.54
Majority9,9912.09
Turnout 12,48,36080.49
CPI(M) hold Swing

Bye election 2003

The Bye election occurred on 5 June 2003 due to death of sitting MP Ananda Mohan Biswas on 3 February 2003. Alakesh Das of CPI(M) Defeated Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress, the son of Ananda Mohan Biswas.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2003: Nabadwip constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Alakesh Das 520,63048.13
AITC Abir Ranjan Biswas 421,83039.29
INC Rajani Kanta Dolai137,31912.40
Majority98,800
Turnout 11,07,91981.6
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing {{{swing}}}

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951, there were two constituencies = Santipur and Nabadwip. From 1957 it was Nabadwip only. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951 (Santipur)160,93843.33Arun Chandra Guha49.98 INC Bimal Kumar Chatterjee16.31 RCPI [3]
1951(Nabadwip)15902541.65Lakshmi Kanta Maitra57.52INCKumaresh Chandra32.66Independent [3]
1957219,06453.53Ila Pal Choudhury61.21INCKumaresh Chandra38.79Independent [4]
1962301,17954.96Haripada Chattopadhyay52.56IndependentIla Pal Choudhuri47.74INC [5]
1967364,59972.36P.R.Thakur61.24 Bangla Congress J.C.Biswas38.76INC [6]
1971391,65968Bibha Ghosh46.88 CPI(M) Promotha Ranjan Thakur44.06Congress [7]
19773,71,93058.30Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)53.80CPI (M)Nitaipada Sarkar29.49 CPI [8]
19805,62,49078.29Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)54.69CPI (M)Ananda Mohan Biswas39.54Congress [9]
19846,95,77081.23Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)49.97CPI (M)Apurba Lal Mazumdar48.99Congress [10]
19899,18,06085.30Asim Bala51.86CPI (M)Ananda Mohan Biswas46.03Congress [11]
19919,12,20083.37Asim Bala46.66CPI (M)Apurba Lal Mazumdar39.24Congress [12]
199611,35,00086.89Asim Bala46.98CPI (M)Protap Kanti Roy43.47Congress [13]
199810,89,65083.92Asim Bala43.04CPI (M)Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas39.22 Trinamool Congress [14]
199910,14,38076.83Ananda Mohan Biswas45.84Trinamool CongressAsim Bala41.93CPI (M) [15]
Bye Election, 200310,69,77981.60Alakesh Das48.13CPI (M)Abir Ranjan Biswas39.29Trinamool Congress [17]
200411,77,77084.76 Alakesh Das 47.56CPI (M)Nilima Nag (Mallick)46.71Trinamool Congress [16]

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