Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Existence 1951-present
Reservation None
Current MP Dinesh Trivedi
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected Year 2009
State West Bengal
Total Electors 1,081,237
Assembly Constituencies Amdanga
Bijpur
Naihati
Bhatpara
Jagatdal
Noapara
Barrackpur

Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district.

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Assembly segments[edit]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 15 Barrackpur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[1]

  • Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 102)
  • Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 103)
  • Naihati (assembly constituency no. 104)
  • Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 105)
  • Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 106)
  • Noapara (assembly constituency no. 107)
  • Barrackpur (assembly constituency no. 108)

In 2004, Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  • Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 89)
  • Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 128)
  • Naihati (assembly constituency no. 129)
  • Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 130)
  • Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 131)
  • Noapara (assembly constituency no. 132)
  • Titagarh (assembly constituency no. 133)

Election results[edit]

General Election, 2009: Barrackpore[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Dinesh Trivedi 428,699
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 372,675
BJP Prabhakar Tewari 30,970
BSP Ashok Sonkar 9,359
Independent Rabi Shankar Paul 7,111
Independent Binod Kumar Singh 5,169
CPI(ML)(L) Subrata Sengupta 5,071
Independent Dharmendra Singh 4,720
Independent Dinesh Kumar Sharma 3,322
Independent Gopal Rout 2,872
Turnout 869,968 80.46
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing
e • d Indian general election, 2009
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1

Source: List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
Statitical Report on General Elections 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha


Results prior to 2009[edit]

Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:

1951-1971[edit]

The winners are shown below.

Year Winner Party
1951[4] Ramananda Das Congress
1957[5] Bimal Coomar Ghose PSP
1962[6] Renu Chakravarty CPI
1967[7] Md. Ismail CPI(M)
1971[8] Md. Ismail CPI(M)

1977-2004[edit]

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1977[9] 470,020 72.23 Saugata Roy 64.60 INC Mahammad Ismail 33.78 CPI (M)
1980 482,46 68.94 Mahammad Ismail 56.72 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 34.61 INC (I)
1984 617.10 79.30 Debi Ghosal 53.52 INC Mohammad Amin 44.64 CPI (M)
1989 733,760 78.84 Tarit Baran Topdar 50.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 45.41 INC
1991 695,870 74.81 Tarit Baran Topdar 47.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 38.78 INC
1996 825,300 81.53 Tarit Baran Topdar 49.54 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 42.23 INC
1998 846,370 82.56 Tarit Baran Topdar 46.01 CPI (M) Tarun Adhikary 42.65 WBTC
1999 845,190 81.25 Tarit Baran Topdar 48.06 CPI (M) Jayanta Bhattacharya 43.15 AITC
2004 794,680 81.01 Tarit Baran Topdar 55.77 CPI (M) Arjun Singh 34.99 AITC

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-25. 
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 1951". Election Commission. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957". Election Commission. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962". Election Commission. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967". Election Commission. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971". Election Commission. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  9. ^ "19 – Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also[edit]

Coordinates: 22°46′N 88°22′E / 22.76°N 88.37°E / 22.76; 88.37