Barasat Lok Sabha constituency

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Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Most Successful parties from Barasat Lok Sabha
  1. All India Forward Bloc (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
  2. Trinamool Congress (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
  3. Indian National Congress (4 times) 23.53 (22.2%)
  4. Communist Party of India (2 times) 11.76 (11.1%)

CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesHabra
Ashoknagar
Rajarhat New Town
Bidhannagar
Madhyamgram
Barasat
Deganga
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Barasat
WB-17
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesHabra
Ashoknagar
Rajarhat New Town
Bidhannagar
Madhyamgram
Barasat
Deganga
Established1952-present
Total electors1,512,792[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  NCPI
Alliance  NDA[2]
Elected year2024
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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. 17 Barasat is composed of the following Assembly segments from 2009:[3]

More information #, Name ...
# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
100 Habra North 24 Parganas Debdas Mondal BJP BJP
101 Ashoknagar Sumay Hira AITC
115 Rajarhat New Town Piyush Kanodia
116 Bidhannagar Sharadwat Mukherjee BJP
118 Madhyamgram Rathin Ghosh AITC AITC
119 Barasat Shankar Chatterjee BJP
120 Deganga Anisur Rahaman AITC
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Members of Parliament

More information Year, Member ...
Year Member Party
1952 Arun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Ranen Sen Communist Party of India
1971
1977 Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc
1980
1984 Tarun Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress
1989 Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc
1991
1996
1998 Ranjit Kumar Panja Trinamool Congress
1999
2004 Subrata Bose All India Forward Bloc
2009 Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Trinamool Congress
2014
2019
2024
2026 Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Nationalist Citizens Party of India
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Election results

General election 2024

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Indian general election: Barasat[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCPI Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 692,010 45.15 Decrease1.32
BJP Swapan Majumder 577,823 37.70 Decrease0.87
ISF Tapas Banerjee 121,440 7.92 Increase7.92
AIFB Sanjib Chatterjee 100,000 6.52 Decrease2.37
NOTA None of the above 17,892 1.17
Majority 114,189
Turnout 1,532,601
AITC hold Swing
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General election 2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
2019 Indian general elections: Barasat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 648,444 46.47 +5.08
BJP Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath 538,275 38.57 +15.2
AIFB Haripada Biswas 124,068 8.89 −18.86
INC Subrata Dutta 37,277 2.67 −0.53
NOTA None of the above 17,769 1.27
Majority 110,169 7.90 −5.74
Turnout 1,396,194 81.26 −2.65
AITC hold Swing
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General elections 2014

More information Party, Candidate ...
2014 Indian general elections: Barasat[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 525,387 41.39 −9.56
AIFB Mortaza Hossain 3,52,246 27.75 −11.22
BJP P. C. Sorcar, Jr. 2,96,608 23.37 +17.97
INC Riju Ghoshal 40,660 3.20 +3.20
None of the Above None of the Above 12,700 1.00
BSP Sukumar Bala 12,178 0.96
Majority 1,73,141 13.64 +1.66
Turnout 12,69,331 83.91
AITC hold Swing -10.39
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General election 2009

More information Party, Candidate ...
2009 Indian general elections: Barasat[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 522,530 50.96
AIFB Sudin Chattopadhyay 3,99,629 38.97
BJP Bratin Sengupta 55,353 5.39
BSP Arun Kumar Biswas 18,381 1.79
AUDF Bhaskar Ghosh 9,161 0.89
IND Kumari Kamala Das 7,527 0.73
Majority 1,22,901 11.99
Turnout 10,25,329 83.60
AITC gain from AIFB Swing
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More information Party, Seats won ...
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 6.14
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General elections 1957-2004

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

More information Year, Voters ...
Year Voters Voter turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1957 273525 56.56 Arun Chandra Guha 51.10 Indian National Congress Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta 48.90 Communist Party of India[8]
1962 385,859 59.64 Arun Chandra Guha 50.17 Indian National Congress Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta 37.70 Communist Party of India[9]
1967 365,429 74.09 Ranendra Nath Sen 40.84 Communist Party of India Arun Chandra Guha 31.59 Indian National Congress[10]
1971 349,894 64.10 Ranendra Nath Sen 33.29 Communist Party of India Hemanta Gangopadhyay 30.54 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1977 372,420 61.05 Chitta Basu 56.15 Forward Bloc Ranen Sen 24.23 Communist Party of India[12]
1980 571,760 75.33 Chitta Basu 53.03 Forward Bloc Harasit Ghosh 36.30 Indian National Congress (I)[13]
1984 703,870 83-83 Tarun Kanti Ghosh 49.46 Indian National Congress Chitta Basu 47.64 Forward Bloc[14]
1989 898,100 85.87 Chitta Basu 50.52 Forward Bloc Tarun Kanti Ghosh 44.38 Indian National Congress[15]
1991 893, 570 83.11 Chitta Basu 43.60 Forward Bloc Ashok Krishna Dutt 35.84 Indian National Congress[16]
1996 1,072,010 86.33 Chitta Basu 46.24 Forward Bloc Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 42.86 Indian National Congress[17]
1998 1,070,950 84.10 Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 47.13 Trinamool Congress Chitra Ghosh 40.83 Forward Bloc[18]
1999 1,043,590 80.88 Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 50.28 Trinamool Congress Saral Deb 40.88 Forward Bloc[19]
2004 1,153,580 83.11 Subrata Bose 45.13 Forward Bloc Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja 44.07 Trinamool Congress[20]
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