Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal
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Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency (previously as Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency until 2009) 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 Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.
Most successful parties from Barrackpore Loksabha
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (10 times) 52.94 (50.0%)
- Indian National Congress (3 times) 17.65 (16.7%)
- Trinamool Congress (3times) 17.65 (16.7%)
- Communist Party of India (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)
- Praja Socialist Party (1 time) 5.88 (5.55%)
CountryIndia
| Barrackpur WB-15 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Barrackpore Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Amdanga Bijpur Naihati Bhatpara Jagatdal Noapara Barrackpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 15,08,728 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NCPI |
| Alliance | NDA[2] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
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:[3]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Amdanga | North 24 Parganas | Mohammad Kasem Siddique | AITC | AITC | ||
| 103 | Bijpur | Sudipta Das | BJP | ||||
| 104 | Naihati | Sumitro Chatterjee | |||||
| 105 | Bhatpara | Pawan Singh | BJP | ||||
| 106 | Jagatdal | Rajesh Kumar | AITC | ||||
| 107 | Noapara | Arjun Singh | |||||
| 108 | Barrackpur | Kaustuv Bagchi | |||||
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Partha Bhowmick | 520,231 | 45.56 | ||
| BJP | Arjun Singh | 4,55,793 | 39.92 | ||
| CPI(M) | Debdut Ghosh | 1,09,564 | 9.60 | ||
| Majority | 64,438 | 5.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,141,860 | ||||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | 1.87 | |||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arjun Singh | 472,994 | 42.82 | +20.90 | |
| AITC | Dinesh Trivedi | 458,137 | 41.48 | −4.11 | |
| CPI(M) | Gargi Chatterjee | 117,456 | 10.63 | −15.29 | |
| INC | Mohammad Alam | 15,746 | 1.43 | −1.47 | |
| Majority | 14,857 | 1.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,104,699 | 76.91 | −4.95 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,436,431 | ||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +12.50 | |||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dinesh Trivedi | 479,206 | 45.59 | −3.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Subhashini Ali | 272,433 | 25.92 | −16.92 | |
| BJP | Rumesh Kumar Handa | 230,401 | 21.92 | +18.36 | |
| INC | Samrat Topadar | 30,491 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
| BSP | Tapash Sarkar | 5458 | |||
| Independent | Dina Shankar Singh | 5036 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Omprakash Rajbhar | 4416 | |||
| Independent | Omprakash Shaw | 3555 | |||
| Independent | Girish Chandra Singh | 3132 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Pradip Chaudhuri | 2200 | |||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Sharmistha Choudhury | 2036 | |||
| AAP | Mihir Biswas | 1787 | |||
| LJP | Jainal Abudeen Ahmed | 10,979 | 1.04 | −−− | |
| Majority | 206,773 | 19.67 | +13.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,051,130 | 81.86 | +1.40 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | -3.69 | |||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dinesh Trivedi | 428,699 | 49.28 | +14.29 | |
| CPI(M) | Tarit Baran Topdar | 372,675 | 42.84 | −14.93 | |
| BJP | Prabhakar Tewari | 30,970 | 3.56 | ||
| BSP | Ashok Sonkar | 9,359 | 1.08 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Majority | 56,024 | 6.44 | |||
| Turnout | 8,69,968[9] | 80.46 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 19 | 31.8 | |
| Indian National Congress | 6 | 13.45 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1 | NA | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 | 33.1 | |
| Communist Party of India | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 3.56 | |
| Forward bloc | 2 | 3.04 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 6.14 |
General election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Tarit Baran Topdar | 443,048 | 55.77 | ||
| AITC | Arjun Singh | 277,977 | 34.99 | ||
| INC | Debi Ghosal | 43,750 | 5.51 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Biswas | 9,072 | 1.14 | ||
| BSP | Chapala Majumder | 6,473 | 0.81 | ||
| Independent | Tarkeshwar Singh | 3,920 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Amal Kumar Sen | 3,071 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 165,071 | 20.78 | |||
| Turnout | 7,94,426 | 80.98 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Tarit Baran Topdar | 399,269 | |||
| AITC | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 358,494 | 34.99 | ||
| INC | Ashok Shukla | 59,732 | 5.51 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Biswas | 9,072 | 1.14 | ||
| BSP | Chapala Majumder | 6,473 | 0.81 | ||
| Independent | Tarkeshwar Singh | 3,920 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Amal Kumar Sen | 3,071 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 40,775 | 4.78 | |||
| Turnout | 7,94,426 | 80.98 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General elections 1951-1998
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voters | Voters turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | |||
| 1951 | 159,207 | 43.58 | Ramananda Das | 51.24 | Indian National Congress | Debprasad Ghosh | 18.89 | Bharatiya Jan Sangh |
| 1957 | 241747 | 56.18 | Bimal Coomar Ghose | 54.98 | Praja Socialist Party | Labonya Prova Dutta | 36.35 | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | 404,181 | 68.76 | Renu Chakraborty | 57.56 | Communist Party of India | Ram Dhari Singh | 33.76 | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | 424548 | 70.88 | Md. Ismail | 39.16 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Renu Chakrabarty | 32.90 | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | 522,103 | 68.65 | Md. Ismail | 56.29 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Renu Chakravarty | 39.72 | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | 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 |
