Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency

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Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat in 2009 general elections.

CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesDubrajpur
Suri
Sainthia
Rampurhat
Hansan
Nalhati
Murarai
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Birbhum
WB-42
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Birbhum Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesDubrajpur
Suri
Sainthia
Rampurhat
Hansan
Nalhati
Murarai
Established1951
Total electors18,57,022
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  INDIA
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 issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[1]

More information No, Name ...
No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
284 Dubrajpur (SC) Birbhum Anup Kumar Saha BJP AITC
285 Suri Bikash Roy Chowdhury AITC
289 Sainthia (SC) Nilabati Saha
291 Rampurhat Ashish Banerjee
292 Hansan Ashok Kumar Chattopadhyay
293 Nalhati Rajendra Prasad Singh
294 Murarai Mosarraf Hossain
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Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]Rajnagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287), Suri (assembly constituency no. 288), Mahammad Bazar (assembly constituency no. 289), Rampurhat (assembly constituency no. 291), Hansan (SC) (assembly constituency no. 292), Nalhati (assembly constituency no. 293) and Murarai (assembly constituency no. 294).

Members of Parliament

More information Lok Sabha, Duration ...
Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party
First*1952-57BirbhumKamal Krishna DasIndian National Congress[3]
Anil Kumar Chanda[3]
Second*1957-62Anil Kumar Chanda[4]
Kamal Krishna Das[4]
Third1962-67Sisir Kumar Das[5]
Fourth1967-71[6]
Fifth1971-77Gadadhar SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Sixth1977-80[8]
Seventh1980-84[9]
Eighth1984-89[10]
Ninth1989-91Dr. Ram Chandra Dome[11]
Tenth1991-96[12]
Eleventh1996-98[13]
Twelfth1998-99[14]
Thirteenth1999-04[15]
Fourteenth2004-09[16]
Fifteenth2009-14Satabdi RoyTrinamool Congress[17]
Sixteenth2014-19[18]
Seventeenth2019-24
Seventeenth2024-present
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.* In 1951 and 1957, Birbhum had dual seats.

Election results

General election 2024

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Indian general elections: Birbhum[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 717,961 47.00 Increase1.87
BJP Debtanu Bhattacharya 5,20,311 34.06 Decrease4.93
INC Milton Rashid 2,26,260 14.81 Increase9.60
NOTA None of the above 14,093 0.92 Increase0.07
Majority 1,97,650 12.94 Increase6.75
Turnout 15,27,432 82.25 Decrease3.09
AITC hold Swing
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General election 2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
2019 Indian general elections: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 654,070 45.13 +7.32
BJP Dudh Kumar Mondal 565,153 38.99 +20.52
CPI(M) Dr. Rezaul Karim 96,763 6.68 −24.14
INC Imam Hossain 75,451 5.21 −5.14
NOTA None of the Above 12,307 0.85 N/A
Majority 89,711 6.19
Turnout 14,50,108 85.34
AITC hold Swing
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General election 2014

More information Party, Candidate ...
2014 Indian general elections: Birbhum[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 4,60,568 36.09 −11.72
CPI(M) Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi 3,93,305 30.82 −10.95
BJP Joy Banerjee 2,35,753 18.47 +13.85
INC Syed Siraj Jimmi 1,32,084 10.35 N/A
JMM Shibratan Sharma 7,989 0.62 +0.47
SP Prasanta Roy 7,194 0.56 −1.12
Majority 67,263 5.27 −0.77
Turnout 12,75,819 85.33
AITC hold Swing +2.49
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General election 2009

More information Party, Candidate ...
2009 Indian general elections: Birbhum[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 4,86,553 47.82
CPI(M) Braja Mukherjee 4,25,034 41.77
BJP Tapas Mukherjee 47,068 4.62
SP Asgar Ali 17,177 1.68
BSP Radheshyam Singh 13,388 1.31
JMM Shib Ratan Sharma 1,591 0.15
Majority 61,519 6.04
Turnout 10,17,493 83.27
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing
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General elections 1951-2004

In 1951 and 1957 Birbhum had dual seats. It had single seats in other years, 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
1951 503,410 33.04 Arun Kumar Chanda 23.19 Congress
Kamal Krishna Das 21.80 Congress Nitya Narayan Bandopadhyay 17.94 Hindu Mahasabha[3]
1957 737,913 42.85 Kamal Krishna Das 32.49 Congress
Anil Kumar Chanda 26.80 Congress Manmatha Nath Das 22.91 Hindu Mahasabha[4]
1962 180,916 38.28 Sisir Kumar Saha 43.15 Congress Mrityunjay Manadal 24.40 Forward Bloc[5]
1967 242,686 52.04 S.K.Saha 36.27 Congress G.Bauri 22.31 Forward Bloc[6]
1971 215,720 43.86 Gadadhar Saha 39.59 CPI(M) Kanai Saha 35.47 Congress[7]
1977 288.120 52.08 Gadadhar Saha 49.00 CPI(M) Birendaban Saha 38.04 INC[8]
1980 441,810 67.18 Gadadhar Saha 51.91 CPI(M) Badal Chandra Bagdi 42.48 INC(I)[9]
1984 563,390 74.98 Gadadhar Saha 50.32 CPI(M) Badal Bagdi 47.88 INC[10]
1989 692,220 76.28 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 50.88 CPI(M) Badal Bagdi 41.77 INC[11]
1991 692,510 75.21 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 49.71 CPI(M) Subhendu Mondal 25.47 INC[12]
1996 827,370 83.18 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 50.35 CPI(M) Mamata Saha 36.48 INC[13]
1998 789,910 76.83 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 69.07 CPI(M) Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 28.23 BJP[14]
1999 734,170 70.33 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 51.65 CPI(M) Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 29.93 BJP[15]
2004 724, 090 70.31 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 51.42 CPI(M) Gopal Chadra Das 24.95 INC[16]
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