Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal
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Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district.
The most successful party in the Lok Sabha elections
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (41.2%)
- Indian National Congress (35.3%)
- Trinamool Congress (23.5%)
- 0.00%
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesSuti
Jangipur
Raghunathganj
Sagardighi
Lalgola
Nabagram
Khargram
Jangipur
Raghunathganj
Sagardighi
Lalgola
Nabagram
Khargram
| Jangipur WB-9 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Jangipur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Suti Jangipur Raghunathganj Sagardighi Lalgola Nabagram Khargram |
| Established | 1967-present |
| Total electors | 1,391,656[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| 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. 9 Jangipur is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]
| No | Name | Reservation | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Suti | None | Murshidabad | Emani Biswas | AITC | AITC | ||
| 58 | Jangipur | Jakir Hossain | BJP | |||||
| 59 | Raghunathganj | Akhruzzaman | AITC | |||||
| 60 | Sagardighi | Bayron Biswas[3] | ||||||
| 61 | Lalgola | Ali Mohammad | INC | |||||
| 65 | Nabagram | SC | Kanai Chandra Mondal | AITC | ||||
| 66 | Khargram | Ashish Marjit | ||||||
In 2004 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4]Farakka (assembly constituency no. 50), Aurangabad (assembly constituency no. 51), Suti (assembly constituency no. 52), Sagardighi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 53), Jangipur (assembly constituency no. 54), Nabagram (assembly constituency no. 57), Khargram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 66)
Members of Parliament
| Year | Name[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Lutfal Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | Sasanka Sekhar Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1980 | Zainal Abedin | ||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Mohammad Idris Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Pranab Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2012^ | Abhijit Mukherjee | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Khalilur Rahaman | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2024 | |||
^ denotes by-elections
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Khalilur Rahaman | 544,427 | 39.75 |  3.40 | |
| INC | Mortaza Hossain Bakul | 427,790 | 31.23 |  11.62 | |
| BJP | Dhananjay Ghosh | 340,814 | 24.88 | 0.58 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 17,158 | 1.25 | 0.38 | |
| Majority | 116,637 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,369,633 | 75.72 | 5.0 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Khalilur Rahaman | 562,838 | 43.15 | 24.61 | |
| BJP | Mafuja Khatun | 317,056 | 24.3 | 15.65 | |
| INC | Abhijit Mukherjee | 255,836 | 19.61 | 14.19 | |
| CPI(M) | Zulfikar Ali | 95,501 | 7.32 | 25.75 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 11,355 | 0.87 | N/A | |
| Majority | 245,782 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,304,629 | 80.72 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abhijit Mukherjee | 378,201 | 33.80 | −20.44 | |
| CPI(M) | Muzaffar Hussain | 370,040 | 33.07 | −7.45 | |
| AITC | Haji Sk Nurul Islam | 207,455 | 18.54 | +18.54 | |
| BJP | Samrat Ghosh | 96,751 | 8.65 | +6.32 | |
| SDPI | Md. Sahabuddin | 17,257 | |||
| Independent | Abhijit Sarkar | 10,055 | |||
| WPOI | Monirul Islam | 9,476 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Abdus Sayeed | 7,926 | |||
| BSP | Sanjit Singh | 5,507 | |||
| AMB | Dhananjay Banerjee | 3,019 | |||
| Jamat-E-Sheratul Mustakim | Md. Ginnatulla Sk | 2,318 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 11,079 | 0.99 | −−− | |
| Majority | 8,161 | 0.73 | −12.99 | ||
| Turnout | 11,19,084 | 80.41 | −5.54 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -20.44 | |||
By election 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abhijit Mukherjee | 332,919 | 39.01 | −15.23 | |
| CPI(M) | Muzaffar Hussain | 330,383 | 38.71 | −1.81 | |
| BJP | Sudhansu Biswas | 85,887 | 10.06 | +7.73 | |
| WPOI | Raisuddin Baidya | 41,620 | 4.90 | +4.90 | |
| SDPI | Tayedul Islam | 24,691 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
| Majority | 2,536 | 0.30 | −13.42 | ||
| Turnout | 8,53,413 | 68.73 | −17.22 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pranab Mukherjee | 506,749 | 54.24 | +5.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Mriganka Sekhar Bhattacharya | 378,600 | 40.52 | −4.18 | |
| BJP | Debashish Majumdar | 21,791 | 2.33 | +2.33 | |
| AUDF | Zamirul Hassan | 19,000 | 2.03 | +2.03 | |
| Independent | Tapas Saha | 8,141 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
| Majority | 128,149 | 13.72 | +9.54 | ||
| Turnout | 9,34,281 | 85.95 | +4.34 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | +5.36 | |||
General election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pranab Mukherjee | 431,647 | 48.38 | ||
| CPI(M) | Abul Hasnat Khan | 394,787 | 44.70 | ||
| AITC | Shish Mohammad | 19,725 | 2.23 | ||
| Independent | Palash De | 9,959 | 1.13 | ||
| BSP | Gourpada Biswas Mallick | 8,499 | 0.96 | ||
| Independent | Abdus Sayeed | 7,132 | 0.81 | ||
| Independent | Tojibur Rahaman | 3,997 | 0.45 | ||
| SP | Mohammad Abdur Rahaman | 3,934 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Abu Asim Siddique | 3,448 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 36,860 | 4.18 | |||
| Turnout | 8,83,128 | 81.61 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Abul Hasnat Khan | 352,580 | 44.90 | ||
| INC | Mainul Haque | 291,263 | 37.10 | ||
| AITC | Syed Mushtaque Murshed | 120,770 | 15.43 | ||
| Independent | Dwarka Nath Das | 6,074 | 1.13 | ||
| NCP | Utpal Majumder | 2,339 | 0.30 | ||
| BSP | Alam Khairul | 1,857 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Mihir Kumar Das | 610 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 61,317 | (7.8%) | |||
| Turnout | 7,85,797 | (72.3%) | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Abul Hasnat Khan | 396,761 | 48.00 | ||
| INC | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 324,260 | 38.60 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Sk Fukran | 99,028 | 11.80 | ||
| MUL | Mosharaf Hossain | 6,013 | 0.70 | ||
| Independent | Rafique Sk | 1,563 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 72,501 | (8.6%) | |||
| Turnout | 8,40,406 | (78.5%) | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General elections 1967-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
| 1967 | Lutfal Haque | Indian National Congress | J.Gupta | Independent[13] |
| 1972 | Lutfal Haque | Indian National Congress | Barun Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party[14] |
| 1977 | Sasankasekher Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Lutfal Haque | Indian National Congress[15] |
| 1980 | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Lutfal Haque | Indian National Congress (I)[16] |
| 1984 | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Md. Sohrab | Indian National Congress[17] |
| 1989 | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Md. Sohrab | Indian National Congress[18] |
| 1991 | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mannan Hossain | Indian National Congress[19] |
| 1996 | Mohammad Idris Ali | Indian National Congress | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[20] |
| 1998 | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress[21] |
| 1999 | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Mainul Haque | Indian National Congress[12] |
| 2004 | Pranab Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |