Malda Lok Sabha constituency

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malda Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Malda in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat was a very strong bastion of the Indian National Congress.

CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs in 2004:
Habibpur (ST)
Araidanga
Malda (SC)
Englishbazar
Manikchak
Suzapur
Kaliachak
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Malda
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs in 2004:
Habibpur (ST)
Araidanga
Malda (SC)
Englishbazar
Manikchak
Suzapur
Kaliachak
Established1951
Abolished2009
ReservationNone
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Assembly segments

Malda Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda parliamentary constituency will cease to exist and current constituent assembly segments will be part of either of the two new ones: Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency or Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Members of Parliament

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Election
Year		 MLA Party
1952 Surendra Mohan Ghose Indian National Congress
1957Renuka Ray
1962
1967Uma Roy
1971Dinesh Chandra Joarder Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2006^Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
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For MPs from the area in subsequent years see Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency and Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

By-election 2006

A by-election was held in this constituency on 13 September 2006 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury. In the by-election, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) by 84,391 votes.

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Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2006: Malda constituency[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury 437,161 50.67 +1.87
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 353,770 41.00 +5.20
BJP Biswapriya Roy Chowdhury 45,737 5.30 −5.00
Independent Atul Chandra Mandal 13,875 1.61
Independent Ataur Rahman 12,328 1.42
Majority 84,391
Turnout 862,888 77.5%
INC hold Swing
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General election 2004

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2004 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury 412,913 48.80 Increase 8.58
CPI(M) Pranab Das 301,805 35.80 Decrease 1.39
BJP Badsha Alam 86,525 10.30 Decrease 11.00
Independent Sadhan Chatterjee 18,813 2.20 N/A
Independent Tushar Kanti Besra 5,748 0.70 N/A
Independent Majedur Rahaman 5,496 0.70 N/A
BSP Lawrence Hansda 5,364 0.60 New entry
Independent Parimal Mardi 5,283 0.60 N/A
Independent Atul Chandra Mandal 3,794 0.40 N/A
Independent Naresh Rishi 3,370 0.40 N/A
Majority 111,108 13.20 Increase 10.17
Turnout 844,032 77.60
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1999

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1999 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 325,833 40.22 Decrease 2.20
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 301,280 37.19 Increase 0.67
BJP Muzaffar Khan 172,575 21.30 Increase 0.97
JMM Budhrai Kisku 2,928 0.36 New entry
Independent Biswanath Guha 1,981 0.24 N/A
Independent Ataur Rahaman 1,228 0.15 N/A
Independent Nani Gopal Sarkar 1,027 0.13 N/A
IUML Md. Nekmuddin 872 0.11 New entry
Independent Aanjur Islam 790 0.10 N/A
Independent Helarious Mardi 630 0.08 N/A
Independent Dr. Libias Mondal 630 0.08 N/A
JD(S) Ahejuddin Khan 422 0.05 New entry
Majority 24,553 3.03 Decrease 2.86
Turnout 8,10,196
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1998

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1998 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 353,117 42.42 Decrease 6.36
CPI(M) Jiban Maitra 304,035 36.52 Decrease 1.77
BJP Muzaffar Khan 169,260 20.33 Increase 9.90
BSP Mahendra Nath Hasda 4,224 0.51 New entry
Independent Mazizur Rahaman 919 0.11 N/A
Independent Akbar Hossain 914 0.11 N/A
Majority 49,082 5.89 Decrease 4.60
Turnout 8,32,469
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1996

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1996 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 417,427 48.78
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 327,605 38.29
BJP Binay Sarkar 89,255 10.43
Independent Basu Sant Kumar 6,657 0.78 N/A
Independent Agu Nasar Khan Choudhury 3,317 0.39 N/A
Independent Aminul Islam 2,728 0.32 N/A
Independent Abdus Samad Choudhury 2,231 0.26 N/A
Independent Md. Nekmuddin 2,024 0.24 N/A
Independent Birendra N. Biswas 1,329 0.16 N/A
Independent Ali Saber 1,239 0.14 N/A
Independent Ainal 797 0.09 N/A
Independent Naresh Ch. Rishi 664 0.08 N/A
Independent Nirmal Das 391 0.05 N/A
Majority 89,822 10.49
Turnout 8,55,664
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1991

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1991 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 291,835 41.14
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 290,015 40.89
BJP Binay Bhusan Sarkar 117,382 16.55
BSP Birendra Nath Viswas 7,733 1.09
IUML Md. Solaiman 2,342 0.33
Majority 1,820 0.25
Turnout 7,09,307
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1989

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1989 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 349,138 48.18
CPI(M) Sunil Sen 319,241 44.06
BJP Benay Bhusan Sarkar 45,303 6.25
IUML Md. Saidul Islam 7,660 1.06
Independent Samsuddin Biswas 3,290 0.45 N/A
Majority 29,897 4.12
Turnout 7,24,632
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1984

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1984 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 304,963 51.92
CPI(M) Dinesh Joardar 258,337 43.98
BJP Tushar Kanti Ghosh 10,572 1.80
Independent Biswa Nath Guha 5,794 0.99 N/A
Independent Prabodh Kumar Das 3,311 0.56 N/A
IUML Saidul 2,039 0.35
Independent Narayan Kumar Agarwal 1,410 0.24 N/A
Independent Bijoy Sarkar 929 0.16 N/A
Majority 46,626 7.94
Turnout 5,97,612 83.35
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1980

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1980 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 251,952 51.30
CPI(M) Dinesh Chandra Joarder 239,193 48.70
Majority 12,759 2.60
Turnout 5,03,253 75.54
INC(I) gain from CPI(M) Swing
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General Election, 1977

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1977 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dinesh Chandra Joardar 188,103 52.40
INC Pranab Kumar Mukherjee 158,395 44.13
Independent Ganour Harijan 8,809 2.45 N/A
Independent Sarkar Suresh Chandra 2,649 0.74 N/A
Independent Krishna Kripal Satiar 1,009 0.28 N/A
Majority 29,708 8.27
Turnout 3,58,965
CPI(M) hold Swing
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General Election, 1971

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1971 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dinesh Chandra Joarder 137,071 41.94
INC Uma Roy 103,305 31.61
INC(O) Azimuddin Sarker 53,289 16.30
CPI Seikh Siddique 33,185 10.15
Majority 33,766 10.33
Turnout 3,40,623 69.11
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing
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General Election, 1967

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1967 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC U. Roy 123,105 41.68
Independent S. K. Misra 95,356 32.29
CPI S. Roy 48,254 16.34
SWA H. M. A. Sattar 24,288 8.22
Independent M. A. H. Alhaj 4,330 1.47 N/A
Majority 27,749 9.39
Turnout 3,08,145 68.01
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1962

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1962 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Renuka Ray 101,336 43.74
Independent Haji Abdus Sattar 65,515 28.28
SWA Atul Chandra Kumar 64,841 27.99
Majority 35,821 15.45
Turnout 2,43,644 52.52
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1957

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1957 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Renuka Ray 97,217 46.47
Independent S. Rahaman 59,951 28.66
HM Hariprasanna Misra 23,184 11.08
Independent Dwijendra Nath Singha 20,520 9.81 N/A
Independent Debendra Nath Jha 8,331 3.98 N/A
Majority 37,266 17.81
Turnout 2,09,203 51.12
INC hold Swing
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General Election, 1951

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1951 Indian general election: Malda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Surendra Mohan Ghose 81,666 56.09
Independent Amarendra Krishna Bhaduri 39,733 27.29
Independent Atul Chandra Kumar 24,202 16.62
Majority 41,933 28.80
Turnout 1,45,601 41.02
INC win (new seat)
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