Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Existence | 1967-present |
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Reservation | Reserved for SC |
Current MP | Anupam Hazra |
Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected Year | 2014 |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,538,429[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Ketugram Mangalkot Ausgram (SC) Bolpur Nanoor (SC) Labpur Mayureswar |
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Contents
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Ketugram (assembly constituency no. 271)
- Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 272)
- Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 273)
- Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 286)
- Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287)
- Labpur (assembly constituency no. 288)
- Mayureswar (assembly constituency no. 290)
Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)
Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
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Fourth | 1967-71 | Bolpur | A.K.Chanda | Indian National Congress[4] |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | Saradish Roy | Commuunist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12] | |
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15] | |
Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Anupam Hazra | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
Election results
General election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | Anupam Hazra | 630693 | |||
CPI(M) | Doctor Ram Chandra Dome | 394581 | |||
BJP | Kamini Mohan Sarkar | 197474 | |||
INC | Tapan Kumar Saha | 46953 | |||
JDP | Sanjib Malik | 6371 | |||
BSP | Samiran Das | 5952 | |||
SUCI(C) | Bijoy Dolui | 5410 | |||
Turnout | 1,304,756[1] | 84.81 | |||
Swing to Trinamool Congress from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 34 | ![]() |
39.3 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | ![]() |
22.7 |
Communist Party of India | 0 | ![]() |
2.3 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | ![]() |
2.4 |
Forward Bloc | 0 | ![]() |
2.1 |
Indian National Congress | 4 | ![]() |
9.6 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | ![]() |
16.8 |
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | ![]() |
0.7 |
Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
General elections 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Doctor Ram Chandra Dome | 538,383 | |||
INC | Asit Kumar Mal | 411,501 | |||
BJP | Arjun Saha | 70,084 | |||
AUDF | Adara Bauri | 21,325 | |||
Independent | Professor Bijay Dalui | 14,581 | |||
Independent | Nihar Hazra | 11,798 | |||
BSP | Vidyasagar Mete | 11,139 | |||
Turnout | 1,078,811 | 82.49 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
Template:West Bengal 2009 election summary
General elections 1967-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
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%age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
1967 | 259,965 | 53.75 | A.K.Chanda | 52.73 | Congress | Saradish Roy | 47.27 | CPI(M)[4] |
1971 | 270,782 | 52.77 | Saradish Roy | 45.39 | CPI(M) | Phulrenu Guha | 31.01 | Congress[5] |
1977 | 255,130 | 48.36 | Saradish Roy | 50.19 | CPI(M) | Durga Banerjee | 36.20 | CPI[6] |
1980 | 493,810 | 74.04 | Saradish Roy | 54.97 | CPI(M) | Pranab Mukherjee | 40.72 | INC(I)[7] |
1984 | 589,190 | 78.26 | Saradish Roy | 55.09 | CPI(M) | NiharDutta | 44.53 | INC[8] |
1989 | 711,130 | 79.20 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.42 | CPI(M) | Sachidanandan Sau | 36.97 | INC[9] |
1991 | 713,840 | 77.17 | Somnath Chatterjee | 56.64 | CPI(M) | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 24.10 | Independent[10] |
1996 | 802,300 | 82.10 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.55 | CPI(M) | Sunil Das | 27.98 | INC[11] |
1998 | 803,380 | 78.55 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.55 | CPI(M) | Gour Hari Chandra | 27.78 | WBTC[12] |
1999 | 792.87 | 76.43 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.36 | CPI(M) | Suniti Chattaraj | 35.53 | AITC[13] |
2004 | 770.12 | 74.41 | Somnath Chatterjee | 65.56 | CPI(M) | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 25.26 | AITC[14] |
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