Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for scheduled castes.
Arambagh | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) |
Parliamentary Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected Year | 2014 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1967-present |
Reservation | Reserved for SC |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,600,293[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Haripal Tarakeswar Pursurah Arambag (SC) Goghat (SC) Khanakul Chandrakona (SC) |
Overview
In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.[2] Pritam Munde won the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 by 6,92,245 votes
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. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
- Haripal (assembly constituency no. 196)
- Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 198)
- Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 199)
- Arambag (SC) (assembly constituency no. 200)
- Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 201)
- Khanakul (assembly constituency no. 202)
- Chandrakona (SC) (assembly constituency no. 232)
Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4] Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)
Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fourth | 1967-71 | Arambagh | Amiyanath Bose | All India Forward Bloc[5] |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Manoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Bharatiya Lok Dal[7] | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10] | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Sakti Mohan Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | All India Trinamool Congress[17] | |
Seventeenth | 2019-Incumbent | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
General election 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Aparupa Poddar | 6,49,929 | 44.14 | -10.79 | |
BJP | Tapan Kumar Ray | 6,48,787 | 44.06 | +32.45 | |
CPI (M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 1,00,520 | 6.83 | -22.68 | |
INC | Jyoti Kumari Das | 25,128 | 1.71 | -0.33 | |
Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party | Binay Kumar Malik | 8,669 | 0.59 | ||
Independent | Chittaranjan Mallick | 7,648 | 0.52 | ||
BSP | Samir Mitra | 4,714 | 0.32 | ||
SUCI(C) | Prosanta Malik | 3,473 | 0.24 | ||
Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party | Jhantu Lal Pakre | 2,618 | 0.18 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 20,495 | 1.39 | ||
Majority | 1,142 | 0.07 | -25.39 | ||
Turnout | 14,71,981 | 83.44 | -1.67 | ||
Registered electors | 17,64,726 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing | -21.62 |
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage | Vote change % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 22 | 43.00 | ||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 40.00 | ||
Indian National Congress | 2 | 6.29 | ||
Left Front | 0 | 7.57 |
Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.
General election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | 748,764 | 54.94 | N/A | |
CPI (M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 401,919 | 29.51 | -25.29 | |
BJP | Madhusudan Bag | 158,480 | 11.63 | +6.66 | |
INC | Sambhu Nath Malik | 27,872 | 2.04 | -34.81 | |
JDP | Ganesh Bag | 7,062 | 0.51 | -1.35 | |
Majority | 346,845 | 25.46 | +8.14 | ||
Turnout | 13,61,934 | 85.11 | +0.53 | ||
AITC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | +42.64 | |||
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: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 630,454 | 54.80 | -22.99 | |
INC | Sambhu Nath Malik | 428,696 | 36.85 | +29.76 | |
BJP | Murari Bera | 57,903 | 4.97 | -10.78 | |
BSP | Parimal Biswas | 24,762 | 2.12 | N/A | |
JDP | Subir Kumar Majhi | 21,722 | 1.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 201,558 | 17.32 | -44.09 | ||
Turnout | 11,63,337 | 84.58 | +3.34 | ||
CPI (M) hold | Swing | -22.99 |
General election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 744,464 | 77.16 | ||
BJP | Swapan Kumar Nandi | 151,962 | 15.75 | ||
INC | Pradip Datta | 68,414 | 7.09 | ||
Margin of victory | 592,502 | 61.41 | |||
Turnout | 9,64,840 | 81.24 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 503,920 | 53.98 | ||
BJP | Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty | 387,199 | 41.98 | ||
INC | idris Ali | 40,816 | 4.37 | ||
Independent | Joy Krishna Bera | 1,565 | 0.17 | ||
Margin of victory | 116,721 | 12.40 | |||
Turnout | 9,33,365 | 81.24 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 521,507 | 56.23 | ||
BJP | Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty | 334,207 | 35.50 | ||
INC | Provat Kiran Chakrabarti | 73,105 | 7.80 | ||
Margin of victory | 187,300 | 19.90 | |||
Turnout | 9,40,359 | 84.3 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 544,289 | 59.40 | ||
INC | Monoranjan Hazra | 317,956 | 34.80 | ||
BJP | Gopi Nath Dey | 42,779 | 4.70 | ||
Independent | Nanu Ram Roy | 6,276 | 0.70 | ||
Amra Bangalee | Nikunja Jana | 2,394 | 0.30 | ||
Margin of victory | 226,333 | 24.30 | |||
Turnout | 9,31,653 | 87.3 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 448,318 | 55.60 | ||
INC | Sk. Hasan Imam | 300,046 | 37.70 | ||
BJP | Dhruva Chakravarti | 37,393 | 4.70 | ||
Independent | Chandi Dutt | 6,679 | 0.80 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Bharashi Sharma | 4,310 | 0.50 | ||
Margin of victory | 148,272 | 18.30 | |||
Turnout | 8,10,177 | 82.9 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1989
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 423,062 | 52.80 | ||
INC | Sk. Hasan Imam | 358,564 | 44.80 | ||
Amra Bangalee | Nikunja Jana | 10,541 | 1.30 | ||
Independent | Chandi Dutt | 6,745 | 0.80 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Bharashi Sharma | 1,961 | 0.20 | ||
Margin of victory | 64,498 | 7.90 | |||
Turnout | 8,12,748 | 86.0 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Anil Basu | 327,786 | 50.40 | ||
INC | Gopal Das Nag | 313,626 | 47.60 | ||
Amra Bangalee | Nikunja Jana | 4,756 | 0.70 | ||
Independent | Nepal Chandra Bhaumik | 3,160 | 0.50 | ||
Independent | Yogendra Singh | 584 | 0.10 | ||
Margin of victory | 14,160 | 2.10 | |||
Turnout | 6,59,108 | 85.8 | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
General election 1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Bejoy Krishna Modak | 285,633 | 53.35 | ||
JP | Prafulla Chandra Sen | 242,642 | 47.60 | ||
JP(S) | Arun Maji | 5,581 | 1.00 | ||
Independent | Lutful Goyesh Khan | 1,265 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Panchanan Ghosh | 1,167 | 0.20 | ||
Margin of victory | 42,991 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,44,644 | 80.3 | |||
CPI (M) gain from BLD | Swing | ||||
General election 1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BLD | Prafulla Chandra Sen | 298,371 | 74.80 | ||
INC | Santi Mohan Roy | 90,934 | 22.80 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,07,437 | 52.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,63,271 | 71.78 | |||
Swing to BLD from CPI (M) | Swing |
General election 1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI (M) | Manoranjan Hazra | 137,844 | 40.84 | ||
INC | Santi Mohan Roy | 115,622 | 34.25 | ||
INC (O) | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 58,928 | 17.46 | ||
Independent | Sasanka Bose | 25,144 | 7.45 | ||
Margin of victory | 22,222 | 6.30 | |||
Turnout | 337,536 | 64.50 % | |||
Swing to CPI (M) from Forward Bloc | Swing |
General election 1967
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forward Bloc | Amiya Nath Bose | 208,724 | 62.23 | ||
INC | Sachindra Chowdhury | 126,702 | 37.77 | ||
Majority | 82,022 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 335,426 | 68.7% | |||
Forward Bloc win (new seat) |
General elections 1967-2009
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Winner | Runner-up | ||
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Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
1967 | Amiyanath Bose | All India Forward Bloc | Sachin Choudhury | Indian National Congress[5] |
1971 | Manoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Santi Mohan Ray | Indian National Congress[6] |
1977 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Santi Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress[7] |
1980 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Janata Party[8] |
1984 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gopal Das Nag | Indian National Congress[9] |
1989 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress[10] |
1991 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress[11] |
1996 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Monoranjan Hazra | Indian National Congress[12] |
1998 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party[13] |
1999 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party[14] |
2004 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Swapan Kumar Nandi | Bharatiya Janata Party[15] |
See also
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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