Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bishnupur
Bishnupur
	Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Saumitra Khan
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1962-present
Reservation	Reserved for SC
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,466,921[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Barjora; Onda; Bishnupur; Katulpur (SC); Indas (SC); Sonamukhi (SC); Khandaghosh (SC)

Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Vishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

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. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:[2]

Barjora (assembly constituency no. 253)
Onda (assembly constituency no. 254)
Bishnupur (assembly constituency no. 255)
Katulpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 256)
Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 257)
Sonamukhi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 258)
Khandaghosh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 259)

Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 244), Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 245), Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246), Indpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247), Vishnupur (assembly constituency no. 253), Kotulpur (assembly constituency no. 254) and Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255).

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Third	1962-67	Bishnupur	Pashupati Mandal	Indian National Congress [4]
Fourth	1967-71		Pashupati Mandal	Indian National Congress[5]
Fifth	1971-77		Ajit Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
Sixth	1977-80		Ajit Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Seventh	1980-84		Ajit Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Eighth	1984-89		Ajit Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marist)[9]
Ninth	1989-91		Sukhendu Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Tenth	1991-96		Sukhendu Khan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Eleventh	1996-98		Sandhya Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Twelfth	1998-99		Sandhya Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Sandhya Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Susmita Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Susmita Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Sixteenth	2014-19		Saumitra Khan	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth	2019-incumbent		Saumitra Khan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2019

Source

2019 Indian general elections: Bishnupur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Saumitra Khan	6,57,019	46.25	+32.14
	AITC	Shyamal Santra	5,78,972	40.75	-4.75
	CPI (M)	Sunil Khan	1,02,615	7.22	-26.55
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	17,932	1.26	-0.86
	BMP	Basudeb Sikari	7,816	0.95	+0.34
	SUCI(C)	Ajit Kumar Bauri	11,225	0.79	+0.41
	Independent	Tarani Roy	11,070	0.78	+0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	14,436	1.02	-0.62
Majority			78,047	5.50
Turnout			14,21,191	87.34
Registered electors			16,27,199
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+18.45

2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
Trinamool Congress	22	12	43.00	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	16	40.00	23
Indian National Congress	2	2	6.29	4
Left Front	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bishnupur[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Saumitra Khan	578,870	45.50	+6.45
	CPI (M)	Susmita Bauri	459,185	33.73	-17.59
	BJP	Dr. Jayanta Mondal	179,530	14.11	+10.14
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	27,054	2.12	N/A
	BSP	Jagadananda Roy	10,127	0.79	-0.04
	BMP	Joydeb Bauri	7,816	0.61	N/A
	Independent	Tarani Roy	6,854	0.53	N/A
	Independent	Dinesh Lohar	6,820	0.53	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Sadananda Mandal	4,886	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	20,928	1.64	N/A
Majority			1,49,685	11.77	-0.50
Turnout			1,272,070	86.72	+1.56
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	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

General Election, 2009: Bishnupur[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Susmita Bauri	541,075	51.92	-12.96
	AITC	Seuli Saha	411,709	39.05	+15.91
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	41,908	3.97	N/A
	JMM	Tapas Das	21,634	2.02	N/A
	Independent	Uma Kanta Bhakat	17,727	1.68	N/A
	Independent	Uttam Bouri	11,280	1.07	N/A
	BSP	Manik Bauri	8,816	0.83	-0.48
Majority			129,366	12.27	-28.87
Turnout			1,054,188	85.16
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-12.96

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Bishnupur[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Susmita Bauri	518,507	64.28
	AITC	Janardan Saha	186,678	23.14
	INC	Achintya Majhi	61,793	7.66
	Independent	Sraban Mondal	29,009	3.59
	BSP	Ajoy Bauri	10,637	1.31
Majority			3,31,829	41.14
Turnout			8,06,624
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	21.40
Indian National Congress	6	3	14.56
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	0	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	38.57
Communist Party of India	3	1	4.01
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	4.48
All India Forward Bloc	3	1	3.66
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	2	8.06

General elections 1962-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1962	214,661	45.63	Pashupati Mandal	52.94	Indian National Congress	Biswanath Bauri	27.54	Communist Party of India[4]
1967	315,034	60.58	Pashupati Mandal	49.12	Indian National Congress	M.M.Mallick	35.45	Bangla Congress[5]
1971	316,885	50.14	Ajit Kumar Saha	33.29	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Guru Pada Khan	32.46	Indian National Congress[6]
1977	376,330	62.60	Ajit Kumar Saha	67.30	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gour Chandra Lohar	31.39	Indian National Congress[7]
1980	527,720	76.18	Ajit Kumar Saha	58.27	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Tulsi Das Mandal	36.81	Indian National Congress (I)[8]
1984	613,200	80.50	Ajit Kumar Saha	54.77	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gour Chandra Lohar	42.17	Indian National Congress[9]
1989	744,880	82.12	Sukhendu Khan	59.78	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Jayanta Kumar Mallick	34.20	Indian National Congress[10]
1991	738, 610	78.99	Sukhendu Khan	58.57	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sadhan Majhi	32.18	Indian National Congress[11]
1996	851,260	84.13	Sandhya Bauri	58.14	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ashis Rajak	25.99	Indian National Congress[12]
1998	862,530	81.06	Sandhya Bauri	56.79	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Purnima Lohar	36.28	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
1999	846,340	78.96	Sandhya Bauri	57.89	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Adhibas Duley	36.13	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2004	806,910	76.64	Susmita Bauri	64.28	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Janardan Saha	23.14	All India Trinamool Congress[15]

In 1951 and 1957 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency), then covering the Bishnupur area also, had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes

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External links

Bishnupur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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