Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Maldaha Uttar
Maldaha Uttar
	Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Khagen Murmu
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	2009-present
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,425,428[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Habibpur (ST); Gazole (SC); Chanchal; Harishchandrapur; Malatipur; Ratua; Maldaha (SC)

Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (spelling as spelled by Election Commission of India) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Malda district of West Bengal. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist from 2009 and two new ones came into being: Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) and Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

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

Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency No. 7) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Habibpur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 43)
Gazole (SC) (assembly constituency no. 44)
Chanchal (assembly constituency no. 45)
Harishchandrapur (assembly constituency no. 46)
Malatipur (assembly constituency no. 47)
Ratua (assembly constituency no. 48)
Maldaha (SC) (assembly constituency no. 50)

Demographics

Assembly constituency	Total population2001	Hindus	Muslims	Hindu%	Muslim%
Habibpur	272667	244498	13076	89.67%	04.80%
Gazole	294715	222610	65650	75.53%	22.28%
Chanchal	266179	87347	175226	32.81%	65.83%
Harishchandrapur	268433	83586	184498	31.13%	68.73%
Malatipur	248560	68034	178692	27.37%	71.89%
Ratua	297023	93446	202968	31.46%	68.33%
Maldah	266206	201886	57853	75.84%	21.72%

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
2009	Mausam Noor[3]	Indian National Congress
2014	Mausam Noor[3]	Indian National Congress
2019	Khagen Murmu	Bharatiya Janata Party

For MPs from Malda in previous years see Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Maldaha Uttar[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Khagen Murmu	5,09,524	37.61	+22.52
	AITC	Mausam Noor	4,25,236	31.39	+14.42
	INC	Isha Khan Choudhury	3,05,270	22.53	-10.88
	CPI (M)	Bishwanath Ghosh	50,401	3.72	-24.05
	Independent	Mohan Hasda	13,473	0.99	N/A
	Independent	Al Manowara Begum	7,225	0.53	N/A
	BMP	Manotam Hembram	5,985	0.44	+0.04
	BSP	Nitish Kumar Mandal	6,347	0.47	-0.06
	SHS	Arjun Keshari	4,985	0.37	N/A
	NOTA	None of The Above	8,039	0.59	-0.15
Majority			84,288	6.22
Turnout			13,55,367	80.39	-1.20
Registered electors			16,85,955
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+16.70

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: Maldaha Uttar[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Mausam Noor	388,609	33.41	-14.37
	CPI (M)	Khagen Murmu	322,904	27.77	-13.48
	AITC	Soumitra Roy	197,313	16.97	+16.97
	BJP	Subhaskrishna Goswami	179,000	15.39	+8.71
	SP	Milan Das	12,163	1.04
	SUCI(C)	Gautam Sarkar	8,988	0.77
	WPOI	Nurul Islam Majidi	7,128	0.61
	JDP	Imanuyel Hemram	6,805	0.58
	Independent	Suren Murmu	6,446	0.55
	BSP	Chittaranjan Kirttania	6,229	0.53
	BMP	Monatan Hembram	4,696	0.40
	AIUDF	Abdul Khaleque	4,650	0.39
	Amra Bangalee	Bishnupada Barman	4,225	0.36
	Hindustan Krantikari Dal	Minara Khatun	3,348	0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	10,481	0.90	---
Majority			65,705	5.65	-0.88
Turnout			1,162,985	81.59
	INC hold		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: Maldaha Uttar[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mausam Noor	440,264	47.77
	CPI (M)	Sailen Sarkar	380,123	41.24
	BJP	Amlan Bhaduri	61,515	6.67
	BSP	Bikash Biswas	7,179	0.77
	RDMP	Monowara Begam	7,362	0.79
	Independent	Atul Chandra Mandal	5,998	0.65
	Independent	Asim Kumar Chowdhury	4,174	0.45
	Independent	Amina Khatun	4,841	0.52
	Independent	Mallika Sarkar (Nandy)	10,046	1.09
Majority			60,141	6.52
Turnout			921,531	83.69
	INC win (new seat)

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References

"Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
"General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS257.htm?ac=7
"General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.