Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency

Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Berhampore) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district.

Baharampur
WB-10
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Berhampore Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesBurwan
Kandi
Bharatpur
Rejinagar
Beldanga
Baharampur
Naoda
Established1951
Total electors1,453,783[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2019

Most Successful parties from Baharampur Lok Sabha

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 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 10 Baharampur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
67Burwan (SC)MurshidabadJiban Krishna SahaTrinamool Congress
68KandiApurba SarkarTrinamool Congress
69BharatpurHumayun KabirTrinamool Congress
70RejinagarRabiul Alam ChowdhuryTrinamool Congress
71BeldangaHasanuzzaman Sk.Trinamool Congress
72BaharampurSubrata MaitraBharatiya Janata Party
74NaodaSahina Mamtaj BegumTrinamool Congress

In 2004 Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Naoda (assembly constituency no. 61), Berhampore (assembly constituency no. 63), Beldanga (assembly constituency no. 64), Kandi (assembly constituency no. 65), Barwan (assembly constituency no. 67), Bharatpur (assembly constituency no. 68), Ketugram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 282)

Members of Parliament

YearName[4]Party
1952Tridib ChaudhuriRevolutionary Socialist Party
1957
1962
1967
1971
1977
1980
1984Atish Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress
1989Nani BhattacharyaRevolutionary Socialist Party
1991
1996Pramothes Mukherjee
1998
1999Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National Congress
2004
2009
2014
2019

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Baharampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury
BJPNirmal Kumar Saha
AITCYusuf Pathan
NOTANone of the above
Majority
Turnout77.54 1.87
Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Baharampur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury 591,147 45.47 -5.07
AITCApurba Sarkar (David)510,41039.26+19.61
BJPKrishna Juardar Arya143,03811.00+3.93
NOTANone of the above14,0861.08
Majority80,6966.21-24.64
Turnout1,301,03379.41+0.02
Registered electors1,638,378
INC holdSwing-4.50

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Baharampur[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury 583,549 50.54 -6.37
AITCIndranil Sen226,98219.69N/A
RSPPramothes Mukherjee225,69919.54-17.73
BJPDebesh Kumar Adhikary81,6567.07+5.07
SDPIBadrul Sekh11,6421.00
Jamat-e-Seratul MustakimMd. Ezaruddin4,8694.21
BSPKushadhwaj Bala4,6760.40
IUMLAbdus Sukur4,3220.34
Majority356,56730.85+11.22
Turnout11,54,58779.42-1.28
INC holdSwing-6.37

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Baharampur[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury 541,920 56.91 +5.41
RSPPramothes Mukherjee354,94337.27-4.13
BJPBidyut Kumar Halder27,6192.00
IndependentBaidya Nath Mondal9,1950.96
BSPKushadhwaj Bala8,5870.90
RPI(A)Ghosh Babu Saw3,8230.40
SPAshoke Kumar Singha3,0760.32
RDMPRabindra Nath Roy3,0500.32
Majority186,97719.63
Turnout9,52,21380.70
INC holdSwing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Baharampur[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury 508,095 51.50
RSPPramothes Mukherjee409,19441.40
BJPTapas Kumar Chatterjee41,4904.20
IndependentJyotirmoy Thakur9,6721.00
JDPApurba Banerjee6,8180.70
IndependentSunil Kumar Mandal5,6430.60
RPI(A)Ashim Roy3,7980.40
IndependentKrishna Prasad Biswas3,4280.30
Samajwadi PartyAshok Kumar Singha3,3770.30
Majority98,90110.0
Turnout9,87,38080.9%
INC holdSwing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Behrampore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury 434,073 46.86
RSPPramothes Mukherjee338,68336.56
BJPColonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi134,56914.53
IndependentJyotirmoy Thakur8,9480.97
IUMLNurul Islam3,6180.39
IndependentSiddhartha Chatterjee2,6790.29
BSPSunil Kumar Mandal1,0660.12
IndependentKanan Kumar Saha9110.10
IndependentSadhan Roy8810.10
IndependentSantosh Majhi7450.08
IndependentAnarul Haque Malitha2030.02
Majority95,391
Turnout9,26,37577.33
INC gain from RSPSwing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Behrampore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RSPPramothes Mukherjee 385,979 44.46
BJPColonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi262,61030.25
INCProdip Mazumdar188,98521.77
MULAbdus Sukur29,8883.44
IndependentKanan Kumar Saha7840.09
Majority1,23,369
Turnout9,26,37577.33
RSP holdSwing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Behrampore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RSPPramothes Mukherjee 449,656 45.86
INCSiddhartha Shankar Ray405,29936.56
BJPSubhendu Biswas56,07326.96
IndependentNaimul Haque2,8860.97
Majority44,357
Turnout9,26,37577.33
RSP holdSwing

1994 By-election

In the Behrampore seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting RSP-MP Nani Bhattacharya on 11 October 1993. The by-election was held on 12 March 1994. Pramothes Mukherjee of RSP defeated Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1994: Behrampore constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RSPPramothes Mukherjee 387,549 52.39
INCSiddhartha Shankar Ray292,26239.84
BJPMohasin Ali Mondal128,57019.85
IUMLAbdul Hossain Sekh93,91212.93
IndependentArup Chakraborty12,7191.89
Majority95,2878.70
Turnout96,65047.69-6.7
RSP holdSwing+21.27

General elections 1951-2019

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Tridib ChaudhuriRSPA.K.M.ZakariahIndependent[8]
1957Trdib ChaudhuriRSPNazrul Haque KhandokerIndependent[9]
1962Tridib ChaudhuriRSPNazrul Haque KhandokerINC[10]
1967Tridib ChaudhuriRSPD.SinhaINC[11]
1971Tridib ChaudhuriRSPRejaul KarimINC[12]
1977Tridib ChaudhuriRSPSudip BandyopadhyayINC[13]
1980Tridib ChaudhuriRSPJagadish SinhaINC[14]
1984Atish Chandra SinhaINCTridib ChaudhuriRSP[15]
1989Nani BhattacharyaRSPSankar Das PaulINC[16]
1991Nani BhattacharyaRSPKumar Dipti SenguptaINC[17]
1996Promothes MukherjeeRSPSiddhartha Shankar RayINC[18]
1998Promothes MukherjeeRSPSabyasachi BagchiBJP[19]
1999Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP[20]
2004Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP[7]
2009Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP
2014Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCIndranil SenAITC
2019Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCApurbo SarkarAITC

See also

References

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