Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency

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Bolpur
WB-41
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bolpur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAusgram
Bolpur
Ketugram
Labpur
Mayureswar
Mangalkot
Nanoor
Established1967
Total electors18,39,234
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  NCPI
Alliance  NDA[1]
Elected year2024

Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.

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

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]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
271 Ketugram Purba Bardhaman Anadi Ghosh BJP AITC
272 Mangalkot Shishir Ghosh
273 Ausgram (SC) Kalita Maji
286 Bolpur Birbhum Chandranath Sinha AITC
287 Nanoor (SC) Bidhan Chandra Majhi
288 Labpur Debasish Ojha BJP
290 Mayureswar Dudh Kumar Mondal

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

Year Member[4] Party
1967 Anil Kumar Chanda Indian National Congress
1971 Saradish Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980
1984
1985^ Somnath Chatterjee
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009 Ram Chandra Dome
2014 Anupam Hazra Trinamool Congress
2019 Asit Kumar Mal
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 55.98%
2019
 
 47.83%
2014
 
 48.33%
2009
 
 49.90%
2004
 
 65.80%
1999
 
 59.36%
1998
 
 59.55%
1996
 
 60.55%
1991
 
 56.64%
1989
 
 60.42%
1985 (by-poll)
 
 56.92%
1984
 
 55.09%
1980
 
 54.97%
1977
 
 50.19%
1971
 
 45.39%
1967
 
 52.73%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Bolpur[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asit Kumar Mal 855,633 55.98
BJP Piya Saha 528,380 34.57
CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan 99,383 6.50
NOTA None of the Above 21,722 1.42
IND Atul Chandra Bauri 7,829 0.51
BSP Dr. Manik Chandra Prodhan 7,039 0.46
MPOI[a] Shanta Das 3,640 0.24
SUCI(C) Bijoy Dolui 2,792 0.18
HSS[b] Mantu Dhibar 2,052 0.13
Majority 327,253 21.41
Turnout 1,528,470 82.66
AITC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asit Kumar Mal 699,171 47.83
BJP Das Ramprasad 592,769 40.55
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 91,964 6.29
INC Abhijit Saha 30,112 2.06
RVNP[c] Simanta Mondal 17,013 1.16
NOTA None of the Above 12,278 0.84
BSP Das Samiran 9,165 0.63
SUCI(C) Bijoy Dolui 8,797 0.60
Majority 106,402 7.28
Turnout 1,461,269 85.74
AITC hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Bolpur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Anupam Hazra 630,693 48.33
CPI(M) Ramchandra Dome 394,581 30.23
BJP Kamini Mohan Sarkar 197,474 15.13
INC Tapan Kumar Saha 46,953 3.60
NOTA None of the Above 17,322 1.33
JDP Sanjib Malik 6,371 0.49
BSP Samiran Das 5,952 0.46
SUCI(C) Bijoy Dolui 5,410 0.41
Majority 236,112 18.10
Turnout 1,304,756 84.81
Swing to AITC from CPI(M) Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bolpur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 508,383 49.90
INC Asit Kumar Mal 411,501 38.14
BJP Arjun Saha 70,084 6.49
AUDF Adara Bauri 21,325 1.97
IND Professor Bijay Dalui 14,581 1.35
IND Nihar Hazra 11,798 1.09
BSP Vidyasagar Mete 11,139 1.03
Majority 96,882 11.76
Turnout 1,078,811 82.49
CPI(M) hold Swing

2004

General Election, 2004: Bolpur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 504,836 65.80
AITC Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 194,531 25.30
INC Dhananjoy Saha 48,756 6.49
IND Budhen Soren 9,860 1.30
BSP Bhabotosh Mandal 6,561 0.09
IND Bijoy Dolui 5,515 0.07
Majority 310,305 40.40
Turnout 7,67,695 74.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

General Election, 1999: Bolpur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 464,199 59.36
AITC Suniti Chattaraj 277,810 35.53
INC Dr. Sushil Banerjee 37,093 4.74
JP Nazma 2,852 0.36
Majority 186,389 23.50
Turnout 7,81,954 76.43
CPI(M) hold Swing

1998

General Election, 1998: Bolpur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 470,645 59.55
AITC Gour Hari Chanda 219,553 27.78
INC Suniti Chattaraj 110,091 12.67
Majority 251,092 31.30
Turnout 7,81,954 78.55
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Bolpur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 471,549 60.55
INC Sunil Das 217,903 27.98
BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 76,548 9.83
IND Modaswar Hossain 8,670 1.11
IND Md. Sadakas 1,987 0.26
IND Maharaj Mistry 1,482 0.19
IND Abu Taher Mirza 669 0.09
Majority 253,646 32.57
Turnout 802,298 82.10
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Bolpur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 394,496 56.64
IND Jivan Mukhopadhyay 167,872 24.10
BJP Tara Prasanna Singha 117,394 16.85
IND Aloke Mukherjee 7,577 1.09
BSP Sailendra Nath Majumder 2,654 0.38
JP Shymali Ghosh 2,392 0.34
IND Sunil Kumar Mitra 2,149 0.31
DDP[d] Maharaj Mistry 920 0.13
IND Manohar Marmu 615 0.09
IND Abu Tahir Mirza 428 0.06
Majority 226,624 32.54
Turnout 713,844 77.17
CPI(M) hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Bolpur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 421,483 60.42
INC Sachinandan Sau 257,890 36.97
IND Madeswar Hossain 8,164 1.17
JP Mahonmbd Saddu Kas 5,045 0.72
IND Rabindranath Ghosh 2,587 0.37
IND Abu Taher Mirza 1,437 0.21
IND Sanat Kumar Datta 1,027 0.15
Majority 163,593 23.45
Turnout 711,128 79.20
CPI(M) hold Swing

1985 by-election

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.

1985 Bolpur Lok Sabha by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 339,078 56.92
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 240,079 40.30
IND K. K. Roy 10,087 1.69
IND M. Hossain 4,182 0.70
IND N. C. Mandal 2,245 0.38
Majority 98,999 16.62
Turnout 595,671 62.82
CPI(M) hold Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saradish Roy 317,749 55.09
INC Nihar Dutta 256,818 44.53
IND Narayan Chandra Mandal 2,170 0.38
Majority 60,931 10.56
Turnout 589,186 78.26
CPI(M) hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Bolpur[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saradish Roy 264,798 54.97
INC(I) Pranab Kumar Mukherjee 196,169 40.72
IND Kaitish Chandra Chattopadhyay 8,718 1.81
IND Narayan Chandra Mandal 3,872 0.80
JP(S) Modeswar Hossain 2,809 0.58
INC(U) Gour Harichandra 2,236 0.46
IND Nirmal Saha 1,771 0.37
IND Dilip Banerjee 1,353 0.28
Majority 68,629 14.24
Turnout 493,812 74.04
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saradish Roy 128,963 50.19
CPI Durga Banerjee 93,012 36.20
IND Chattopadhyay Mihir Lal 22,465 8.74
IND Abdul Kased Mallick (Based) 7,737 3.01
IND Bankim Chattopadhyaya 2,493 0.97
IND Kazi Golam Kader 2,262 0.88
Majority 35,951 13.99
Turnout 266,128 48.36
CPI(M) hold Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saradish Roy 115,591 45.39
INC Phulrenu Guha 78,966 31.01
AIFB Adhyapak Osman Ghani 26,429 10.38
Bangla Congress Bhupal Chandra Bose 21,855 8.58
INC(O) Biva Mitra 8,081 3.17
IND Gopen Lahiry 3,762 1.48
Majority 36,625 14.38
Turnout 270,782 52.77
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anil Kumar Chanda 131,761 52.73
CPI(M) Saradish Roy 118,129 47.27
Majority 13,632 5.46
Turnout 259,965 53.75
INC win (new seat)

Notes

  1. Mulnibasi Party of India
  2. Hindustan Shakti Sena
  3. Rashtravadi Janata Party
  4. Doordarshi Party

See also

References

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