Bolpur | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | Ketugram Mangalkot Ausgram Bolpur Nanoor Labpur Mayureswar |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 1,538,429[1] |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2019 |
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.
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]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party (as of 2021) |
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271 | Ketugram | None | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
272 | Mangalkot | None | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
273 | Ausgram | SC | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
286 | Bolpur | None | Birbhum | TMC |
287 | Nanoor | SC | Birbhum | TMC |
288 | Labpur | None | Birbhum | TMC |
290 | Mayureswar | None | Birbhum | TMC |
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)
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
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Fourth | 1967-71 | Bolpur | A.K.Chanda | Indian National Congress[4] | |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Saradish Roy | Communist Party of India[5] | ||
Sixth | 1977-80 | Saradish Roy[6] | |||
Seventh | 1980-84 | Saradish Roy | |||
Eighth | 1984-85 | Saradish Roy (Died in 1985) | |||
Bye Election, 1985 | 1985-89 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Ninth | 1989-91 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Tenth | 1991-96 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | |||
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Anupam Hazra | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
Seventeenth | 2019-incumbent | Asit Kumar Mal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | |||||
BJP | Priya Saha | ||||
AITC | Asit Kumar Mal | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Asit Kumar Mal | 699,172 | 47.85 | -0.48 | |
BJP | Ram Prasad Das | 5,92,769 | 40.57 | +25.44 | |
CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 91,964 | 6.29 | -23.95 | |
INC | Abhijit Saha | 30,112 | 2.06 | -1.53 | |
RJVP | Simanta Mondal | 17,013 | 1.16 | +1.16 | |
Majority | 1,06,403 | 7.28 | |||
Turnout | 14,61,929 | 85.74 | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Anupam Hazra | 6,30,693 | 48.33 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 3,94,584 | 30.24 | -19.66 | |
BJP | Kamini Mohan Sarkar | 1,97,474 | 15.13 | +8.64 | |
INC | Tapan Kumar Saha | 46,953 | 3.59 | -34.55 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 17,322 | 1.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,36,109 | 18.09 | +6.33 | ||
Turnout | 13,04,756 | 84.81 | +2.32 | ||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +38.50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Dr. 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 | 10,78,811 | 82.49 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
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 | ||
Independent | Budhen Soren | 9,860 | 1.30 | ||
Independent | Bhabotosh Mandal | 6,561 | 0.09 | ||
Independent | Bijoy Dolui | 5,515 | 0.07 | ||
Majority | 310,305 | 40.40 | |||
Turnout | 7,67,695 | 74.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 471,549 | 58.80 | ||
INC | Sunil Das | 217,903 | 27.20 | ||
BJP | Tara Prosanna Sinha | 76,548 | 9.50 | ||
Independent | Modassar Hossain | 8,670 | 1.10 | ||
Independent | Md. Sadakas | 1,987 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Maharaj Mistry | 1,482 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Abu Taher Mirza | 669 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 253,646 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,02,298 | 82.1 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 394,496 | 55.30 | ||
INC | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 167,872 | 23.50 | ||
BJP | Tara Prosanna Sinha | 117,394 | 16.40 | ||
Independent | Aloke Mukherjee | 7,577 | 1.10 | ||
BSP | Sailendranath Majumder | 2,654 | 0.40 | ||
Jharkhand Party | Shyamali Ghosh | 2,392 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Sunil Kumar Mitra | 2,149 | 0.10 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Maharaj Mistry | 920 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Manohar Murmu | 615 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Abu taher Mirza | 428 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 226,624 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,13,844 | 77.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 421,483 | 59.30 | ||
INC | Sachindranath Sahu | 257,890 | 36.30 | ||
Independent | Modassar Hossain | 8,164 | 1.10 | ||
JP(S) | Mahonmbd Saddu Kas | 5,045 | 0.70 | ||
Independent | Rabindranath Ghosh | 2,587 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Abu Taher Mirza | 1,437 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Sanat Kumar Datta | 1,027 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 163,593 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,11,128 | 79.2 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 339,078 | |||
INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 240,079 | |||
Independent | K.K Roy | 10,087 | |||
Independent | M.Hossain | 4,182 | |||
Independent | N.C.Mandal | 2,245 | |||
Majority | 98,999 | 7.92 | +6.12 | ||
Turnout | 5,95,671 | 62.82 | -14.07 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
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%age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
1967 | 259,965 | 53.75 | A.K.Chanda | 52.73 | Congress | Saradish Roy | 47.27 | CPI(M)[4] |
1971 | 270,782 | 52.77 | Saradish Roy | 45.39 | CPI(M) | Phulrenu Guha | 31.01 | Congress[5] |
1977 | 255,130 | 48.36 | Saradish Roy | 50.19 | CPI(M) | Durga Banerjee | 36.20 | CPI[16] |
1980 | 493,810 | 74.04 | Saradish Roy | 54.97 | CPI(M) | Pranab Mukherjee | 40.72 | INC(I)[17] |
1984 | 589,190 | 78.26 | Saradish Roy | 55.09 | CPI(M) | Nihar Dutta | 44.53 | INC[18] |
Bye Polls 1985 | Somnath Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279> | ||||
1989 | 711,130 | 79.20 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.42 | CPI(M) | Sachidanandan Sau | 36.97 | INC[14] |
1991 | 713,840 | 77.17 | Somnath Chatterjee | 56.64 | CPI(M) | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 24.10 | Independent[13] |
1996 | 802,300 | 82.10 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.55 | CPI(M) | Sunil Das | 27.98 | INC[12] |
1998 | 803,380 | 78.55 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.55 | CPI(M) | Gour Hari Chandra | 27.78 | WBTC[11] |
1999 | 792.87 | 76.43 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.36 | CPI(M) | Suniti Chattaraj | 35.53 | AITC[10] |
2004 | 770.12 | 74.41 | Somnath Chatterjee | 65.56 | CPI(M) | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 25.26 | AITC[9] |