Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency

Barrackpur
WB-15
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAmdanga
Bijpur
Naihati
Bhatpara
Jagatdal
Noapara
Barrackpur
Established1951
Total electors15,08,728 (2024)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpur in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpur Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Most successful parties from Barrackpore Loksabha

  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (9 times) (52.94%)
  Indian National Congress (3 times) (17.65%)
  Trinamool Congress (3 times) (17.65%)
  Communist Party of India (1 time) (5.88%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.88%)
  Praja Socialist Party (1 time) (5.88%)

Overview

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. Barrackpur, 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. Bankur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

The Barrackpur constituency stretching from the north western edges of Kolkata metropolis in to the North 24-Parganas district is an industrial area with a difference - "the eastern bank of the Hooghly here, from Barrackpur to Shyamnagar, is an expanse of chimneys that pierce the sky like a cardiogram…Smoke billows from only one or two of them. The Empire Jute Mill is at work on occasional weeks. Loomtex Cotton is shut. Naihati Jute is shut. Gouripore Jute, shut. The ordnance factories, Ishapore Rifle and Metal & Steel, are coping with dwindling orders for guns and bombs but their workers at least have a modicum of government security. Bengal Enamel and Mahaluxmi Cotton, both in Palta, are forgotten, their land having been sold for apartment blocks. Dunbar Cotton has sold its real estate. Lakkhi Cotton does not exist, private residential high-rises having already been built on its land. To the north, the Kakinada Paper Mill is shut, as is the Meghni Mill. Workers of Barrackpur’s sick industries lead measly lives."[2]

More than half of the voters are from the working class[2] and around 35% of them are Hindi-speaking.[3]

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 15 Barrackpur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[4]

Constituency number Name District Party MLA 2024 Lead
102 Amdanga North 24 Parganas TMC Rafiqur Rahaman TMC
103 Bijpur TMC Subodh Adhikary TMC
104 Naihati TMC Sanat Dey BJP
105 Bhatpara BJP Pawan Singh BJP
106 Jagatdal TMC Somenath Shyam Ichini TMC
107 Noapara

TMC

Manju Basu TMC
108 Barrackpur TMC Raj Chakraborty TMC

| *by-election 2024

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Barrackpore Ramananda Das Indian National Congress[5]
Second 1957-62 Bimal Kumar Ghosh Praja Socialist Party[6]
Third 1962-67 Renu Chakravartty Communist Party of India[7]
Fourth 1967-71 Mohammed Ismail Communist Party of India[8][9]
Fifth 1971-77
Sixth 1977-80 Saugata Roy Indian National Congress[10]
Seventh 1980-84 Mohammad Ismail Communist Party of India[11]
Eighth 1984-89 Debi Ghosal Indian National Congress[12]
Ninth 1989-91 Tarit Baran Topdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Fifteenth 2009-14 Dinesh Trivedi Trinamool Congress[19][20]
Sixteenth 2014-19
Seventeenth 2019-2024 Arjun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party[21]
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent Partha Bhowmick Trinamool Congress

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Barrackpur[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Bhowmick 520,231 45.56 Increase4.08
BJP Arjun Singh 4,55,793 39.92 Decrease2.90
CPI(M) Debdut Ghosh 1,09,564 9.60 Decrease1.03
Majority 64,438 5.64 Increase4.39
Turnout 1,141,860
AITC gain from BJP Swing 1.87

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barrackpur[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arjun Singh 472,994 42.82 +20.90
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 458,137 41.48 −4.11
CPI(M) Gargi Chatterjee 117,456 10.63 −15.29
INC Mohammad Alam 15,746 1.43 −1.47
Majority 14,857 1.25
Turnout 1,104,699 76.91 −4.95
Registered electors 1,436,431
BJP gain from AITC Swing +12.50

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Barrackpur[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 479,206 45.59 −3.69
CPI(M) Subhashini Ali 272,433 25.92 −16.92
BJP Rumesh Kumar Handa 230,401 21.92 +18.36
INC Samrat Topadar 30,491 2.90 +2.90
BSP Tapash Sarkar 5458
Independent Dina Shankar Singh 5036
CPI(ML)L Omprakash Rajbhar 4416
Independent Omprakash Shaw 3555
Independent Girish Chandra Singh 3132
SUCI(C) Pradip Chaudhuri 2200
CPI(ML) Red Star Sharmistha Choudhury 2036
AAP Mihir Biswas 1787
LJP Jainal Abudeen Ahmed 10,979 1.04 −−−
Majority 206,773 19.67 +13.23
Turnout 1,051,130 81.86 +1.40
AITC hold Swing -3.69

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Barrackpur[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dinesh Trivedi 428,699 49.28
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 372,675 42.84
BJP Prabhakar Tewari 30,970 3.56
BSP Ashok Sonkar 9,359 1.08
Independent Rabi Shankar Paul 7,111
Independent Binod Kumar Singh 5,169
CPI(ML)L Subrata Sengupta 5,071
Independent Dharmendra Singh 4,720
Independent Dinesh Kumar Sharma 3,322
Independent Gopal Rout 2,872
Majority 56,024 6.44
Turnout 8,69,968[24] 80.46
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 6.14

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Barrackpur[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 443,048 55.77
AITC Arjun Singh 277,977 34.99
INC Debi Ghosal 43,750 5.51
Independent Subrata Biswas 9,072 1.14
BSP Chapala Majumder 6,473 0.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh 3,920 0.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen 3,071 0.39
Majority 165,071 20.78
Turnout 7,94,426 80.98
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Barrackpur[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar 399,269
AITC Jayanta Bhattacharya 358,494 34.99
INC Ashok Shukla 59,732 5.51
Independent Subrata Biswas 9,072 1.14
BSP Chapala Majumder 6,473 0.81
Independent Tarkeshwar Singh 3,920 0.49
Independent Amal Kumar Sen 3,071 0.39
Majority 40,775 4.78
Turnout 7,94,426 80.98
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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
1951 159,207 43.58 Ramananda Das 51.24 Indian National Congress Debprasad Ghosh 18.89 Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1957 241747 56.18 Bimal Coomar Ghose 54.98 Praja Socialist Party Labonya Prova Dutta 36.35 Indian National Congress
1962 404,181 68.76 Renu Chakraborty 57.56 Communist Party of India Ram Dhari Singh 33.76 Indian National Congress
1967 424548 70.88 Md. Ismail 39.16 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Renu Chakrabarty 32.90 Communist Party of India
1971 522,103 68.65 Md. Ismail 56.29 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Renu Chakravarty 39.72 Communist Party of India
1977 470,020 72.23 Saugata Roy 64.60 INC Mahammad Ismail 33.78 CPI (M)
1980 482,46 68.94 Mahammad Ismail 56.72 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 34.61 INC (I)
1984 617.10 79.30 Debi Ghosal 53.52 INC Mohammad Amin 44.64 CPI (M)
1989 733,760 78.84 Tarit Baran Topdar 50.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 45.41 INC
1991 695,870 74.81 Tarit Baran Topdar 47.56 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 38.78 INC
1996 825,300 81.53 Tarit Baran Topdar 49.54 CPI (M) Debi Ghosal 42.23 INC
1998 846,370 82.56 Tarit Baran Topdar 46.01 CPI (M) Tarun Adhikary 42.65 WBTC
1999 845,190 81.25 Tarit Baran Topdar 48.06 CPI (M) Jayanta Bhattacharya 43.15 AITC
2004 794,680 81.01 Tarit Baran Topdar 55.77 CPI (M) Arjun Singh 34.99 AITC

See also

References

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