Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency

Birbhum
WB-42
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Birbhum Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesDubrajpur
Suri
Sainthia
Rampurhat
Hansan
Nalhati
Murarai
Established1951
Total electors18,57,022
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  NCPI
Alliance  NDA[1]
Elected year2024

Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat in 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, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
284 Dubrajpur (SC) Birbhum Anup Kumar Saha BJP AITC
285 Suri Jagannath Chattopadhyay
289 Sainthia (SC) Krishna Kanta Saha
291 Rampurhat Dhruba Saha
292 Hansan Fayezul Haque AITC
293 Nalhati Rajendra Prasad Singh
294 Murarai Mosarraf Hossain

Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Rajnagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287), Suri (assembly constituency no. 288), Mahammad Bazar (assembly constituency no. 289), Rampurhat (assembly constituency no. 291), Hansan (SC) (assembly constituency no. 292), Nalhati (assembly constituency no. 293) and Murarai (assembly constituency no. 294).

Members of Parliament

Year Member[4] Party
1952 Kamal Krishna Das Indian National Congress
Anil Kumar Chanda
1957 Kamal Krishna Das
Anil Kumar Chanda
1962 Sisir Kumar Saha
1967
1971 Gadadhar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980
1984
1989 Ram Chandra Dome
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009 Satabdi Roy Trinamool Congress
2014
2019
2024
2026 Nationalist Citizens Party of India

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 47.00%
2019
 
 45.13%
2014
 
 36.09%
2009
 
 47.82%
2004
 
 51.42%
1999
 
 51.65%
1998
 
 49.07%
1996
 
 50.35%
1991
 
 49.71%
1989
 
 50.88%
1984
 
 50.32%
1980
 
 51.91%
1977
 
 49.00%
1971
 
 39.59%
1967
 
 36.27%
1962
 
 43.15%
1957
 
 32.49%
1951
 
 23.19%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Birbhum[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 717,961 47.00 Increase1.87
BJP Debtanu Bhattacharya 520,311 34.06 Decrease4.93
INC Milton Rashid 226,260 14.81 Increase9.60
NOTA None of the above 14,093 0.92 Increase0.07
Majority 197,650 12.94 Increase6.75
Turnout 1,527,432 82.25 Decrease3.09
AITC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 654,070 45.13 Increase7.32
BJP Dudh Kumar Mondal 565,153 38.99 Increase20.52
CPI(M) Dr. Rezaul Karim 96,763 6.68 Decrease24.14
INC Imam Hossain 75,451 5.21 Decrease5.14
NOTA None of the Above 12,307 0.85 N/A
Majority 89,711 6.19
Turnout 1,450,108 85.34
AITC hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Birbhum[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 460,568 36.09 Decrease11.72
CPI(M) Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi 393,305 30.82 Decrease10.95
BJP Joy Banerjee 235,753 18.47 Increase13.85
INC Syed Siraj Jimmi 132,084 10.35 N/A
JMM Shibratan Sharma 7,989 0.62 Increase0.47
SP Prasanta Roy 7,194 0.56 Decrease1.12
Majority 67,263 5.27 Decrease0.77
Turnout 1,275,819 85.33
AITC hold Swing Increase2.49

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Birbhum[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satabdi Roy 486,553 47.82
CPI(M) Braja Mukherjee 425,034 41.77
BJP Tapas Mukherjee 47,068 4.62
SP Asgar Ali 17,177 1.68
BSP Radheshyam Singh 13,388 1.31
JMM Shib Ratan Sharma 1,591 0.15
Majority 61,519 6.04
Turnout 1,017,493 83.27
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 372,294 51.42
INC Gopal Chandra Das 1,80,682 24.95
BJP Arjun Saha 1,40,196 19.36
Independent Braja Mohon Das 14,762 2.04
JD(S) Chinta Sarkar 9,594 1.33
BSP Kartik Chandra Das 6,533 0.90
Majority 1,91,612 26.46
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 373,687 51.65
BJP Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 2,16,531 29.93
INC Asit Kumar Mal 1,26,305 17.46
Independent Brajo Mohon Das 4,808 0.66
JP Narayan Chandra Das 2,229 0.31
Majority 1,57,156 21.72
Turnout 7,34,173 70.33
CPI(M) hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 380,314 49.07
BJP Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 2,18,802 28.23
INC Asit Kr Mal 1,64,555 21.23
Independent Braja Mohan Das 5,632 0.73
Independent Nani Gopal Das 4,146 0.53
Independent Sadhan Saha 1,672 0.22
Majority 1,61,512 20.84
Turnout 7,89,909 76.83
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ramchandra Dome 402,893 50.35
INC Mamata Saha 2,91,873 36.48
BJP Biswanath Mondal 88,343 11.04
Independent Asim Saha 9,370 1.17
Independent Onkar Rabidas 5,759 0.72
Independent Prakash Mondal 1,877 0.23
Majority 1,11,020 13.87
Turnout 8,27,366 83.18
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dome Ramchandra 334,307 49.71
INC Subhendu Mondal 1,71,276 25.47
BJP Biswanath Mondal 1,40,944 20.96
Independent Asim Saha 14,282 2.12
Doordarshi Party Onkar Rabidas 5,816 0.86
IUML Dukari Saha 3,789 0.56
Independent Asish Kumar Saba 2,152 0.32
Majority 1,63,031 24.24
Turnout 6,92,508 75.21
CPI(M) hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dome Ramchandra 345,898 50.88
INC Badal Bagdi 2,83,949 41.77
IUML Dukari Saha 24,076 3.54
Independent Baidyanatha Mal 14,229 2.09
JP Basudev Mondal 10,026 1.47
Independent Ranajit Mal 1,621 0.24
Majority 61,949 9.11
Turnout 6,92,217 76.28
CPI(M) hold Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Gadahar Saha 278,155 50.32
INC Badal Bagdi 2,64,674 47.88
SUCI Asim Saha 8,930 1.62
Independent Ranjit Kumar Mal 1,019 0.18
Majority 13,481 2.44
Turnout 5,63,391 74.98
CPI(M) hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Gadadhar Saha 223,756 51.91
INC(I) Badal Chandra Bagdi 1,83,093 42.48
SUCI Baidya Nath Mal 15,189 3.52
JP(S) Golak Pati Mandal 4,632 1.07
JP Kanai Saha 2,979 0.69
Independent Ranjit Mal 1,404 0.33
Majority 40,663 9.43
Turnout 4,41,811 67.18
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Gadadhar Saha 136,517 49.00
INC Birendaban Saha 1,05,968 38.04
SUCI Brajagopal Saha 19,913 7.15
Independent Kanai Saha 16,206 5.82
Majority 30,549 10.96
Turnout 2,88,116 52.08
CPI(M) hold Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Gadadhar Saha 80,712 39.59
INC Kanai Saha 72,327 35.47
AIFB Sankar Bauri 40,176 19.70
INC(O) Sristi Dhar Josh 10,675 5.24
Majority 8,385 4.12
Turnout 2,15,720 43.86
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. K. Saha 83,696 36.27
FL G. Bauri 51,479 22.31
Independent B. Saha 51,076 22.13
Independent R. Sarma 36,403 15.77
Independent S. D. Das 8,131 3.52
Majority 32,217 13.96
Turnout 2,42,686 52.04
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sisir Kumar Saha 74,573 43.15
FL Mrityunjay Mandal 42,169 24.40
PSP Kashinath Saha 31,428 18.19
Independent Kamal Krishna Das 24,641 14.26
Majority 32,404 18.75
Turnout 1,80,916 38.28
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Krishna Das 239,745 32.49
INC Anil Kumar Chanda 1,97,747 26.80
HM Manmatha Nath Das 1,69,045 22.91
HM Nitya Narayan Banerjee 1,31,376 17.80
Majority 41,998 5.69
Turnout 7,37,913 42.85
INC hold Swing

1951

1951 Indian general election: Birbhum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anil Kumar Chanda 116,734 23.19
INC Kamal Krishna Das 1,09,722 21.80
HM Nitya Narayan Bandopadhyaya 90,311 17.94
KMPP Mihir Lal Chattopadhyaya 58,904 11.70
Independent Dhirendra Nath Rai 41,237 8.19
Socialist Umapati Mitra 38,919 7.73
Independent Kazi Abu Muhammad 27,082 5.38
RSP Sudhir Kumar Ghose 20,501 4.07
Majority 7,012 1.39
Turnout 5,03,410 33.04
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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