Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency
| Sreerampur WB-27 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Interactive Map Outlining Sreerampur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Jagatballavpur Domjur Uttarpara Sreerampur Champdani Chanditala Jangipara |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,624,038[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency[2] (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Sreerampur-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district.
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (6 times) (33.3%)
- Trinamool Congress (6 times) (33.3%)
- Indian National Congress (4 times) (22.2%)
- Communist Party of India (2 times) (11.1%)
Overview

Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency.
According to The Hindu, Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[3]
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments:[4]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | Howrah | Anupam Ghosh | BJP | AITC | ||
| 184 | Domjur | Tapas Maity | AITC | ||||
| 185 | Uttarpara | Hooghly | Dipanjan Chakraborty | BJP | |||
| 186 | Sreerampur | Bhaskar Bhattacharya | |||||
| 187 | Champdani | Dilip Singh | |||||
| 194 | Chanditala | Swati Khandoker | AITC | ||||
| 195 | Jangipara | Prosenjit Bag | BJP | ||||
Members of Parliament
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1981^ | Ajit Bag | ||
| 1984 | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pradip Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Akbar Ali Khondkar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Santasri Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2009 | Kalyan Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 673,970 | 45.65 | ||
| BJP | Kabir Shankar Bose | 4,99,140 | 33.80 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dipsita Dhar | 2,39,160 | 16.20 | ||
| ISF | Shahriar Mullick | 25,677 | 1.74 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 15,034 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 1,74,830 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,476,532 | 76.44 | −2.10 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 637,707 | 45.48 | ||
| BJP | Debjit Sarkar | 5,39,171 | 38.45 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tirthankar Ray | 1,52,281 | 10.86 | ||
| INC | Debabrata Biswas | 32,509 | 2.32 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 20,501 | 1.46 | ||
| IND | 3 Independent Candidates | 11,621 | 0.82 | ||
| OTH | 4 Other Party Candidates | 7,915 | 0.56 | ||
| Majority | 98,536 | 7.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,402,259 | 78.54 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 514,933 | 39.88 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tirthankar Ray | 3,62,407 | 28.07 | ||
| BJP | Bappi Lahiri | 2,87,712 | 22.28 | ||
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 86,099 | 6.67 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 15,374 | 1.19 | ||
| IND | 3 Independent Candidates | 13,564 | 1.05 | ||
| OTH | 3 Other Party Candidates | 10,344 | 0.80 | ||
| Majority | 1,52,526 | 11.81 | |||
| Turnout | 12,90,433 | 79.46 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 569,725 | 52.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Santasri Chatterjee | 4,32,535 | 40.00 | ||
| BJP | Debabrata Chowdhury | 38,476 | 3.56 | ||
| IND | 3 Independent Candidates | 21,618 | 2.00 | ||
| OTH | 2 Other Party Candidates | 19,048 | 1.76 | ||
| Majority | 1,37,190 | 12.68 | |||
| Turnout | 10,81,442 | 77.51 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Santasri Chatterjee | 404,082 | 42.70 | ||
| AITC | Akbar Ali Khondkar | 3,84,395 | 40.62 | ||
| INC | Kesto Mukherjee | 1,25,020 | 13.21 | ||
| IND | 4 Independent Candidates | 21,893 | 2.31 | ||
| OTH | 3 Other Party Candidates | 10,858 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 19,687 | 2.08 | |||
| Turnout | 10,81,402 | 77.49 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Akbar Ali Khondkar | 411,406 | 45.14 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chaudhury | 3,63,642 | 39.90 | ||
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 1,33,155 | 14.61 | ||
| IND | Goutam Pyne | 1,609 | 0.18 | ||
| IND | Harun Rashid Mullick | 1,494 | 0.16 | ||
| Majority | 47,764 | 5.24 | |||
| Turnout | 9,25,995 | 69.87 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Akbor Ali Khandoker[a] | 439,269 | 44.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Ray Chaudhuri | 3,94,658 | 40.14 | ||
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 1,43,999 | 14.65 | ||
| LS | Ashoke Roy | 4,064 | 0.41 | ||
| IND | Gopal Sarkar | 1,252 | 0.13 | ||
| Majority | 44,611 | 4.54 | |||
| Turnout | 9,98,052 | 76.29 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 449,205 | 46.44 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chaudhuri | 4,43,742 | 45.87 | ||
| BJP | Debabrata Chowdhary | 60,122 | 6.22 | ||
| AIIC(T) | Swaraj Mukhopadhyay | 9,600 | 0.99 | ||
| IND | 3 Independent Candidates | 4,679 | 0.48 | ||
| Majority | 5,463 | 0.57 | |||
| Turnout | 9,90,773 | 79.28 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 366,535 | 46.21 | ||
| INC | Bimalkanti Ghosh | 3,22,038 | 40.60 | ||
| BJP | Dwarka Prasad Thirani | 91,289 | 11.51 | ||
| IND | 5 Independent Candidates | 9,432 | 1.19 | ||
| OTH | 2 Other Party Candidates | 3,944 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 44,497 | 5.61 | |||
| Turnout | 8,10,618 | 72.31 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Ray Chowdhuri | 426,994 | 53.02 | ||
| INC | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 3,60,536 | 44.77 | ||
| BJP | Dwarka Prasad | 11,530 | 1.43 | ||
| OTH | 3 Other Candidates | 6,231 | 0.78 | ||
| Majority | 66,458 | 8.25 | |||
| Turnout | 8,20,770 | 76.96 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 338,152 | 51.50 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ajit Bag | 3,07,921 | 46.90 | ||
| IND | 4 Independent Candidates | 10,491 | 1.60 | ||
| Majority | 30,231 | 4.60 | |||
| Turnout | 6,71,287 | 76.70 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
By-election 1981
A by-election was held in this constituency in 1981 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Dinen Bhattacharya.In the by-election, Ajit Bag of CPIM defeated his nearest rival S.M Roy of Congress by 96,549 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ajit Bag | 265,372 | |||
| INC(I) | S.M.Roy | 168,823 | |||
| Independent | A.N.Chowdhury | 2,980 | |||
| Independent | S.C.Mahato | 1,594 | |||
| Majority | 96,549 | 7.25 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dinendra Bhattacharya | 292,993 | 59.93 | ||
| INC(I) | Gopal Das Nag | 1,86,886 | 38.23 | ||
| IND | 4 Independent Candidates | 8,975 | 1.83 | ||
| Majority | 1,06,107 | 21.70 | |||
| Turnout | 5,01,575 | 64.80 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dinen Bhattacharya | 260,071 | 68.38 | ||
| CPI | Jadu Gopal Sen | 1,20,256 | 31.62 | ||
| Majority | 1,39,815 | 36.76 | |||
| Turnout | 3,92,237 | 62.44 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharyya | 167,530 | 48.94 | ||
| CPI | Jadu Gopal Sen | 1,05,072 | 30.70 | ||
| INC(O) | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 61,641 | 18.01 | ||
| IND | Manik Chandra Sit | 8,045 | 2.35 | ||
| Majority | 62,458 | 18.24 | |||
| Turnout | 3,60,050 | 65.33 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | B. Ghosh | 160,662 | 44.49 | ||
| CPI(M) | D. N. Bhattacharya | 1,37,826 | 38.16 | ||
| CPI | J. Sen | 62,645 | 17.35 | ||
| Majority | 22,836 | 6.33 | |||
| Turnout | 3,74,672 | 73.98 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya | 172,992 | 51.62 | ||
| INC | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | 1,62,130 | 48.38 | ||
| Majority | 10,862 | 3.24 | |||
| Turnout | 3,43,698 | 65.88 | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | 125,798 | 51.12 | ||
| CPI | Tusar Chattopadhyay | 1,20,264 | 48.88 | ||
| Majority | 5,534 | 2.24 | |||
| Turnout | 2,46,062 | 57.47 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Tusar Kanti Chattopadhyaya | 77,734 | 40.71 | ||
| INC | Sachindra Chaudhuri | 68,798 | 36.03 | ||
| IND | Tulsi Charan Goswami | 27,774 | 14.55 | ||
| Socialist | Balai Chandra Paul | 9,265 | 4.85 | ||
| HM | Shamaprosad Mukherjee | 7,353 | 3.85 | ||
| Majority | 8,936 | 4.68 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,924 | 49.99 | |||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Contested as "West Bengal Trinamool Congress (WBTC)"
See also
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Srerampur, Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency | Summary Results of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Elections - 2009 in Srerampur". www.electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu. The Hindu, 11 May 2014. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "Serampore (West Bengal)Serampore Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Serampore Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
- ↑ "Unknown Title". results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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