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For other uses, see Bangaon (disambiguation).

Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centered on Bangaon. 5 of the 7 assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district and the Kalyani and Haringhata assemblies are of Nadia District (formerly Nabadwip loksabha constituency). As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) came into being in 2009.[2]

Bangaon
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentShantanu Thakur
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2009-present
ReservationSC
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,540,713[1]
Most Successful PartyAITC (3 TIMES)
Assembly ConstituenciesKalyani
Haringhata
Bagda
Bangaon Uttar
Bangaon Dakshin
Gaighata
Swarupnagar

HistoryEdit

 
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

In 2009 Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency was formed. Until then Bagdah, Bongaon Uttar, Bongaon Dakshin, Gaighata all these assembly constituencies were the part of Barasat Lok Sabha constituency. Gobinda Chandra Naskar was the first elected MP of this constituency.[3] He was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly in four different terms.

Vidhan Sabha segmentsEdit

Bangaon (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 14) is composed of the following assembly segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
92 Kalyani SC Nadia BJP Ambika Roy
93 Haringhata SC Nadia BJP Asim Kumar Sarkar
94 Bagda SC North 24 Parganas BJP Biswajit Das
95 Bangaon Uttar SC North 24 Parganas BJP Ashok Kirtania
96 Bangaon Dakshin SC North 24 Parganas BJP Swapan Majumder
97 Gaighata SC North 24 Parganas

BJP

Subrata Thakur
98 Swarupnagar SC North 24 Parganas AITC Bina Mondal

Members of Lok SabhaEdit

Election Member Party Refs
until 2008 Constituency did not exist.
2009 Gobinda Chandra Naskar All India Trinamool Congress [4]
2014 Kapil Krishna Thakur (Died in 2014) [5]
2015 by-election Mamata Thakur [6]
2019 Shantanu Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party

Election resultsEdit

General election 2019Edit

In 2019 Election BJP won for the first time in this constituency since its delimitation.[7]

2019 Indian general election: Bangaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shantanu Thakur 6,87,622 48.85 +24.68
AITC Mamata Thakur 5,76,028 40.92 -2.35
CPI (M) Alakesh Das 90,122 6.40 -19.9
INC Sourav Prasad 22,618 1.61 -0.72
Independent Animesh Chandra Halder 9,522 0.68
BSP Chandan Mallick 4,707 0.33
SUCI(C) Swapan Mondal 4,544 0.32
style="background-color: Template:Party for Democratic Socialism (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Party for Democratic Socialism (India)|Template:Party for Democratic Socialism (India)/meta/shortname]] Samaresh Biswas 1,913 0.14
Independent Swapan Kumar Roy 1,859 0.13
BMP Subrata Biswas 1,291 0.09
NOTA None of the above 7,512 0.53
Majority 1,11,594 11.42
Turnout 14,08,653 82.64
Registered electors 17,04,632
BJP gain from AITC Swing

Bye-poll 2015Edit

The bye election occurred on 13 February 2015 due to the death of sitting MP Kapil Krishna Thakur on 13 October 2014. Mamata Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated Debesh Das of CPIM.[6]

Bye election, 2015: Bangaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Thakur 5,39,999 43.27 +0.33
CPI (M) Debesh Das 3,28,214 26.30 -5.22
BJP Subrata Thakur 314,214 24.17 +5.10
INC Kuntal Mandal 29,149 2.33 -1.09
Majority 2,11,785 22.9
Turnout 12,48,359 79.75
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014Edit

2014 Indian general elections: Bangaon[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kapil Krishna Thakur 551,213 42.94 -7.75
CPI (M) Debesh Das 404,612 31.52 -10.56
BJP K.D. Biswas 244,783 19.07 +15.12
INC Ila Mondal 43,866 3.42 +3.42
BSP Chandan Mullick 9,207
Independent Pranita Mandal 8,738
SUCI(C) Swapan Mondal 3,589
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Tarapada Biswas 2,848
PDS Shyam Prasad Mondal 2,624
Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch Sarat Chandra Mandal 1,172
The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India Pinaki Ranjan Bharati 1,071
NOTA None of the Above 9,965 0.78 ---
Majority 1,46,601 11.42 -2.81
Turnout 12,83,688 83.32
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009Edit

General Election, 2009: Bangaon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gobinda Chandra Naskar 546,596 50.69
CPI (M) Dr. Asim Bala 453,770 42.08
BJP Krishnapada Majumder 42,610 3.95
BSP Pranita Roy 17,178 1.59
LJP Probir Kumar Sarkar 4,557 0.42
RPI(A) Sukriti Ranjan Biswas 5974 0.55
Independent Nishikanta Biswas 7,550 0.70
Majority 92,826
Turnout 1,078,235 86.47
AITC win (new seat)
e • d 
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19  18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6  0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1  1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9  17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2  1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2  1 3.56
Forward bloc 2  1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1  1 6.14

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Bangaon Bye Elections to Lok Sabha 2015". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "General Election 2019, Bangaon, Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

External linksEdit

Coordinates: 23°04′N 88°49′E / 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82

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