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#REDIRECT [[Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency]]
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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image =
|caption =
|Name        = Calcutta North East
|Existence = 1951
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty =
|CurrentMP =
|ElectedByYear =
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = As of 2004:<br />[[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]<br />[[Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Beliaghata]]<br />[[Sealdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sealdah]]<br />[[Vidyasagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vidyasagar]]<br />[[Burtola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Burtola]]<br />[[Maniktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maniktola]]<br />[[Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belgachia West]]
|Electorate =
|Abolished=2009}}
'''Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)''' was one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centred on North East area of [[Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]]. As a consequence of the order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |accessdate=2010-10-25 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archivedate=2010-09-18 }}</ref>


==Assembly segments==
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Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | accessdate = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>
{{R from move}}
*  [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]] (assembly constituency no. 153)
*  [[Beleghata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Beliaghata]] (assembly constituency no. 155)
*  [[Sealdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sealdah]] (assembly constituency no. 156)
*  [[Vidyasagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vidyasagar]] (assembly constituency no. 157)
*  [[Burtola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Burtola]] (assembly constituency no. 158)
*  [[Maniktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maniktola]] (assembly constituency no. 159)
*  [[Belgachia West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belgachia West]] (assembly constituency no. 160)
 
==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!Refs
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: red" |
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[Meghnad Saha]]
|[[Communist Party of India]] (support)
|<ref name="loksabha1952">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|archivedate=8 October 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref name=":27" />
|
|-
|1956
|[[Mohit Mitra]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|<ref name=":27">{{Cite journal|last=Sarkar|first=Shamita|date=2013|title=The role of the Communists in the Anti Bengal—Bihar Merger Agitation|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44158893|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=74|pages=921–924|issn=2249-1937|via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
|<ref name="loksabha1957">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Constituency merged with Calcutta Central
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|<ref name="loksabha1962">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Calcutta Central (Lok Sabha) constituency
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|<ref name="loksabha1967">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|Reestablishment of Calcutta North East
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|<ref name="loksabha1971">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}" |
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
| [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|<ref name="loksabha1977">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[Sunil Maitra]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|<ref name="loksabha1980">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha1984">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|<ref name="loksabha1989">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|<ref name="loksabha1991">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|<ref name="loksabha1996">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Trinamool Congress}}" |
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
| [[West Bengal Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha1998">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha1999">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|<ref name="loksabha2004">{{cite web|title=General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|accessdate=25 May 2014|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|
|-
|}
 
==Election results==
===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election|General Election, 2004]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]
  |votes      = 284,427
  |percentage = 49.90
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 210,647
  |percentage = 37.10
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Moushumi Chatterjee|Indira Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 56,449
  |percentage = 9.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Ajit Kumar Panja
  |votes      = 4,792
  |percentage = 3.05
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Pintu Kundu
  |votes      = 4,180
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Debojyoti Basu
  |votes      = 2,625
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Chandra Prakash Dubey
  |votes      = 2,226
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Mahua Roy
  |votes      = 1,311
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Angshuman Paul
  |votes      = 1,308
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Imtiaz Ahmed
  |votes      = 918
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 73,780
  |percentage = 10.0
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 5,68,885
  |percentage = 81.24
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |loser      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 297,491
  |percentage = 45.17
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]
  |votes      = 255,917
  |percentage = 38.86
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Tapas Roy
  |votes      = 84,516
  |percentage = 12.83
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Sukhen Dolui
  |votes      = 5,282
  |percentage = 0.80
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Bali Karan Kori
  |votes      = 4,448
  |percentage = 7.09
  |change    = 0.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Mohammed Salim
  |votes      = 3,893
  |percentage = 0.59
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |candidate  = Md. Ghaus Ali
  |votes      = 3,267
  |percentage = 0.50
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Ashim Kumar Saha
  |votes      = 2,143
  |percentage = 0.33
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Samar Das
  |votes      = 1,674
  |percentage = 0.25
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 41,574
  |percentage = (6.3%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 8,05,121
  |percentage = 66.96
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 310,361
  |percentage = 47.10%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[Prasanta Chatterjee]]
  |votes      = 245,489
  |percentage = 37.26%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Sadhan Pande]]y
  |votes      = 94,024
  |percentage = 14.27%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Ajit Das
  |votes      = 1,986
  |percentage = 0.30%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Sharad Kumar Singh
  |votes      = 1,725
  |percentage = 0.26%
  |change    = 0.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Feroz Ahmed
  |votes      = 1,368
  |percentage = 0.21%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Swapan Sarkar
  |votes      = 1,278
  |percentage = 0.19%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Brij Bhusan Sharma
  |votes      = 925
  |percentage = 0.14%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Anjali Rakshit
  |votes      = 769
  |percentage = 0.12%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Tarapada Halder
  |votes      = 572
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Md. Shahid Iqbal
  |votes      = 435
  |percentage = 0.07%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 64,872
  |percentage = (9.7%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 6,58,932
  |percentage = 73.45%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link|
  |winner    = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 335,855
  |percentage = 51.98%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Dipen Ghosh
  |votes      = 270,870
  |percentage = 41.93%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Subhas Maitra
  |votes      = 33,246
  |percentage = 5.15%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Tapan Kumar Sarkar
  |votes      = 2,094
  |percentage = 0.32%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Hari Narayan Ray
  |votes      = 998
  |percentage = 0.15%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
  |candidate  = Salil Kumar Tiwari
  |votes      = 616
  |percentage = 0.10%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Uday Pratap Singh
  |votes      = 611
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Subhas Dhar
  |votes      = 541
  |percentage = 0.08%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Radheshyam Yadav
  |votes      = 429
  |percentage = 0.07%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Jayanta Bhowmick
  |votes      = 292
  |percentage = 0.05%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Mohanlal Agarwal
  |votes      = 278
  |percentage = 0.04%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Achintya Jana
  |votes      = 235
  |percentage = 0.04%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 64,985
  |percentage = (9.8%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 6,46,065
  |percentage = 72.79%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Indian National Congress
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 276,399
  |percentage = 49.52%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal
  |candidate  = [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
  |votes      = 204,943
  |percentage = 36.72%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Dibakar Kundu
  |votes      = 55,064
  |percentage = 9.87%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Party
  |candidate  = Hrishikesh Dubey
  |votes      = 7,360
  |percentage = 1.32%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Sukumar Biswas
  |votes      = 5,074
  |percentage = 0.91%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  |candidate  = Anima Basu
  |votes      = 3,624
  |percentage = 0.65%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Anath Baran Bhowal
  |votes      = 1,792
  |percentage = 0.32%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Ajit Chowdhury
  |votes      = 1,050
  |percentage = 0.19%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Madhav Upadhyay
  |votes      = 653
  |percentage = 0.12%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Barun Goswami
  |votes      = 489
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Gopichand Prasad
  |votes      = 487
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Shiv Sena
  |candidate  = Hijal Prakash Chatterjee
  |votes      = 455
  |percentage = 0.08%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Doordarshi Party
  |candidate  = Chhedi Lal Jalan
  |votes      = 274
  |percentage = 0.05%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Tapan Kumar Sarkar
  |votes      = 269
  |percentage = 0.05%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Achintya Jana
  |votes      = 188
  |percentage = 0.03%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 71,456
  |percentage = (12.5%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 5,58,121
  |percentage = 66.82%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Indian National Congress
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 305,237
  |percentage = 51.59%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Satyasadhan Chakraborty
  |votes      = 277,608
  |percentage = 46.92%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Sibu Chakraborty
  |votes      = 2,572
  |percentage = 0.43%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Party
  |candidate  = Pradip Guha Roy
  |votes      = 1,220
  |percentage = 0.21%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Sudhindra Chandra
  |votes      = 1,154
  |percentage = 0.20%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  |candidate  = Sukumar Biswas
  |votes      = 1,076
  |percentage = 0.18%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Harizan Santal
  |votes      = 930
  |percentage = 0.16%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Ajit Ghosh
  |votes      = 909
  |percentage = 0.15%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Tapan Kumar Sarkar
  |votes      = 529
  |percentage = 0.09%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Achinta Jana
  |votes      = 421
  |percentage = 0.07%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 27,629
  |percentage = (4.6%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 5,91,656
  |percentage = 72.71%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Indian National Congress
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1984===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 284,324
  |percentage = 57.11%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[Sunil Maitra]]
  |votes      = 195,748
  |percentage = 39.32%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Party
  |candidate  = Nirmalendu Dey
  |votes      = 5,488
  |percentage = 1.10%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian Union Muslim League
  |candidate  = Mohammed Samsuddin
  |votes      = 3,591
  |percentage = 0.72%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Kanailal Choudhury
  |votes      = 2,085
  |percentage = 0.42%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  |candidate  = Amalendu Roy
  |votes      = 1,623
  |percentage = 0.33%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Rajesh Gupta
  |votes      = 1,155
  |percentage = 0.23%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Rabindranath Dasgupta
  |votes      = 1,088
  |percentage = 0.22%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Kanailal Bose
  |votes      = 760
  |percentage = 0.15%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Nilima Nandy
  |votes      = 738
  |percentage = 0.15%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Dhirendranath Chatterjee
  |votes      = 690
  |percentage = 0.14%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Rabin Mukherjee
  |votes      = 586
  |percentage = 0.12%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 88,576
  |percentage = (17.4%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 4,97,876
  |percentage = 71.75%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Indian National Congress
  |loser      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1980===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[Sunil Maitra]]
  |votes      = 187,952
  |percentage = 47.95%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress (Indira)
  |candidate  = [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
  |votes      = 160,882
  |percentage = 41.05%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
  |votes      = 32,832
  |percentage = 8.38%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress (Urs)
  |candidate  = [[Sudip Bandyopadhyay]]
  |votes      = 5,142
  |percentage = 1.31%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Mubarak Mazdoor
  |votes      = 879
  |percentage = 0.22%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
  |candidate  = Ritendra Nath Ghosh
  |votes      = 856
  |percentage = 0.22%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Md. Nasim Ali Azad
  |votes      = 817
  |percentage = 0.21%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Sk. Noyimuddin
  |votes      = 745
  |percentage = 0.19%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Rameshwar Agarwal
  |votes      = 728
  |percentage = 0.19%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Panchanan Mondal
  |votes      = 615
  |percentage = 0.16%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Karuna Nidhan Roy
  |votes      = 518
  |percentage = 0.13%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 27,069
  |percentage = (6.8%)
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 3,91,964
  |percentage = 55.04%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |loser      = Bharatiya Lok Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1977===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Lok Dal
  |candidate  = [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
  |votes      = 237,787
  |percentage = 67.53%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 108,028
  |percentage = 30.68%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Rizawan Ahmed
  |votes      = 4,392
  |percentage = 1.25%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Arun Kumar De
  |votes      = 1,934
  |percentage = 0.55%
  |change    = 
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 1,29,759
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 3,52,141
  |percentage = 56.29%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Lok Dal
  |loser      = Communist Party of India
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1971===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 113,230
  |percentage = 40.34
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Piyus Kanti Dasgupta
  |votes      = 110,939
  |percentage = 39.53
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress (Organisation)
  |candidate  = Balai Chandra Paul
  |votes      = 56,490
  |percentage = 20.13
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 2,309
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,80,659
  |percentage = 54.27%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |loser      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1967===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 130,600
  |percentage = 37.83
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Balai Chandra Pal
  |votes      = 116,457
  |percentage = 33.73
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Amalendu Bhushan Chakraborty
  |votes      = 98,193
  |percentage = 28.44
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 14,153
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 3,45,250
  |percentage = 64.53
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1962===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Indian general election]]: Calcutta Central }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 154,772
  |percentage = 58.22
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Balai Chandra Paul
  |votes      = 111,082
  |percentage = 41.78
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 43,692
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,65,854
  |percentage = 66.84%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1957===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1957 Indian general election]]: Calcutta Central }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 135,308
  |percentage = 65.04
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Nalinikrishna Sanyal
  |votes      = 68,403
  |percentage = 32.88
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Satish Chandra Roy
  |votes      = 4,227
  |percentage = 2.08
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 76,905
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,08,047
  |percentage = 52.57
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1952===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1952 Indian general election]]: Calcutta North East }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]]
  |votes      = 71,970
  |percentage = 50.28%
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Bejoy Bihari Mukherjee
  |votes      = 36,180
  |percentage = 25.28%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
  |candidate  = Debendra Nath Mukherjee
  |votes      = 14,505
  |percentage = 10.13%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = Tarapada Lahiri
  |votes      = 5,801
  |percentage = 4.05%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Pramatha Nath Banerjee
  |votes      = 4,809
  |percentage = 3.36%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Jiban Lal Chatterjee
  |votes      = 3,625
  |percentage = 2.53%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Paresh Chandra Chatterjee
  |votes      = 2,519
  |percentage = 1.76%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Kedar Nath Chatterjee
  |votes      = 2,403
  |percentage = 1.68%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)|Independent
  |candidate  = Manmohan Bhattacharjee
  |votes      = 1,320
  |percentage = 0.92%
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
  |votes      = 35,790
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,43,132
  |percentage = 38.12
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
  |winner    = Communist Party of India
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General elections 1977-2004===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|-
|
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1951
|[[Hirendra Nath Mukherjee]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|Bejoy Behari Mukherjee
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1957
|Hirendranath Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Nalinakshya Sanyal
|Indian National Congress
|-
|1962
|Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Balai Chandra Pal
|Indian National Congress
|-
|1967
|Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Balai Chandra Pal
|Indian National Congress
|-
|1971
|Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Piyus Kanti Dasgupta
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|1977
|[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|Hirendranath Mukerjee
|Communist Party of India
|-
|1980
|[[Sunil Maitra]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|1984
|[[Ajit Kumar Panja]]
|Indian National Congress
|Sunil Maitra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1989
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|Indian National Congress
|Satyasadhan Chakraborty
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1991
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|Indian National Congress
|Pratap Chandra Chunder
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|1996
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|Indian National Congress
|Dipen Ghosh
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1998
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|[[Prasanta Chatterjee]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|1999
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammad Salim]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|-
|2004
|[[Mohammad Salim]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Ajit Kumar Panja
|All India Trinamool Congress
|-
|}
In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central
==See also==
*[[Kolkata]]
*[[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Kolkata constituencies}}
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{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

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