Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Arambagh
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentAparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1967-present
ReservationSC
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,600,293[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesHaripal
Tarakeswar
Pursurah
Arambag
Goghat
Khanakul
Chandrakona

Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview[edit | edit source]

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 the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.[2] Pritam Munde won the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 by 6,92,245 votes [1][2]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
196 Haripal None Hooghly
198 Tarakeswar None Hooghly
199 Pursurah None Hooghly
200 Arambag SC Hooghly
201 Goghat SC Hooghly
202 Khanakul None Hooghly
232 Chandrakona SC Paschim Medinipur

Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4] Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Arambagh Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc[5]
Fifth 1971-77 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
Sixth 1977-80 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal[7]
Seventh 1980-84 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Eighth 1984-89 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Ninth 1989-91 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
Tenth 1991-96 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Eleventh 1996-98 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Twelfth 1998-99 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sakti Mohan Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth 2019-Incumbent Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general election: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) 6,49,929 44.14 −10.79
BJP Tapan Kumar Ray 6,48,787 44.06 +32.45
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 1,00,520 6.83 −22.68
INC Jyoti Kumari Das 25,128 1.71 −0.33
NOTA None of the above 20,495 1.39
Majority 1,142 0.07 −25.39
Turnout 14,71,981 83.44 −1.67
Registered electors 17,64,726
AITC hold Swing -21.62

General election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Arambagh[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) 7,48,764 54.94 N/A
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 4,01,919 29.51 −25.29
BJP Madhusudan Bag 1,58,480 11.63 +6.66
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 27,872 2.04 −34.81
JDP Ganesh Bag 7,062 0.51 −1.35
Majority 3,46,845 25.46 +8.14
Turnout 13,61,934 85.11 +0.53
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +42.64

General election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Arambagh[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 6,30,454 54.80 −22.99
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 4,28,696 36.85 +29.76
BJP Murari Bera 57,903 4.97 −10.78
BSP Parimal Biswas 24,762 2.12 N/A
JDP Subir Kumar Majhi 21,722 1.86 N/A
Majority 2,01,558 17.32 −44.09
Turnout 11,63,337 84.58 +3.34
CPI(M) hold Swing -22.99

General election 2004[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 744,464 77.16
BJP Swapan Kumar Nandi 151,962 15.75
INC Pradip Datta 68,414 7.09
Margin of victory 592,502 61.41
Turnout 9,64,840 81.24
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1999[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1999: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 503,920 53.98
BJP Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty 387,199 41.98
INC idris Ali 40,816 4.37
Independent Joy Krishna Bera 1,565 0.17
Margin of victory 116,721 12.40
Turnout 9,33,365 81.24
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1998[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1998: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 521,507 56.23
BJP Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty 334,207 35.50
INC Provat Kiran Chakrabarti 73,105 7.80
Margin of victory 187,300 19.90
Turnout 9,40,359 84.3
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1996[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 544,289 59.40
INC Monoranjan Hazra 317,956 34.80
BJP Gopi Nath Dey 42,779 4.70
Independent Nanu Ram Roy 6,276 0.70
AMB Nikunja Jana 2,394 0.30
Margin of victory 226,333 24.30
Turnout 9,31,653 87.3
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1991[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1991: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 448,318 55.60
INC Sk. Hasan Imam 300,046 37.70
BJP Dhruva Chakravarti 37,393 4.70
Independent Chandi Dutt 6,679 0.80
Doordarshi Party Bharashi Sharma 4,310 0.50
Margin of victory 148,272 18.30
Turnout 8,10,177 82.9
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1989: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 423,062 52.80
INC Sk. Hasan Imam 358,564 44.80
AMB Nikunja Jana 10,541 1.30
Independent Chandi Dutt 6,745 0.80
Doordarshi Party Bharashi Sharma 1,961 0.20
Margin of victory 64,498 7.90
Turnout 8,12,748 86.0
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1984[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1984: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 327,786 50.40
INC Gopal Das Nag 313,626 47.60
AMB Nikunja Jana 4,756 0.70
Independent Nepal Chandra Bhaumik 3,160 0.50
Independent Yogendra Singh 584 0.10
Margin of victory 14,160 2.10
Turnout 6,59,108 85.8
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1980[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1980: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Bejoy Krishna Modak 285,633 53.35
JP Prafulla Chandra Sen 242,642 47.60
JP(S) Arun Maji 5,581 1.00
Independent Lutful Goyesh Khan 1,265 0.20
Independent Panchanan Ghosh 1,167 0.20
Margin of victory 42,991 7.9
Turnout 5,44,644 80.3
CPI (M) gain from Bharatiya Lok Dal Swing

General election 1977[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1977: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLD Prafulla Chandra Sen 298,371 74.80
INC Santi Mohan Roy 90,934 22.80
Margin of victory 2,07,437 52.0
Turnout 3,63,271 71.78
Swing to [[Bharatiya Lok Dal|Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/shortname]] from CPI (M) Swing

General election 1971[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1971: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Manoranjan Hazra 137,844 40.84
INC Santi Mohan Roy 115,622 34.25
INC(O) Pratap Chandra Chunder 58,928 17.46
Independent Sasanka Bose 25,144 7.45
Margin of victory 22,222 6.30
Turnout 337,536 64.50 %
Swing to CPI (M) from AIFB Swing

General election 1967[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1967: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Amiya Nath Bose 208,724 62.23
INC Sachindra Chowdhury 126,702 37.77
Majority 82,022 23.6
Turnout 335,426 68.7%
AIFB win (new seat)

General elections 1967-2009[edit | edit source]

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1967 Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc Sachin Choudhury Indian National Congress[5]
1971 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santi Mohan Ray Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[7]
1980 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party[8]
1984 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gopal Das Nag Indian National Congress[9]
1989 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[10]
1991 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[11]
1996 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monoranjan Hazra Indian National Congress[12]
1998 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
1999 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[14]
2004 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Swapan Kumar Nandi Bharatiya Janata Party[15]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ "Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin". The Times of India, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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