Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency

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Bolpur
WB-41
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAusgram
Bolpur
Ketugram
Labpur
Mayureswar
Mangalkot
Nanoor
Established1967
Total electors18,39,234
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  [[Trinamool Congress|Template:Trinamool Congress/meta/shortname]]  
Alliance  [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|Template:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

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

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
271 Ketugram Purba Bardhaman Anadi Ghose BJP Trinamool Congress
272 Mangalkot Shisir Ghosh
273 Ausgram (SC) Kalita Majhi
286 Bolpur Birbhum Chandranath Sinha Trinamool Congress
287 Nanoor (SC) Bidhan Chandra Majhi
288 Labpur Debasis Ojha BJP
290 Mayureswar Dudhkumar Mondal

Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
1967 A.K.Chanda Indian National Congress[3]
1971 Saradish Roy Communist Party of India[4][5]
1977
1980
1984
1985^ Somnath Chatterjee
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome
2014 Anupam Hazra Trinamool Congress
2019 Asit Kumar Mal
2024

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Bolpur[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asit Kumar Mal 855,633 55.98 Increase8.13
BJP Piya Saha 528,380 34.57 Decrease6.00
CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan 99,383 6.50 Increase0.21
NOTA None of the above 21,722 1.42 N/A
Majority 3,27,253 21.41 Increase14.13
Turnout 1,528,470 82.66 Decrease3.08
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asit Kumar Mal 699,172 47.85 −0.48
BJP Ram Prasad Das 592,769 40.57 +25.44
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 91,964 6.29 −23.95
INC Abhijit Saha 30,112 2.06 −1.53
RJVP Simanta Mondal 17,013 1.16 +1.16
Majority 1,06,403 7.28
Turnout 14,61,929 85.74
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Bolpur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Anupam Hazra 630,693 48.33 N/A
CPI(M) Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 394,584 30.24 −19.66
BJP Kamini Mohan Sarkar 197,474 15.13 +8.64
INC Tapan Kumar Saha 46,953 3.59 −34.55
NOTA None of the above 17,322 1.32 N/A
Majority 236,109 18.09 +6.33
Turnout 1,304,756 84.81 +2.32
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +38.50

General elections 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Bolpur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome 508,383 49.90
INC Asit Kumar Mal 411,501 38.14
BJP Arjun Saha 70,084 6.49
AUDF Adara Bauri 21,325 1.97
IND Professor Bijay Dalui 14,581 1.35
IND Nihar Hazra 11,798 1.09
BSP Vidyasagar Mete 11,139 1.03
Majority 96,882 11.76
Turnout 1,078,811 82.49
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 2004[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Bolpur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 504,836 65.80
AITC Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 194,531 25.30
INC Dhananjoy Saha 48,756 6.49
Independent Budhen Soren 9,860 1.30
Independent Bhabotosh Mandal 6,561 0.09
Independent Bijoy Dolui 5,515 0.07
Majority 310,305 40.40
Turnout 7,67,695 74.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1999[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1999: Bolpur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 464,199 59.36
AITC Suniti Chattaraj 277,810 35.53
INC Dr. Sushil Banerjee 37,093 4.74
JP Nazma 2,852 0.36
Majority 186,389 23.50
Turnout 7,81,954 76.43
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1998[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1998: Bolpur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 470,645 59.55
AITC Gour Hari Chanda 219,553 27.78
INC Suniti Chattaraj 110,091 12.67
Majority 251,092 31.30
Turnout 7,81,954 78.55
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1996[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996: Bolpur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 471,549 58.80
INC Sunil Das 217,903 27.20
BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 76,548 9.50
Independent Modassar Hossain 8,670 1.10
Independent Md. Sadakas 1,987 0.20
Independent Maharaj Mistry 1,482 0.20
Independent Abu Taher Mirza 669 0.10
Majority 253,646 31.6
Turnout 8,02,298 82.1
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1991[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1991: Bolpur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 394,496 55.30
INC Jivan Mukhopadhyay 167,872 23.50
BJP Tara Prosanna Sinha 117,394 16.40
Independent Aloke Mukherjee 7,577 1.10
BSP Sailendranath Majumder 2,654 0.40
Jharkhand Party Shyamali Ghosh 2,392 0.30
Independent Sunil Kumar Mitra 2,149 0.10
Doordarshi Party Maharaj Mistry 920 0.10
Independent Manohar Murmu 615 0.10
Independent Abu taher Mirza 428 0.10
Majority 226,624 31.7
Turnout 7,13,844 77.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1989: Bolpur[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 421,483 59.30
INC Sachindranath Sahu 257,890 36.30
Independent Modassar Hossain 8,164 1.10
JP(S) Mahonmbd Saddu Kas 5,045 0.70
Independent Rabindranath Ghosh 2,587 0.40
Independent Abu Taher Mirza 1,437 0.20
Independent Sanat Kumar Datta 1,027 0.10
Majority 163,593 23.0
Turnout 7,11,128 79.2
CPI(M) hold Swing

1984 Election[edit | edit source]

  • Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 317,749 votes
  • Nihar Dutta (Congress) : 256,818

By-election 1985[edit | edit source]

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1985: Bolpur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 339,078
INC Siddhartha Shankar Ray 240,079
Independent K.K Roy 10,087
Independent M.Hossain 4,182
Independent N.C.Mandal 2,245
Majority 98,999 7.92 +6.12
Turnout 5,95,671 62.82 −14.07
CPI(M) hold Swing

1980 Election[edit | edit source]

General elections 1967–2004[edit | edit source]

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

Year Voters Voter turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1967 259,965 53.75 A.K.Chanda 52.73 Congress Saradish Roy 47.27 CPI(M)[3]
1971 270,782 52.77 Saradish Roy 45.39 CPI(M) Phulrenu Guha 31.01 Congress[4]
1977 255,130 48.36 Saradish Roy 50.19 CPI(M) Durga Banerjee 36.20 CPI[17]
1980 493,810 74.04 Saradish Roy 54.97 CPI(M) Pranab Mukherjee 40.72 INC(I)[18]
1984 589,190 78.26 Saradish Roy 55.09 CPI(M) Nihar Dutta 44.53 INC[19]
Bye Polls 1985 Somnath Chatterjee CPI(M) Siddhartha Shankar Ray CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279>
1989 711,130 79.20 Somnath Chatterjee 60.42 CPI(M) Sachidanandan Sau 36.97 INC[15]
1991 713,840 77.17 Somnath Chatterjee 56.64 CPI(M) Jivan Mukhopadhyay 24.10 Independent[14]
1996 802,300 82.10 Somnath Chatterjee 60.55 CPI(M) Sunil Das 27.98 INC[13]
1998 803,380 78.55 Somnath Chatterjee 59.55 CPI(M) Gour Hari Chandra 27.78 WBTC[12]
1999 792.87 76.43 Somnath Chatterjee 59.36 CPI(M) Suniti Chattaraj 35.53 AITC[11]
2004 770.12 74.41 Somnath Chatterjee 65.56 CPI(M) Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji 25.26 AITC[10]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "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. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.
  5. ↑ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result – Parliamentary Constituency".
  6. ↑ "Bolpur Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results – Bolpur". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "General Elections 2014 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, 2004 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "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.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, 1996 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "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.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "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.
  16. ↑ "Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result – Parliamentary Constituency".
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "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.

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