Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency

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Calcutta North East
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs of 2004:
Entally
Beliaghata
Sealdah
Vidyasagar
Burtola
Maniktola
Belgachia West
Established1951
Abolished2009
ReservationNone

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 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.[1]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party Refs Notes
1952 Meghnad Saha Revolutionary Socialist Party [3][4]
1956^ Mohit Mitra Communist Party of India [4]
1957 Hirendranath Mukherjee [5] Constituency merged with Calcutta Central
1962 [6] Calcutta Central (Lok Sabha) constituency
1967 [7] Reestablishment of Calcutta North East
1971 [8]
1977 Pratap Chandra Chunder Janata Party [9]
1980 Sunil Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1984 Ajit Kumar Panja Indian National Congress [11]
1989 [12]
1991 [13]
1996 [14]
1998 Trinamool Congress [15]
1999 [16]
2004 Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]

^By poll

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 284,427 49.90
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 210,647 37.10
INC Indira Mukherjee 56,449 9.09
Independent Ajit Kumar Panja 4,792 3.05
Independent Pintu Kundu 4,180 7.09
Independent Debojyoti Basu 2,625 7.09
BSP Chandra Prakash Dubey 2,226 7.09
Independent Mahua Roy 1,311 7.09
Independent Angshuman Paul 1,308 7.09
Independent Imtiaz Ahmed 918 7.09
Margin of victory 73,780 10.0
Turnout 5,68,885 81.24
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing

General election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 297,491 45.17
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 255,917 38.86
INC Tapas Roy 84,516 12.83
Independent Sukhen Dolui 5,282 0.80
BSP Bali Karan Kori 4,448 7.09 0.68
Independent Mohammed Salim 3,893 0.59
SP Md. Ghaus Ali 3,267 0.50
Independent Ashim Kumar Saha 2,143 0.33
Independent Samar Das 1,674 0.25
Margin of victory 41,574 (6.3%)
Turnout 8,05,121 66.96
AITC hold Swing

General election 1998[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajit Kumar Panja 310,361 47.10%
CPI(M) Prasanta Chatterjee 245,489 37.26%
INC Sadhan Pandey 94,024 14.27%
Independent Ajit Das 1,986 0.30%
Independent Sharad Kumar Singh 1,725 0.26% 0.68
Independent Feroz Ahmed 1,368 0.21%
Independent Swapan Sarkar 1,278 0.19%
Independent Brij Bhusan Sharma 925 0.14%
Independent Anjali Rakshit 769 0.12%
Independent Tarapada Halder 572 0.09%
Independent Md. Shahid Iqbal 435 0.07%
Margin of victory 64,872 (9.7%)
Turnout 6,58,932 73.45%
AITC gain from INC Swing

General election 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 335,855 51.98%
CPI(M) Dipen Ghosh 270,870 41.93%
BJP Subhas Maitra 33,246 5.15%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar 2,094 0.32%
Independent Hari Narayan Ray 998 0.15%
AIIC(T) Salil Kumar Tiwari 616 0.10%
Independent Uday Pratap Singh 611 0.09%
Independent Subhas Dhar 541 0.08%
Independent Radheshyam Yadav 429 0.07%
Independent Jayanta Bhowmick 292 0.05%
Independent Mohanlal Agarwal 278 0.04%
Independent Achintya Jana 235 0.04%
Margin of victory 64,985 (9.8%)
Turnout 6,46,065 72.79%
INC hold Swing

General election 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 276,399 49.52%
JD Pratap Chandra Chunder 204,943 36.72%
BJP Dibakar Kundu 55,064 9.87%
JP Hrishikesh Dubey 7,360 1.32%
Independent Sukumar Biswas 5,074 0.91%
ABJS Anima Basu 3,624 0.65%
Independent Anath Baran Bhowal 1,792 0.32%
Independent Ajit Chowdhury 1,050 0.19%
Independent Madhav Upadhyay 653 0.12%
Independent Barun Goswami 489 0.09%
Independent Gopichand Prasad 487 0.09%
SHS Hijal Prakash Chatterjee 455 0.08%
Doordarshi Party Chhedi Lal Jalan 274 0.05%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar 269 0.05%
Independent Achintya Jana 188 0.03%
Margin of victory 71,456 (12.5%)
Turnout 5,58,121 66.82%
INC hold Swing

General election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 305,237 51.59%
CPI(M) Satyasadhan Chakraborty 277,608 46.92%
BJP Sibu Chakraborty 2,572 0.43%
JP Pradip Guha Roy 1,220 0.21%
Independent Sudhindra Chandra 1,154 0.20%
ABJS Sukumar Biswas 1,076 0.18%
Independent Harizan Santal 930 0.16%
Independent Ajit Ghosh 909 0.15%
Independent Tapan Kumar Sarkar 529 0.09%
Independent Achinta Jana 421 0.07%
Margin of victory 27,629 (4.6%)
Turnout 5,91,656 72.71%
INC hold Swing

General election 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajit Kumar Panja 284,324 57.11%
CPI(M) Sunil Maitra 195,748 39.32%
JP Nirmalendu Dey 5,488 1.10%
IUML Mohammed Samsuddin 3,591 0.72%
Independent Kanailal Choudhury 2,085 0.42%
ABJS Amalendu Roy 1,623 0.33%
Independent Rajesh Gupta 1,155 0.23%
Independent Rabindranath Dasgupta 1,088 0.22%
Independent Kanailal Bose 760 0.15%
Independent Nilima Nandy 738 0.15%
Independent Dhirendranath Chatterjee 690 0.14%
Independent Rabin Mukherjee 586 0.12%
Margin of victory 88,576 (17.4%)
Turnout 4,97,876 71.75%
INC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sunil Maitra 187,952 47.95%
INC(I) Ajit Kumar Panja 160,882 41.05%
JP Pratap Chandra Chunder 32,832 8.38%
INC(U) Sudip Bandyopadhyay 5,142 1.31%
Independent Mubarak Mazdoor 879 0.22%
ABJS Ritendra Nath Ghosh 856 0.22%
Independent Md. Nasim Ali Azad 817 0.21%
Independent Sk. Noyimuddin 745 0.19%
Independent Rameshwar Agarwal 728 0.19%
Independent Panchanan Mondal 615 0.16%
Independent Karuna Nidhan Roy 518 0.13%
Margin of victory 27,069 (6.8%)
Turnout 3,91,964 55.04%
CPI (M) gain from Bharatiya Lok Dal Swing

General election 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLD Pratap Chandra Chunder 237,787 67.53%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 108,028 30.68%
Independent Rizawan Ahmed 4,392 1.25%
Independent Arun Kumar De 1,934 0.55%
Margin of victory 1,29,759
Turnout 3,52,141 56.29%
Bharatiya Lok Dal gain from CPI Swing

General election 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 113,230 40.34
CPI(M) Piyus Kanti Dasgupta 110,939 39.53
INC(O) Balai Chandra Paul 56,490 20.13
Margin of victory 2,309
Turnout 2,80,659 54.27%
CPI hold Swing

General election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 130,600 37.83
INC Balai Chandra Pal 116,457 33.73
CPI(M) Amalendu Bhushan Chakraborty 98,193 28.44
Margin of victory 14,153
Turnout 3,45,250 64.53
CPI hold Swing

General election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 154,772 58.22
INC Balai Chandra Paul 111,082 41.78
Margin of victory 43,692
Turnout 2,65,854 66.84%
CPI hold Swing

General election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 135,308 65.04
INC Nalinikrishna Sanyal 68,403 32.88
Independent Satish Chandra Roy 4,227 2.08
Margin of victory 76,905
Turnout 2,08,047 52.57
CPI hold Swing

General election 1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Hirendranath Mukherjee 71,970 50.28%
INC Bejoy Bihari Mukherjee 36,180 25.28%
ABHM Debendra Nath Mukherjee 14,505 10.13%
RSP Tarapada Lahiri 5,801 4.05%
Independent Pramatha Nath Banerjee 4,809 3.36%
Independent Jiban Lal Chatterjee 3,625 2.53%
Independent Paresh Chandra Chatterjee 2,519 1.76%
Independent Kedar Nath Chatterjee 2,403 1.68%
Independent Manmohan Bhattacharjee 1,320 0.92%
Margin of victory 35,790
Turnout 1,43,132 38.12
CPI win (new seat)

General elections 1977-2004[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
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 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[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  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. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sarkar, Shamita (2013). "The role of the Communists in the Anti Bengal–Bihar Merger Agitation". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 74: 921–924. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 4415893.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, 1977 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, 1980 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, 1984 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, 1999 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, 2004 – Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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