Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency should not be confused with Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Type:LS
Baharampur
Established:1951
Reservation:None
Party:Trinamool Congress
Incumbent Image:Yusuf Pathan.jpg
Mp:Yusuf Pathan
Latest Election Year:2024
State:West Bengal
Assembly Cons:Burwan
Kandi
Bharatpur
Rejinagar
Beldanga
Baharampur
Naoda
Electors:1,453,783[1]

Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Berhampore) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency are in Murshidabad district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 10 Baharampur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
67Burwan (SC)MurshidabadJiban Krishna Saha
68KandiApurba Sarkar
69BharatpurHumayun Kabir
70RejinagarRabiul Alam Chowdhury
71BeldangaHasanuzzaman Sk.
72BaharampurSubrata Maitra
74NaodaSahina Mamtaj Begum

In 2004 Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Naoda (assembly constituency no. 61), Berhampore (assembly constituency no. 63), Beldanga (assembly constituency no. 64), Kandi (assembly constituency no. 65), Barwan (assembly constituency no. 67), Bharatpur (assembly constituency no. 68), Ketugram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 282)

Members of Parliament

YearName[4] Party
1952Tridib Chaudhuri
1957
1962
1967
1971
1977
1980
1984Atish Chandra Sinha
1989Nani Bhattacharya
1991
1996Pramothes Mukherjee
1998
1999Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
2004
2009
2014
2019
2024Yusuf Pathan

Election results

1994 By-election

In the Behrampore seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting RSP-MP Nani Bhattacharya on 11 October 1993. The by-election was held on 12 March 1994. Pramothes Mukherjee of RSP defeated Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress.

General elections 1951-2024

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Tridib ChaudhuriRSPA.K.M.ZakariahIndependent[5]
1957Trdib ChaudhuriRSPNazrul Haque KhandokerIndependent[6]
1962Tridib ChaudhuriRSPNazrul Haque KhandokerINC[7]
1967Tridib ChaudhuriRSPD.SinhaINC[8]
1971Tridib ChaudhuriRSPRejaul KarimINC[9]
1977Tridib ChaudhuriRSPSudip BandyopadhyayINC[10]
1980Tridib ChaudhuriRSPJagadish SinhaINC[11]
1984Atish Chandra SinhaINCTridib ChaudhuriRSP[12]
1989Nani BhattacharyaRSPSankar Das PaulINC[13]
1991Nani BhattacharyaRSPKumar Dipti SenguptaINC[14]
1996Promothes MukherjeeRSPSiddhartha Shankar RayINC[15]
1998Promothes MukherjeeRSPSabyasachi BagchiBJP[16]
1999Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP[17]
2004Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP[18]
2009Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINCPramothes MukherjeeRSP
2014Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINCIndranil SenAITC
2019Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINCApurbo SarkarAITC
2024Yusuf PathanAITCAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINC

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 17 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm . 6 June 2014 .
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  3. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 2010-10-01 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. 6 October 2010 . live.
  4. Web site: Baharampur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name . www.elections.in.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 8 October 2014 . 25 May 2013 . West Bengal . Election Commission.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. 25 May 2013.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. 25 May 2013.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  11. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 25 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  13. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 25 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  14. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  15. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014.
  16. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 25 May 2014.
  17. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 25 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  18. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014.