Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Birbhum
Established:1951
Reservation:None
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Mp:Satabdi Roy
Latest Election Year:2024
State:West Bengal
Assembly Cons:Dubrajpur
Suri
Sainthia
Rampurhat
Hansan
Nalhati
Murarai
Electors:18,57,022

Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat in 2009 general elections.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[1]

Constituency numberNameDistrictParty
(as of 2021)
284Dubrajpur (SC)BirbhumBJP
285SuriTMC
289Sainthia (SC)TMC
291RampurhatTMC
292HansanTMC
293NalhatiTMC
294MuraraiTMC

Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2] Rajnagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287), Suri (assembly constituency no. 288), Mahammad Bazar (assembly constituency no. 289), Rampurhat (assembly constituency no. 291), Hansan (SC) (assembly constituency no. 292), Nalhati (assembly constituency no. 293) and Murarai (assembly constituency no. 294).

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party
First1952-57BirbhumKamal Krishna Das[3]
Anil Kumar Chanda
Second1957-62Anil Kumar Chanda[4]
Kamal Krishna Das
Third1962-67Sisir Kumar Das[5]
Fourth1967-71[6]
1971-77Gadadhar Saha[7]
Sixth1977-80[8]
Seventh1980-84[9]
Eighth1984-89[10]
Ninth1989-91Dr. Ram Chandra Dome[11]
Tenth1991-96[12]
Eleventh1996-98[13]
Twelfth1998-99[14]
Thirteenth1999-04[15]
Fourteenth2004-09[16]
Fifteenth2009-14Satabdi Roy[17]
Sixteenth2014-19[18]
Seventeenth2019-24
Seventeenth2024-incumbent

.* In 1951 and 1957, Birbhum had dual seats.

Election results

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951 and 1957 Birbhum had dual seats. It had single seats in other years, Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951503,41033.04Arun Kumar Chanda23.19Congress
Kamal Krishna Das21.80CongressNitya Narayan Bandopadhyay17.94Hindu Mahasabha
1957737,91342.85Kamal Krishna Das32.49Congress
Anil Kumar Chanda26.80CongressManmatha Nath Das22.91Hindu Mahasabha
1962180,91638.28Sisir Kumar Saha43.15CongressMrityunjay Manadal24.40Forward Bloc
1967242,68652.04S.K.Saha36.27CongressG.Bauri22.31Forward Bloc
1971215,72043.86Gadadhar Saha39.59CPI(M)Kanai Saha35.47Congress
1977288.12052.08Gadadhar Saha49.00CPI(M)Birendaban Saha38.04INC
1980441,81067.18Gadadhar Saha51.91CPI(M)Badal Chandra Bagdi42.48INC(I)
1984563,39074.98Gadadhar Saha50.32CPI(M)Badal Bagdi47.88INC
1989692,22076.28Dr. Ram Chandra Dome50.88CPI(M)Badal Bagdi41.77INC
1991692,51075.21Dr. Ram Chandra Dome49.71CPI(M)Subhendu Mondal25.47INC
1996827,37083.18Dr. Ram Chandra Dome50.35CPI(M)Mamata Saha36.48INC
1998789,91076.83Dr. Ram Chandra Dome69.07CPI(M)Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury28.23BJP
1999734,17070.33Dr. Ram Chandra Dome51.65CPI(M)Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury29.93BJP
2004724, 09070.31Dr. Ram Chandra Dome51.42CPI(M)Gopal Chadra Das24.95INC

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  2. 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 .
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 8 October 2014 .
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  11. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  13. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  14. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  15. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  16. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  17. Web site: General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf . 11 August 2014 .
  18. Web site: General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 19 June 2016 .

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