| Type: | LS |
| Bolpur | |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Reservation: | SC |
| Electors: | 18,39,234 |
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.
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]
| Constituency number | Name | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | Ketugram | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 272 | Mangalkot | TMC | |
| 273 | Ausgram (SC) | TMC | |
| 286 | Bolpur | Birbhum | TMC |
| 287 | Nanoor (SC) | TMC | |
| 288 | Labpur | TMC | |
| 290 | Mayureswar | TMC |
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)
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Bolpur | A.K.Chanda | [3] | |
| 1971-77 | Saradish Roy | [4] [5] | |||
| Sixth | 1977-80 | ||||
| Seventh | 1980-84 | ||||
| Eighth | 1984-85 | ||||
| Bye Election, 1985 | 1985-89 | Somnath Chatterjee | |||
| Ninth | 1989-91 | ||||
| Tenth | 1991-96 | ||||
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | ||||
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | ||||
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | ||||
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | ||||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | |||
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Anupam Hazra | |||
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Asit Kumar Mal | |||
| Seventeenth | 2024-Incumbent | ||||
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.
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) | |
| 1971 | 270,782 | 52.77 | Saradish Roy | 45.39 | CPI(M) | Phulrenu Guha | 31.01 | Congress | |
| 1977 | 255,130 | 48.36 | Saradish Roy | 50.19 | CPI(M) | Durga Banerjee | 36.20 | CPI[7] | |
| 1980 | 493,810 | 74.04 | Saradish Roy | 54.97 | CPI(M) | Pranab Mukherjee | 40.72 | INC(I)[8] | |
| 1984 | 589,190 | 78.26 | Saradish Roy | 55.09 | CPI(M) | Nihar Dutta | 44.53 | INC[9] | |
| Bye Polls 1985 | Somnath Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | CPI(M) | |||||
| 1989 | 711,130 | 79.20 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.42 | CPI(M) | Sachidanandan Sau | 36.97 | INC | |
| 1991 | 713,840 | 77.17 | Somnath Chatterjee | 56.64 | CPI(M) | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | 24.10 | Independent | |
| 1996 | 802,300 | 82.10 | Somnath Chatterjee | 60.55 | CPI(M) | Sunil Das | 27.98 | INC | |
| 1998 | 803,380 | 78.55 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.55 | CPI(M) | Gour Hari Chandra | 27.78 | WBTC | |
| 1999 | 792.87 | 76.43 | Somnath Chatterjee | 59.36 | CPI(M) | Suniti Chattaraj | 35.53 | AITC | |
| 2004 | 770.12 | 74.41 | Somnath Chatterjee | 65.56 | CPI(M) | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 25.26 | AITC |