Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Jangipur
Established:1967-present
Reservation:None
Electors:1,391,656[1]

Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. All the seven assembly segments of No.9 Jangipur 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. 9 Jangipur is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
57SutiMurshidabadEmani Biswas
58JangipurJakir Hossain
59RaghunathganjAkhruzzaman
60SagardighiBayron BiswasSwitched from INC to TMC. Won bypoll in February 2023 necessitated after death of Subrata Saha[3]
61LalgolaAli Mohammad
65Nabagram (SC)Kanai Chandra Mondal
66Khargram (SC)Ashis Marjit

In 2004 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4] Farakka (assembly constituency no. 50), Aurangabad (assembly constituency no. 51), Suti (assembly constituency no. 52), Sagardighi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 53), Jangipur (assembly constituency no. 54), Nabagram (assembly constituency no. 57), Khargram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 66)

Members of Parliament

YearName[5] Party
1967Lutfal Haque
1971
1977Sasanka Sekhar Sanyal
1980Zainal Abedin
1984
1989
1991
1996Mohammad Idris Ali
1998Abul Hasnat Khan
1999
2004Pranab Mukherjee
2009
2012^Abhijit Mukherjee
2014
2019Khalilur Rahaman
2024
^ denotes by-elections

Election results

General elections 1967-2004

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1967Lutfal HaqueIndian National CongressJ.GuptaIndependent[6]
1972Lutfal HaqueIndian National CongressBarun RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1977 Sasankasekher SanyalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Lutfal HaqueIndian National Congress[8]
1980Zainal AbedinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Lutfal HaqueIndian National Congress (I)[9]
1984Zainal AbedinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Md. SohrabIndian National Congress[10]
1989Zainal AbedinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Md. SohrabIndian National Congress[11]
1991Zainal AbedinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Mannan HossainIndian National Congress[12]
1996Mohammad Idris AliIndian National CongressZainal AbedinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1998Abul Hasnat KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Abu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress[14]
1999Abul Hasnat KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Mainul HaqueIndian National Congress[15]
2004Pranab MukherjeeIndian National CongressAbul Hasnat KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]

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: 2022-12-29 . Bengal minister Subrata Saha dies of cardiac arrest . 2023-02-17 . Deccan Herald . en.
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: Jangipur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name . www.elections.in.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203524/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf . 4 April 2014 . 23 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf . 4 April 2014 . 23 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission.
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  10. 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 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  11. 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 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  13. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  14. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  15. 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 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  16. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.