Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Mathurapur
State:West Bengal
Established:1962–Present
Reservation:SC
Assembly Cons:Patharpratima
Kakdwip
Sagar
Kulpi
Raidighi
Mandirbazar
Magrahat Paschim
Mp:Bapi Halder
Party:Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2024
Electors:1,649,953[1]

Mathurapur is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 20 Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Legislative Assembly Segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:[2]

Constituency numberNameDistrictPartyMLA
130PatharpratimaSouth 24 ParganasTMCSamir Kumar Jana
131KakdwipTMCManturam Pakhira
132SagarTMCBankim Chandra Hazra
133KulpiTMCJogaranjan Halder
134RaidighiTMCAloke Jaldata
135Mandirbazar (SC)TMCJoydeb Halder
142Magrahat PaschimTMCGiasuddin Molla

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Third1962-1967MathurapurPurnendu Sekhar Naskar[3]
Fourth1967-1971Kansari Halder[4]
1971-1977Madhurjya Haldar[5]
Sixth1977-1980Mukunda Ram Mandal[6]
Seventh1980-1984Mukunda Ram Mandal[7]
Eighth1984-1989Manoranjan Halder[8]
Ninth1989-1991[9]
Tenth1991-1996Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[10]
Eleventh1996-1998Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[11]
Twelfth1998-1999Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[12]
Thirteenth1999-2004Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[13]
Fourteenth2004-2009Basudeb Barman[14]
Fifteenth2009-2014Choudhury Mohan Jatua[15]
Sixteenth2014-2019Choudhury Mohan Jatua[16]
Seventeenth2019-2024Choudhury Mohan Jatua
Eighteenth2024-IncumbentBapi Halder

Election Results

General Election 2024

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General Election 2009

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General Elections 1962-2004

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1962Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National CongressKansari HalderCommunist Party of India
1967Kansari HalderCommunist Party of IndiaPurnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress
1972Madhurjya HaldarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Bimalendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress
1977Mukundaram MandalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress
1980Mukundaram MandalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Bimlendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress
1984Manoranjan HalderIndian National CongressNirmal SinhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1989Radhika Ranjan PramanickCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Manoranjan HalderIndian National Congress
1991Radhika Ranjan PramanickCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Manoranjan HalderIndian National Congress
1996Radhika Ranjan PramanickCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sujit PatwariIndian National Congress
1998Radhika Ranjan PramanickCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jogaranjan HalderAll India Trinamool Congress
1999Radhika Ranjan PramanickCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Gobinda Chandra NaskarAll India Trinamool Congress
2004Basudeb BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Radhika Ranjan PramanickAll India Trinamool Congress

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm . 2 July 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: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 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 .
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  6. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  7. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  11. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  13. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 25 May 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 .
  14. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  15. Web site: General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  16. Web site: General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 21 June 2016 .