Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

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. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes till 2004, but was declared a free seat from 2009 general elections.

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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]

Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Election results

General Election, 2009: Birbhum [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Satabdi Roy 486,553
CPI(M) Braja Mukherjee 425,034
BJP Tapas Mukherjee 47,068
Samajwadi Party Asgar Ali 17,177
BSP Radheshyam Singh 13,388
JMM Shib Ratan Sharma 1,591
Turnout 1,017,493

Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1971 270,782 52.77 Gadadhar Saha 39.59 CPI(M) Kanai Saha 35.47 INC
1977[4] 288.120 52.08 Gadadhar Saha 49.00 CPI(M) Birendaban Saha 38.04 INC
1980 441,810 67.18 Gadadhar Saha 51.91 CPI(M) Badal Chandra Bagdi 42.48 INC(I)
1984 563,390 74.98 Gadadhar Saha 50.32 CPI(M) Badal Bagdi 47.88 INC
1989 692,220 76.28 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 50.88 CPI(M) Badal Bagdi 41.77 INC
1991 692,510 75.21 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 49.71 CPI(M) Subhendu Mondal 25.47 INC
1996 827,370 83.18 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 50.35 CPI(M) Mamata Saha 36.48 INC
1998 789,910 76.83 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 69.07 CPI(M) Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 28.23 BJP
1999 734,170 70.33 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 51.65 CPI(M) Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury 29.93 BJP
2004 724, 090 70.31 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 51.42 CPI(M) Gopal Chadra Das 24.95 INC

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Election 2009 Birbhum". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/birbhum.html. Retrieved 2009-05-20. 
  4. ^ "42 – Birbhum Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp42.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

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