Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.

Contents

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. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

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

Election results

General Election, 2009: Bolpur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Doctor Ram Chandra Dome 538,383
Congress Asit Kumar Mal 411,501
BJP Arjun Saha 70,084
AUDF Adara Bauri 21,325
Independent Professor Bijay Dalui 14,581
Independent Nihar Hazra 11,798
BSP Vidyasagar Mete 11,139
Turnout 1,078,811

Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1977[4] 255,130 48.36 Saradish Roy 50.19 CPI(M) Durga Banerjee 36.20 CPI
1980 493,810 74.04 Saradish Roy 54.97 CPI(M) Pranab Mukherjee 40.72 INC(I)
1984 589,190 78.26 Saradish Roy 55.09 CPI(M) NiharDutta 44.53 INC
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 Ind
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

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 Bolpur". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/bolpur.html. Retrieved 2009-05-20. 
  4. ^ "41 – Bolpur Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp41.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal
Before Delimitation
After Delimitation