Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Krishnagar Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কৃষ্ণনগর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India.

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Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 12 Krishnanagar comprises the following segments from 2009:[1]

In 2004, Krishnagar Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Election results

General Election, 2009: Krishnanagar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Tapas Paul 443,679
CPI(M) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 366,293
BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee 175,283
AUDF Md. Niamatullah Mollick 19,313
CPI(ML)(L) Subimal Sengupta 14,480
BSP Debabrata Majumder 10,733
MUL Shahjahan Mallik 6,592
Samajwadi Party Jayasri Chakrabarty 5,002
NCP Sk. Daulat Hossain 4,336
Turnout 1,04,077
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing

Results prior to 2009

Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:

1967-1971

The winners are shown below. [4]

Year Winner Party
1967 Renupada Das CPI(M)
1971 Haripada Chattopadhyay Independent

1977-2004

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1977[5] 331,370 61.96 Renupada Das 61.86 CPI(M) Shibsankar Bandopadhyay 33.43 Congress
1980 515,990 79.71 Renupada Das 50.81 CPI(M) Sankar Das Banerji 36.74 Congress
1984 611,950 83.74 Renupada Das 49.25 CPI(M) Sankar Das Banerji 48.45 Congress
1989 761,990 82.69 Ajoy Mukherjee 46.31 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 44.14 Congress
1991 764,560 82.34 Ajoy Mukherjee 43.33 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 35.37 Congress
1996 911,620 85.2 Ajoy Mukherjee 45.94 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 41.56 Congress
1998 897,930 84.07 Ajoy Mukherjee 42.03 CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 37.44 BJP
1999 845,490 77.96 Satyabrata Mookherjee 43.82 BJP Dilip Chakraborty 41.16 CPI(M)
2004 930,290 83.25 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 42.73 CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 40.54 BJP

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 Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-25. 
  4. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  5. ^ "11 - Krishnanagar Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp11.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal
Before Delimitation
After Delimitation
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