Serampore Lok Sabha constituency

Serampore[2] (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Serampore-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district.

Serampore
WB-27
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Srerampur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesJagatballavpur
Domjur
Uttarpara
Serampore
Champdani
Chanditala
Jangipara
Established1951
Total electors1,624,038[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2019

Overview edit

1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency.

According to The Hindu, Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[3]

Vidhan Sabha segments edit

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments:[4]

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)District
183JagatballavpurNoneHowrah
184DomjurNoneHowrah
185UttarparaNoneHooghly
186SeramporeNoneHooghly
187ChampdaniNoneHooghly
194ChanditalaNoneHooghly
195JangiparaNoneHooghly

Prior to delimitation Serampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]Jagatballavpur (assembly constituency no. 167), Panchla (assembly constituency no. 168), Jangipara (assembly constituency no. 177), Chanditala (assembly constituency no. 178), Uttarpara (assembly constituency no. 179), Sreerampur(assembly constituency no. 180), Champdani (assembly constituency no. 181)

Members of Parliament edit

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Tushar Kanti ChattopadhyayaCommunist Party of IndiaSachindra ChaudhuriIndian National Congress[6]
1957Jitendra Nath LahiriIndian National CongressTushar Kanti ChattopadhyayaCommunist Party of India[7]
1962Dinendra Nath BhattacharyaCommunist Party of IndiaJitendra Nath LahiriIndian National Congress[8]
1967Bimal Kanti GhoshIndian National CongressDinendra Nath BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1971Dinendra Nath BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jadu Gopal SenCommunist Party of India[10][11]
1977
1980Gopal Das NagIndian National Congress[12]
1981-byAjit BagCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Bimal Kanti Ghosh
1984Bimal Kanti GhoshIndian National CongressAjit BagCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1989Sudarsan Roy ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Bimal Kanti GhoshIndian National Congress[14][15]
1991
1996Pradip BhattacharyaIndian National CongressSudarsan Roy ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16][17][18]
1998Akbar Ali KhondkarTrinamool Congress
1999
2004Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Akbar Ali KhandokerTrinamool Congress[19]
2009Kalyan BanerjeeTrinamool CongressSantasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2014Tirthankar Roy
2019Debjit SarkarBharatiya Janata Party

Election results edit

General election 2024 edit

2024 Indian general election: Serampore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Dipsita Dhar
AITCKalyan Banerjee
BJPKabir Shankar Bose
NOTANone of the above
Majority
Turnout76.44
Void election resultSwing


General election 2019 edit

2019 Indian general election: Serampore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCKalyan Banerjee 637,707 45.50 +5.6
BJPDebjit Sarkar539,17138.47+16.08
CPI(M)Tirthankar Roy152,28110.8-17.22
INCDebabrata Biswas32,5092.32-4.35
Majority98,536
Turnout1,402,25978.54
AITC holdSwing

General election 2014 edit

2014 Indian general elections: Srerampur[20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCKalyan Banerjee514,93339.90-12.78
CPI(M)Tirthankar Roy362,40728.08-11.91
BJPBappi Lahiri287,71222.29+18.74
INCAbdul Mannan86,0996.67N/A
IndependentDr. Somnath Ghosh6,6130.51N/A
BSPRaju Dey Sarkar4,2770.33N/A
Indian Unity CentreNasiruddin Mir4,2400.32N/A
WPOIManasa Sen3,4060.26N/A
SUCI(C)Md. Shahnawaz2,6980.20N/A
IndependentKailash Naskar2,6740.20N/A
Majority1,52,52611.81-0.87
Turnout12,90,43379.46+1.97
AITC holdSwing-12.78

General election 2009 edit

General Election, 2009: Srerampur[21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCKalyan Banerjee569,72553.48+17.14
CPI(M)Santasri Chatterjee432,53539.99+2.63
BJPDebabrata Chowdhury38,4763.55N/A
IndependentSekh Soleman14,2521.31N/A
AIUDFPradip Ghosh11,8031.09N/A
BSPRakesh Kumar Gautam7,2450.66+0.08
IndependentAmitava Bhattacharya3,7580.34N/A
IndependentChiranjit Naskar3,6480.33N/A
Majority137,19012.68
Turnout10,81,44277.51
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing

General election 2004 edit

General Election, 2004: Serampore[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Santasri Chatterjee404,08237.36
AITCAkbar Ali Khandoker384,39535.54
INCKesto Mukherjee125,02011.56
IndependentSukumar Malik9,8080.90
BSPSabitri Das6,3700.58
RPI(A)Dilip Bhattacharya5,4000.49
IndependentAvash Munshi3,6640.33
IndependentBidyut Raut3,0210.27
SPIndradeo Ray2,8450.26
JD(S)Suresh Nayek1,6400.15
Majority19,6871.84
Turnout10,81,40277.49
CPI(M) gain from AITCSwing

General election 1999 edit

General Election, 1999: Serampore[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAkbar Ali Khandoker411,40645.10 %
CPI(M)Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury384,64239.90 %
INCPradip Bhattacharya133,15514.60 %
IndependentGoutam Pyne1,6090.20%
IndependentHarun Rashid Mullick1,4940.20 %
Majority27,7645.2%
Turnout9,25,99569.9%
AITC holdSwing

General election 1998 edit

General Election, 1998: Serampore[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Trinamool CongressAkbar Ali Khandoker439,26944.70 %
CPI(M)Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury394,65840.10 %
INCPradip Bhattacharya143,99914.70 %
Lok ShaktiAshoke Roy4,0640.40%
IndependentGopal Sarkar1,2520.10 %
Majority44,6114.5%
Turnout9,98,05276.3%
Trinamool Congress gain from INCSwing

General election 1996 edit

General Election, 1996: Serampore[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCPradip Bhattacharya449,20545.30 %
CPI(M)Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury443,74544.80 %
BJPDebabrata Chowdhary60,1226.10 %
AIIC(T)Swaraj Gopal Mukherjee9,6001.00%
BSPSharad Goutam2,6730.30%
IndependentGopal Sarkar1,1990.10 %
IndependentAsit Kumar Mukhopadhyay8070.10 %
Majority5,4630.6 %
Turnout9,90,77379.3%
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing

General election 1991 edit

General Election, 1991: Serampore[15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury366,53546.20 %
INCBimal Kanti Ghosh322,03840.60 %
BJPDwarka Prasad Thirani91,28911.50 %
IndependentPrasantasankar Ghatak3,2850.40 %
IndependentGautam Banerjee2,8310.30 %
BSPSamir Kumar Mitra2,7950.30 %
IndependentMilan Mookherjee1,4910.20 %
IndependentPrem Nath Thakur1,1490.10 %
IndependentDeb Kumar Dutta1,0240.10 %
IndependentIndrajit Seal8010.10 %
Majority44,4975.5%
Turnout8,10,61872.3%
CPI(M) holdSwing

General election 1989 edit

General Election, 1989: Serampore[14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury426,99452.69 %
INCBimal Kanti Ghosh360,53644.80 %
BJPDwarka Prasad Thirani11,5301.40%
IndependentKairi Bisarjan2,9670.40 %
IndependentAmar Chowdhury1,9280.20 %
Doordarshi PartyBharshi Sharma1,3360.20 %
Majority66,4588.1%
Turnout8,20,77077.0%
CPI(M) holdSwing

General election 1984 edit

General Election, 1984: Serampore[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCBimal Kanti Ghosh338,15251.50 %
CPI(M)Ajit Bag307,92146.90 %
IndependentAmar Chowdhury2,9600.40%
Independent (politician)Dwarka Thirani2,9360.40 %
IndependentBisarjan Prasad Koiri2,6890.40 %
IndependentPrem Nath Thakur1,9060.30 %
Majority30,2314.5%
Turnout6,71,28776.7%
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing

By-election 1981 edit

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1981 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Dinen Bhattacharya.In the by-election, Ajit Bag of CPIM defeated his nearest rival S.M Roy of Congress by 96,549 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1981: Serampore constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Ajit Bag265,372
INC(I)S.M.Roy168,823
IndependentA.N.Chowdhury2,980
IndependentS.C.Mahato1,594
Majority96,5497.25
Turnout
CPI(M) holdSwing

General election 1980 edit

General Election, 1980: Serampore[12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Dinen Bhattacharya292,99359.90 %
INC(I)Gopal Das Nag186,88638.20 %
IndependentAmar Chowdhury2,9600.40%
IndependentPartha Sarathi Ghosh3,0760.60 %
IndependentDwarka Prasad Thirani2,2540.40%
IndependentBrajnandan Prasad1,8760.40 %
IndependentBiswasnath Mondol1,7690.40 %
Majority106,10721.2%
Turnout5,01,57564.8%
CPI(M) holdSwing

See also edit

References edit

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