Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Encyclopedia
Barasat is one of the 543 parliamentary
constituencies in India
. The constituency centres on Barasat
in West Bengal
.
segments from 2009:
In 2004, Barasat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly
segments:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies in India
India
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. The constituency centres on Barasat
Barasat
Barasat is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction...
in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following assemblyVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
segments from 2009:
- HabraHabra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Habra is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 100) - AshoknagarAshoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Ashoknagar is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 101) - Rajarhat New TownRajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Rajarhat New Town is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one constituency, Rajarhat , covering the area...
(assembly constituency no. 115) - BidhannagarBidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)-References:...
(assembly constituency no. 116) - MadhyamgramMadhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Madhyamgram is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 118) - BarasatBarasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency).# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.-1977-2006:In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years...
(assembly constituency no. 119) - DegangaDeganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Deganga is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 120)
In 2004, Barasat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
segments:
- Bagadaha (SC) (assembly constituency no. 84)
- BangaonBangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Bangaon Dakshin is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar and Bangaon Dakshin . The seat is reserved for scheduled castes...
(assembly constituency no. 85) - GaighataGaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Gaighata is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Gaighata seat was an open seat up to 2011.-Extent:...
(assembly constituency no. 86) - HabraHabra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Habra is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 87) - AshoknagarAshoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Ashoknagar is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 88) - BarasatBarasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency).# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.-1977-2006:In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years...
(assembly constituency no. 90) - DegangaDeganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Deganga is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 92)
Election results
1957-1971
The winners are shown below.| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Arun Chandra Guha | Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
| 1962 | Arun Chandra Guha | Congress |
| 1967 | Ranendranath Sen | CPI Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
| 1971 | Ranendranath Sen | CPI Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
1977-2004
| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1977 | 372,420 | 61.05 | Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
56.15 | FBL All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India... |
Ranen Sen | 24.23 | CPI Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
| 1980 | 571,760 | 75.33 | Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
53.03 | FBL | Harasit Ghosh | 36.30 | INC(I) |
| 1984 | 703,870 | 83-83 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 49.46 | INC Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
47.64 | FBL |
| 1989 | 898,100 | 85.87 | Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
50.52 | FBL | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 44.38 | INC |
| 1991 | 893, 570 | 83.11 | Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
43.60 | FBL | Ashok Krishna Dutt | 35.84 | INC |
| 1996 | 1,072,010 | 86.33 | Chitta Basu Chitta Basu Chitta Basu was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He was born in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh, in 1926. In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they... |
46.24 | FBL | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 42.86 | INC |
| 1998 | 1,070,950 | 84.10 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 47.13 | WBTC | Chitra Ghosh | 40.83 | FBL |
| 1999 | 1,043,590 | 80.88 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 50.28 | AITC All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition... |
Saral Deb | 40.88 | FBL |
| 2004 | 1,153,580 | 83.11 | Subrata Bose Subrata Bose Subrata Bose was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Barasat constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the All India Forward Bloc political party.-External links:*... |
45.13 | AIFB All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India... |
Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 44.07 | AITC |
See also
- BarasatBarasatBarasat is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction...
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