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Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency

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Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes.

Arambagh
WB-29
Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly & Pashim Medinipur
Assembly constituenciesHaripal
Tarakeswar
Pursurah
Arambag
Goghat
Khanakul
Chandrakona
Established1967
Total electors1,600,293[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Most Successful parties from Arambagh Sabha

  Communist Party of India (10times) (66.66%)
  All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (20%)
  All India Forward Bloc (1 time) (6.66%)
  "'Janata Party"' (1 time) (6.66%)

Overview

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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

In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.[2]

Assembly segments

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As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]

Constituency number Name District Party 2024 Lead
196 Haripal Hooghly TMC TMC
198 Tarakeswar TMC TMC
199 Pursurah BJP BJP
200 Arambagh (SC) BJP TMC
201 Goghat (SC) BJP BJP
202 Khanakul BJP BJP
232 Chandrakona (SC) Paschim Medinipur TMC TMC

Prior to delimitation, Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4] Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)

Members of Parliament

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Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Arambagh Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc[5]
Fifth 1971-77 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[6]
Sixth 1977-80 Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party[7]
Seventh 1980-84 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India[8]
Eighth 1984-89 Anil Basu[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sakti Mohan Malik[16]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth 2019-24
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent Mitali Bag[18]

Election results

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General election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Arambagh[19][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mitali Bag 712,587 45.71  1.57
BJP Arup Kanti Digar 706,188 45.30  1.24
CPI(M) Biplab Kumar Moitra 92,502 5.93  0.90
NOTA None of the above 18,031 1.16  0.23
Majority 6,399
Turnout 1,559,079 82.62
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar 649,929 44.14 −10.79
BJP Tapan Kumar Roy 648,787 44.06 +32.45
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 100,520 6.83 −22.68
INC Jyoti Kumari Das 25,128 1.71 −0.33
NOTA None of the above 20,495 1.39
Majority 1,142 0.07 −25.39
Turnout 1,471,981 83.44 −1.67
Registered electors 1,764,726
AITC hold Swing -21.62

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Arambagh[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) 7,48,764 54.94 New
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 4,01,919 29.51 −25.29
BJP Madhusudan Bag 1,58,480 11.63 +6.66
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 27,872 2.04 −34.81
JDP Ganesh Bag 7,062 0.51 −1.35
Majority 3,46,845 25.46 +8.14
Turnout 13,61,934 85.11 +0.53
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +42.64

General election 2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Arambagh[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 6,30,454 54.80 −22.99
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 4,28,696 36.85 +29.76
BJP Murari Bera 57,903 4.97 −10.78
BSP Parimal Biswas 24,762 2.12 N/A
JDP Subir Kumar Majhi 21,722 1.86 N/A
Majority 2,01,558 17.32 −44.09
Turnout 11,63,337 84.58 +3.34
CPI(M) hold Swing -22.99

General elections 1967-2009

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1967 Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc Sachin Choudhury Indian National Congress[5]
1971 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santi Mohan Ray Indian National Congress[6]
1977 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[7]
1980 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party[8]
1984 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gopal Das Nag Indian National Congress[9]
1989 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[10]
1991 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[11]
1996 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monoranjan Hazra Indian National Congress[12]
1998 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
1999 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[14]
2004 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Swapan Kumar Nandi Bharatiya Janata Party[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin". The Times of India, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  18. ^ a b "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 – Parliamentary Constituency 29 - Arambagh (West Bengal)". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Arambagh constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
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