Sreerampur Lok Sabha constituency[2] (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Sreerampur-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.
| Sreerampur WB-27 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Sreerampur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Jagatballavpur Domjur Uttarpara Sreerampur Champdani Chanditala Jangipara |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,624,038[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (6 times) (33.3%)
- Trinamool Congress (6 times) (33.3%)
- Indian National Congress (4 times) (22.2%)
- Communist Party of India (2 times) (11.1%)
Overview
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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]
Assembly segments
editAs 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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | Howrah | Anupam Ghosh | BJP | AITC | ||
| 184 | Domjur | Tapas Maity | AITC | ||||
| 185 | Uttarpara | Hooghly | Dipanjan Chakraborty | BJP | |||
| 186 | Sreerampur | Bhaskar Bhattacharya | |||||
| 187 | Champdani | Dilip Singh | |||||
| 194 | Chanditala | Swati Khandoker | AITC | ||||
| 195 | Jangipara | Prosenjit Bag | BJP | ||||
Members of Parliament
editMost of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1981^ | Ajit Bag | ||
| 1984 | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pradip Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Akbar Ali Khondkar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Santasri Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2009 | Kalyan Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
editGeneral election 2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 673,970 | 45.65 | ||
| BJP | Kabir Shankar Bose | 4,99,140 | 33.80 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dipsita Dhar | 2,39,160 | 16.20 | ||
| ISF | Shahriar Mullick | 25,677 | 1.74 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 15,034 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 1,74,830 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,476,532 | 76.44 | −2.10 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 637,707 | 45.50 | ||
| BJP | Debjit Sarkar | 539,171 | 38.47 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tirthankar Roy | 152,281 | 10.80 | ||
| INC | Debabrata Biswas | 32,509 | 2.32 | ||
| Majority | 98,536 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,402,259 | 78.54 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 514,933 | 39.90 | −12.78 | |
| CPI(M) | Tirthankar Roy | 362,407 | 28.08 | −11.91 | |
| BJP | Bappi Lahiri | 287,712 | 22.29 | +18.74 | |
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 86,099 | 6.67 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dr. Somnath Ghosh | 6,613 | 0.51 | N/A | |
| BSP | Raju Dey Sarkar | 4,277 | 0.33 | N/A | |
| Indian Unity Centre | Nasiruddin Mir | 4,240 | 0.32 | N/A | |
| WPOI | Manasa Sen | 3,406 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Md. Shahnawaz | 2,698 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Independent | Kailash Naskar | 2,674 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,52,526 | 11.81 | −0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 12,90,433 | 79.46 | +1.97 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | -12.78 | |||
General election 2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kalyan Banerjee | 569,725 | 53.48 | +17.14 | |
| CPI(M) | Santasri Chatterjee | 432,535 | 39.99 | +2.63 | |
| BJP | Debabrata Chowdhury | 38,476 | 3.55 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sekh Soleman | 14,252 | 1.31 | N/A | |
| AIUDF | Pradip Ghosh | 11,803 | 1.09 | N/A | |
| BSP | Rakesh Kumar Gautam | 7,245 | 0.66 | +0.08 | |
| Independent | Amitava Bhattacharya | 3,758 | 0.34 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chiranjit Naskar | 3,648 | 0.33 | N/A | |
| Majority | 137,190 | 12.68 | |||
| Turnout | 10,81,442 | 77.51 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Santasri Chatterjee | 404,082 | 37.36 | ||
| AITC | Akbar Ali Khandoker | 384,395 | 35.54 | ||
| INC | Kesto Mukherjee | 125,020 | 11.56 | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Malik | 9,808 | 0.90 | ||
| BSP | Sabitri Das | 6,370 | 0.58 | ||
| RPI(A) | Dilip Bhattacharya | 5,400 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Avash Munshi | 3,664 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Bidyut Raut | 3,021 | 0.27 | ||
| SP | Indradeo Ray | 2,845 | 0.26 | ||
| JD(S) | Suresh Nayek | 1,640 | 0.15 | ||
| Majority | 19,687 | 1.84 | |||
| Turnout | 10,81,402 | 77.49 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Akbar Ali Khandoker | 411,406 | 45.10 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 384,642 | 39.90 | ||
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 133,155 | 14.60 | ||
| Independent | Goutam Pyne | 1,609 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Harun Rashid Mullick | 1,494 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 27,764 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 9,25,995 | 69.9 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1998
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Akbar Ali Khandoker | 439,269 | 44.70 % | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 394,658 | 40.10 % | ||
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 143,999 | 14.70 % | ||
| Lok Shakti | Ashoke Roy | 4,064 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Gopal Sarkar | 1,252 | 0.10 % | ||
| Majority | 44,611 | 4.5% | |||
| Turnout | 9,98,052 | 76.3% | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1996
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pradip Bhattacharya | 449,205 | 45.30 % | ||
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 443,745 | 44.80 % | ||
| BJP | Debabrata Chowdhary | 60,122 | 6.10 % | ||
| AIIC(T) | Swaraj Gopal Mukherjee | 9,600 | 1.00% | ||
| BSP | Sharad Goutam | 2,673 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Gopal Sarkar | 1,199 | 0.10 % | ||
| Independent | Asit Kumar Mukhopadhyay | 807 | 0.10 % | ||
| Majority | 5,463 | 0.6 % | |||
| Turnout | 9,90,773 | 79.3% | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 1991
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 366,535 | 46.20 % | ||
| INC | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 322,038 | 40.60 % | ||
| BJP | Dwarka Prasad Thirani | 91,289 | 11.50 % | ||
| Independent | Prasantasankar Ghatak | 3,285 | 0.40 % | ||
| Independent | Gautam Banerjee | 2,831 | 0.30 % | ||
| BSP | Samir Kumar Mitra | 2,795 | 0.30 % | ||
| Independent | Milan Mookherjee | 1,491 | 0.20 % | ||
| Independent | Prem Nath Thakur | 1,149 | 0.10 % | ||
| Independent | Deb Kumar Dutta | 1,024 | 0.10 % | ||
| Independent | Indrajit Seal | 801 | 0.10 % | ||
| Majority | 44,497 | 5.5% | |||
| Turnout | 8,10,618 | 72.3% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1989
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | 426,994 | 52.69 % | ||
| INC | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 360,536 | 44.80 % | ||
| BJP | Dwarka Prasad Thirani | 11,530 | 1.40% | ||
| Independent | Kairi Bisarjan | 2,967 | 0.40 % | ||
| Independent | Amar Chowdhury | 1,928 | 0.20 % | ||
| Doordarshi Party | Bharshi Sharma | 1,336 | 0.20 % | ||
| Majority | 66,458 | 8.1% | |||
| Turnout | 8,20,770 | 77.0% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1984
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bimal Kanti Ghosh | 338,152 | 51.50 % | ||
| CPI(M) | Ajit Bag | 307,921 | 46.90 % | ||
| Independent | Amar Chowdhury | 2,960 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent (politician) | Dwarka Thirani | 2,936 | 0.40 % | ||
| Independent | Bisarjan Prasad Koiri | 2,689 | 0.40 % | ||
| Independent | Prem Nath Thakur | 1,906 | 0.30 % | ||
| Majority | 30,231 | 4.5% | |||
| Turnout | 6,71,287 | 76.7% | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
By-election 1981
editA 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ajit Bag | 265,372 | |||
| INC(I) | S.M.Roy | 168,823 | |||
| Independent | A.N.Chowdhury | 2,980 | |||
| Independent | S.C.Mahato | 1,594 | |||
| Majority | 96,549 | 7.25 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1980
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dinen Bhattacharya | 292,993 | 59.90 % | ||
| INC(I) | Gopal Das Nag | 186,886 | 38.20 % | ||
| Independent | Amar Chowdhury | 2,960 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Partha Sarathi Ghosh | 3,076 | 0.60 % | ||
| Independent | Dwarka Prasad Thirani | 2,254 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Brajnandan Prasad | 1,876 | 0.40 % | ||
| Independent | Biswasnath Mondol | 1,769 | 0.40 % | ||
| Majority | 106,107 | 21.2% | |||
| Turnout | 5,01,575 | 64.8% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Srerampur, Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency | Summary Results of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Elections - 2009 in Srerampur". www.electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu. The Hindu, 11 May 2014. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "Serampore (West Bengal)Serampore Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Serampore Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
- ↑ "Unknown Title". results.eci.gov.in.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
