Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency

Bishnupur
WB-37
Bishnupur ; WB-37
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Barjora; Onda; Bishnupur; Katulpur; Indas; Sonamukhi; Khandaghosh
Established	1962
Total electors	17,54,268
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Saumitra Khan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Assembly segments

**Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal** - 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

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
253	Barjora	Bankura	Billeswar Sinha	BJP	BJP
254	Onda		Amarnath Shakha
255	Bishnupur		Shukla Chatterjee
256	Katulpur (SC)		Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar
257	Indas (SC)		Nirmal Kumar Dhara		AITC
258	Sonamukhi (SC)		Dibakar Gharami		BJP
259	Khandaghosh (SC)	Purba Bardhaman	Nabin Chandra Bag	AITC	AITC

Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 244), Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 245), Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246), Indpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247), Vishnupur (assembly constituency no. 253), Kotulpur (assembly constituency no. 254) and Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255).

Members of Parliament

Year	Member^[4]
1962	Pashupati Mandal	Indian National Congress
1967	Pashupati Mandal	Indian National Congress
1971	Ajit Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1980
1984
1989	Sukhendu Khan
1991	Sukhendu Khan
1996	Sandhya Bauri
1998
1999
2004	Susmita Bauri
2009	Susmita Bauri
2014	Saumitra Khan	Trinamool Congress
2019		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			44.93%
2019			46.25%
2014			45.51%
2009			51.92%
2004			64.28%
1999			57.89%
1998			56.79%
1996			58.14%
1991			58.57%
1989			59.78%
1984			54.77%
1980			58.27%
1977			67.30%
1971			33.29%
1967			49.12%
1962			52.94%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Bishnupur^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saumitra Khan	680,130	44.93	1.32
	AITC	Sujata Mondal	674,563	44.56	3.81
	CPI(M)	Sital Chandra Kaibartya	105,411	6.96	0.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,132	1.26	0.24
	SUCI(C)	Sadananda Mandal	16,074	1.06	0.27
	BSP	Joydev Dhank	9,079	0.60
	IND	Basudeb Sikari	5,106	0.34
	IND	Narendranath Ray	4,377	0.29
Majority			5,567	0.37	5.13
Turnout			1,513,872	86.30	1.04
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Bishnupur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saumitra Khan	657,019	46.25	32.14
	AITC	Shyamal Santra	578,972	40.75	4.76
	CPI(M)	Sunil Khan	102,615	7.22	26.52
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	17,932	1.26	0.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,436	1.02	0.63
	BMP	Basudeb Sikari	13,545	0.95	0.34
	SUCI(C)	Ajit Kumar Bauri	11,225	0.79	0.41
	IND	Tarani Roy	11,070	0.78
	IND	Sanjit Khan	7,396	0.52
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Jitendra Nath Roy	6,438	0.45
Majority			78,047	5.50	6.27
Turnout			1,421,191	87.34	0.62
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Bishnupur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Saumitra Khan	578,870	45.51	6.46
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	429,185	33.74	18.18
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	179,530	14.11	10.14
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	27,054	2.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	20,928	1.65
	BMP	Joydeb Bauri	7,816	0.61
	IND	Tarani Roy	6,854	0.54
	IND	Dinesh Lohar	6,820	0.54
	SUCI(C)	Sadananda Mandal	4,886	0.38
	BSP	Jagadananda Roy	10,127	0.80	0.03
Majority			149,685	11.77	0.50
Turnout			1,272,070	86.72	1.56
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2009

General Election, 2009: Bishnupur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	541,075	51.92	12.36
	AITC	Seuli Saha	411,709	39.05	15.91
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	41,908	3.97	N/A
	JMM	Tapas Das	21,634	2.02	N/A
	IND	Uma Kanta Bhakat	17,727	1.68	N/A
	IND	Uttam Bouri	11,280	1.07	N/A
	BSP	Manik Bauri	8,816	0.83	0.48
Majority			129,366	12.27	28.87
Turnout			1,054,188	85.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-12.96

2004

General Election, 2004: Bishnupur^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	518,507	64.28	6.39
	AITC	Janardan Saha	186,678	23.14	12.99
	INC	Achintya Majhi	61,793	7.66	4.16
	IND	Sraban Mondal	29,009	3.59
	BSP	Ajoy Bauri	10,637	1.31
Majority			3,31,829	41.14	19.38
Turnout			8,06,624
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sandhya Bauri	483,084	57.89	1.10
	AITC	Adhibas Duley	301,514	36.13	0.15
	INC	Mallika Mandal	29,237	3.50
	JKP(N)	Saha Ajit	17,109	2.05	1.71
	IND	Bahadur Duley	3,558	0.43
Majority			181,570	21.76	1.25
Turnout			846,339	78.96	2.10
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sandhya Bauri	479,727	56.79	1.35
	AITC	Purnima Lohar	306,486	36.28
	JKP(N)	Ajit Saha	31,723	3.76
	JMM	Banshi Badan Dule	25,074	2.97
	IND	Kamal Duley	1,796	0.21
Majority			173,241	20.51	11.64
Turnout			862,530	81.06	3.07
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sandhya Bauri	480,777	58.14	0.43
	INC	Ashis Rajak	214,931	25.99	6.19
	BJP	Pravakar Mondal	79,357	9.60	1.48
	IND	Prasanta Mallik	29,763	3.60
	IND	Aswini Duley	19,037	2.30
	IND	Ranjit Namata	3,100	0.37
Majority			265,846	32.15	5.76
Turnout			851,257	84.13	5.14
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukhendu Khan	422,385	58.57	1.21
	INC	Sadhan Majhi	232,112	32.18	2.02
	BJP	Provakar Mondal	58,555	8.12
	IND	Gadadhar Duley	6,185	0.86
	DDP	Rabindra Nath Bag	1,974	0.27	0.16
Majority			190,273	26.39	0.81
Turnout			738,614	78.99	3.13
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sukhendu Khan	438,322	59.78	5.01
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Mallick	250,733	34.20	7.97
	JKD	Ajit Saha	38,529	5.26
	AMB	Mahadeb Mandal	4,798	0.65
	DDP	Shyamapada Bag	788	0.11
Majority			187,589	25.58	12.98
Turnout			744,882	82.12	1.62
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ajit Kumar Saha	328,580	54.77	3.50
	INC	Gourandra Cha Lohar	252,940	42.17	5.36
	IND	Amulya Ahir	11,259	1.88
	IND	Mondal Mahadeb	3,608	0.60
	IND	Bhagbat Duley	3,488	0.58
Majority			75,640	12.60	8.86
Turnout			613,196	80.50	4.32
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ajit Kumar Saha	299,289	58.27	9.03
	INC(I)	Tulsi Das Mandal	189,089	36.81	5.42
	JKD	Aswini Kumar Malik	12,055	2.35
	JP	Madan Mohan Mallick	9,755	1.90
	JP(S)	Saha Shila	3,432	0.67
Majority			110,200	21.46	14.45
Turnout			527,721	76.18	13.58
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ajit Kumar Saha	244,370	67.30	34.01
	INC	Gour Chandra Lohar	113,996	31.39	1.07
	IND	Pashupati Mondal	4,737	1.30
Majority			130,374	35.91	35.08
Turnout			376,332	62.60	3.46
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ajit Kumar Saha	98,438	33.29	21.52
	INC	Khan Guru Pada	95,978	32.46	16.66
	BAC	Krishna Chandra Duley	42,553	14.39	21.06
	CPI	Indrajit Tangi	40,053	13.54
	INC(O)	Dr. Pashupati Mandal	18,704	6.32
Majority			2,460	0.83	12.84
Turnout			316,885	59.14	1.44
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pashupati Mandal	148,024	49.12	3.82
	BAC	M. M. Mallick	106,834	35.45
	CPI(M)	R. P. Dhibar	35,481	11.77
	ABJS	C. Sahana	10,986	3.65
Majority			41,190	13.67	11.73
Turnout			315,034	60.58	14.95
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Vishnupur (SC)^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pashupati Mandal	108,908	52.94
	CPI	Biswanath Bauri	56,657	27.54
	HM	Bagala Prasad Mondal	35,232	17.13
	IND	Satish Saha Show Mondal	4,921	2.39
Majority			52,251	25.40
Turnout			214,661	45.63
	INC win (new seat)

External links

Bishnupur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Notes

References

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