Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1951-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Dinesh Trivedi |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,287,222[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Amdanga Bijpur Naihati Bhatpara Jagatdal Noapara Barrackpur |
Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal. All of the seven assembly segments of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district.
Overview
The Barrackpore constituency stretching from the north western edges of Kolkata metropolis in to the North 24-Parganas district is an industrial area with a difference - “the eastern bank of the Hooghly here, from Barrackpore to Shyamnagar, is an expanse of chimneys that pierce the sky like a cardiogram…Smoke billows from only one or two of them. The Empire Jute Mill is at work on occasional weeks. Loomtex Cotton is shut. Naihati Jute is shut. Gouripore Jute, shut. The ordnance factories, Ishapore Rifle and Metal & Steel, are coping with dwindling orders for guns and bombs but their workers at least have a modicum of government security. Bengal Enamel and Mahaluxmi Cotton, both in Palta, are forgotten, their land having been sold for apartment blocks. Dunbar Cotton has sold its real estate. Lakkhi Cotton does not exist, private residential high-rises having already been built on its land. To the north, the Kakinada Paper Mill is shut, as is the Meghni Mill. Workers of Barrackpore’s sick industries lead measly lives.” [2]
More than half of the voters are from the working class[2] and around 35% of them are Hindi-speaking.[3]
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 15 Barrackpur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[4]
- Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 102)
- Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 103)
- Naihati (assembly constituency no. 104)
- Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 105)
- Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 106)
- Noapara (assembly constituency no. 107)
- Barrackpur (assembly constituency no. 108)
In 2004, Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]Amdanga (assembly constituency no. 89), Bijpur (assembly constituency no. 128), Naihati (assembly constituency no. 129), Bhatpara (assembly constituency no. 130), Jagatdal (assembly constituency no. 131), Noapara (assembly constituency no. 132), Titagarh (assembly constituency no. 133)
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Barrackpore | Ramananda Das | Indian National Congress [6] |
| Second | 1957-62 | Bimal Kumar Ghosh | Praja Socialist Party [7] | |
| Third | 1962-67 | Renu Chakravartty | Communist Party of India [8] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Md. Ismail | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Md. Ismail | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Mahammad Ismail | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Debi Ghosal | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dinesh Trivedi | Trinamool Congress[20] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Dinesh Trivedi | Trinamool Congress[21] |
Election results
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Dinesh Trivedi | 479,206 | 45.59 | -3.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Subhashini Ali | 272,433 | 25.92 | -16.92 | |
| BJP | Rumesh Kumar Handa | 230,401 | 21.92 | +18.36 | |
| INC | Samrat Topadar | 30,491 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
| BSP | Tapash Sarkar | 5458 | |||
| Independent | Dina Shankar Singh | 5036 | |||
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Omprakash Rajbhar | 4416 | |||
| Independent | Omprakash Shaw | 3555 | |||
| Independent | Girish Chandra Singh | 3132 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Pradip Chaudhuri | 2200 | |||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Sharmistha Choudhury | 2036 | |||
| AAP | Mihir Biswas | 1787 | |||
| LNJSP | Jainal Abudeen Ahmed | 10,979 | 1.04 | --- | |
| Majority | 2,06,773 | 19.67 | +13.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,051,130 | 81.86 | |||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | -3.69 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Dinesh Trivedi | 4,28,699 | 49.28 | ||
| CPI(M) | Tarit Baran Topdar | 3,72,675 | 42.84 | ||
| BJP | Prabhakar Tewari | 30,970 | 3.56 | ||
| BSP | Ashok Sonkar | 9,359 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | Rabi Shankar Paul | 7,111 | |||
| Independent | Binod Kumar Singh | 5,169 | |||
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Subrata Sengupta | 5,071 | |||
| Independent | Dharmendra Singh | 4,720 | |||
| Independent | Dinesh Kumar Sharma | 3,322 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Rout | 2,872 | |||
| Majority | 56,024 | 6.44 | |||
| Turnout | 8,69,968[1] | 80.46 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Tarit Baran Topdar | 4,43,048 | 55.77 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Arjun Singh | 2,77,643 | 34.99 | ||
| INC | Debi Ghosal | 43,687 | 3.56 | ||
| Independent | Subrata Biswas | 9,072 | |||
| BSP | Chapala Majumdar | 6,467 | |||
| BMP | Tarakeshwar Singh | 3,920 | |||
| JMM | Amal Kumar Sen | 3,068 | |||
| Majority | 1,65,600 | 6.44 | |||
| Turnout | 8,69,968[1] | 80.46 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1951 | 159,207 | 43.58 | Ramananda Das | 51.24 | Indian National Congress | Debprasad Ghosh | 18.89 | Bharatiya Jan Sangh |
| 1957 | 241747 | 56.18 | Bimal Coomar Ghose | 54.98 | Praja Socialist Party | Labonya Prova Dutta | 36.35 | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | 404,181 | 68.76 | Renu Chakraborty | 57.56 | Communist Party of India | Ram Dhari Singh | 33.76 | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | 424548 | 70.88 | Md. Ismail | 39.16 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Renu Chakrabarty | 32.90 | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | 522,103 | 68.65 | Md. Ismail | 56.29 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Renu Chakravarty | 39.72 | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | 470,020 | 72.23 | Saugata Roy | 64.60 | INC | Mahammad Ismail | 33.78 | CPI (M) |
| 1980 | 482,46 | 68.94 | Mahammad Ismail | 56.72 | CPI (M) | Debi Ghosal | 34.61 | INC (I) |
| 1984 | 617.10 | 79.30 | Debi Ghosal | 53.52 | INC | Mohammad Amin | 44.64 | CPI (M) |
| 1989 | 733,760 | 78.84 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 50.56 | CPI (M) | Debi Ghosal | 45.41 | INC |
| 1991 | 695,870 | 74.81 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 47.56 | CPI (M) | Debi Ghosal | 38.78 | INC |
| 1996 | 825,300 | 81.53 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 49.54 | CPI (M) | Debi Ghosal | 42.23 | INC |
| 1998 | 846,370 | 82.56 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 46.01 | CPI (M) | Tarun Adhikary | 42.65 | WBTC |
| 1999 | 845,190 | 81.25 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 48.06 | CPI (M) | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 43.15 | AITC |
| 2004 | 794,680 | 81.01 | Tarit Baran Topdar | 55.77 | CPI (M) | Arjun Singh | 34.99 | AITC |
References
- 1 2 3 "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.
- 1 2 "Lock-out Land". The Telegraph, 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee may buy peace with party on Barrackpore seat". The Times of India, 5 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ↑ "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 2010-10-01.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - 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.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - 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, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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- 1 2 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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