Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Existence | 1967-present |
---|---|
Reservation | None |
Current MP | Tapas Paul |
Party | Trinamool Congress |
Elected Year | 2014 |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,476,783[1] |
Assembly Constituencies |
Tehatta Palashipara Kaliganj Nakshipara Chapra Krishnanagar Uttar Nabadwip |
Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Krishnagar Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Nadia district.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 12 Krishnanagar comprises the following segments from 2009:[2]
- Tehatta (assembly constituency no. 78)
- Palashipara (assembly constituency no. 79)
- Kaliganj (assembly constituency no. 80)
- Nakshipara (assembly constituency no. 81)
- Chapra (assembly constituency no. 82)
- Krishnanagar Uttar (assembly constituency no. 83)
- Nabadwip (assembly constituency no. 84)
In 2004, Krishnagar Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Palashipara (assembly constituency no. 70), Nakshipara (assembly constituency no. 71), Kaliganj (assembly constituency no. 72), Chapra (assembly constituency no. 73), Krishnaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 74), Krishnanagar East (assembly constituency no. 75), Krishnanagar West (assembly constituency no. 76)
Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fourth | 1967-71 | Krishnanagar | Haripada Chattopadhyay | Independent[4] |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Renupada Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
Sixth | 1977-80 | Renupada Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Renupada Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Renupada Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | Ajoy Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Ajoy Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Ajoy Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Ajoy Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Satyabrata Mookherjee | Bharatiya Janata Party[13] | |
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Tapas Paul | Trinamool Congress [15] | |
Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Tapas Paul | Trinamool Congress[16] |
Election results
General elections 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | Tapas Paul | 4,38,789 | 35.14 | ||
CPI(M) | Dr. Santanu Jha | 3,67,534 | 29.43 | -
= | |
INC | Razia Ahmed | 74,789 | 5.99 | ||
CPI(ML) Liberation | Subimal Sengupta | 7,777 | |||
SUCI(C) | Kamal Datta | 7,214 | |||
BSP | Harashit Biswas | 6,168 | |||
BMP | Molla Jafforolla | 4,865 | |||
IUML | Ahamed Hossain | 3,749 | |||
NOTA | None of the Above | 7,642 | 0.61 | --- | |
Majority | 71,255 | 5.71 | -1.69 | ||
Turnout | 1,247,914[1] | 84.50 | |||
Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
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 | Tapas Paul | 443,679 | 42.43 | ||
CPI(M) | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 366,293 | 35.03 | ||
BJP | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 175,283 | 16.76 | ||
AUDF | Md. Niamatullah Mollick | 19,313 | |||
CPI(ML) Liberation | Subimal Sengupta | 14,480 | |||
BSP | Debabrata Majumder | 10,733 | |||
MUL | Shahjahan Mallik | 6,592 | |||
SP | Jayasri Chakrabarty | 5,002 | |||
NCP | Sk. Daulat Hossain | 4,336 | |||
Turnout | 1,045,711 | 85.50 | |||
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General elections 1967-2004
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 | ||
1967 | 343,935 | 74.00 | Haridas Chattopadhyay | 47.52 | Independent | C.P.Mukherjee | 37.48 | Congress[4] |
1971 | 312,342 | 62.05 | Renupada Das | 36.96 | CPI(M) | Ila Pal Chaudhuri | 25.55 | Congress[5] |
1977 | 331,370 | 61.96 | Renupada Das | 61.86 | CPI(M) | Shibsankar Bandopadhyay | 33.43 | Congress[6] |
1980 | 515,990 | 79.71 | Renupada Das | 50.81 | CPI(M) | Sankar Das Banerji | 36.74 | Congress[7] |
1984 | 611,950 | 83.74 | Renupada Das | 49.25 | CPI(M) | Sankar Das Banerji | 48.45 | Congress[8] |
1989 | 761,990 | 82.69 | Ajoy Mukherjee | 46.31 | CPI(M) | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya | 44.14 | Congress[9] |
1991 | 764,560 | 82.34 | Ajoy Mukherjee | 43.33 | CPI(M) | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya | 35.37 | Congress[10] |
1996 | 911,620 | 85.2 | Ajoy Mukherjee | 45.94 | CPI(M) | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya | 41.56 | Congress[11] |
1998 | 897,930 | 84.07 | Ajoy Mukherjee | 42.03 | CPI(M) | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 37.44 | BJP[12] |
1999 | 845,490 | 77.96 | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 43.82 | BJP | Dilip Chakraborty | 41.16 | CPI(M)[13] |
2004 | 930,290 | 83.25 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 42.73 | CPI(M) | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 40.54 | BJP[14] |
References
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- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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