Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bolpur
Bolpur
	Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Asit Kumar Mal
Parliamentary Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1967-present
Reservation	Reserved for SC
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,538,429[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Ketugram; Mangalkot; Ausgram (SC); Bolpur; Nanoor (SC); Labpur; Mayureswar

Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.

Vidhan Sabha 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

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Ketugram (assembly constituency no. 271)
Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 272)
Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 273)
Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 286)
Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287)
Labpur (assembly constituency no. 288)
Mayureswar (assembly constituency no. 290)

Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Fourth	1967-71	Bolpur	A.K.Chanda	Indian National Congress[4]
Fifth	1971-77		Saradish Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) [5]
Sixth	1977-80		Saradish Roy	CPM [6]
Seventh	1980-84		Saradish Roy	CPM
Eighth	1984-85		Saradish Roy (Died in 1985)	CPM
Bye Election, 1985	1985-89		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Ninth	1989-91		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Tenth	1991-96		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM (Communist Party of India - Marxist)
Eleventh	1996-98		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Twelfth	1998-99		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Thirteenth	1999-04		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Fourteenth	2004-09		Somnath Chatterjee	CPM
Fifteenth	2009-14		Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	CPM
Sixteenth	2014-19		Anupam Hazra	All India Trinamool Congress
Seventeenth	2019-incumbent		Asit Kumar Mal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bolpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asit Kumar Mal	6,99,172	47.85	-0.48
	BJP	Ram Prasad Das	5,92,769	40.57	+25.44
	CPI (M)	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	91,964	6.29	-23.95
	INC	Abhijit Saha	30,112	2.06	-1.53
Majority			1,06,403
Turnout			14,61,929	85.74
	AITC hold		Swing

2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
AITC	22	12	43.00	4
BJP	18	16	40.00	23
INC	2	2	6.29	4
Left	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bolpur[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Anupam Hazra	630,693	48.33	N/A
	CPI (M)	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	394,584	30.24	-19.66
	BJP	Kamini Mohan Sarkar	197,474	15.13	+8.64
	INC	Tapan Kumar Saha	46,953	3.59	-34.55
	JDP	Sanjib Malik	6,371	0.48	N/A
	BSP	Samiran Das	5,952	0.45	-0.58
	SUCI(C)	Bijoy Dolui	5,410	0.41	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	17,322	1.32	N/A
Majority			236,109	18.09	+6.33
Turnout			1,304,756	84.81	+2.32
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+38.50

2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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 elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Bolpur[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	504,383	49.90
	INC	Asit Kumar Mal	411,501	38.14
	BJP	Arjun Saha	70,084	6.49
	AUDF	Adara Bauri	21,325	1.97
	Independent	Professor Bijay Dalui	14,581	1.35
	Independent	Nihar Hazra	11,798	1.09
	BSP	Vidyasagar Mete	11,139	1.03
Majority			92,882	11.76
Turnout			1,078,811	82.49
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Bolpur[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	504,836	65.80
	AITC	Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji	194,531	25.30
	INC	Dhananjoy Saha	48,756	6.49
	Independent	Budhen Soren	9,860	1.30
	Independent	Bhabotosh Mandal	6,561	0.09
	Independent	Bijoy Dolui	5,515	0.07
Majority			310,305	40.40
Turnout			7,67,695	74.2
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General elections 1999

General Election, 1999: Bolpur[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	464,199	59.36
	AITC	Suniti Chattaraj	277,810	35.53
	INC	Dr. Sushil Banerjee	37,093	4.74
	JP	Nazma	2,852	0.36
Majority			186,389	23.50
Turnout			7,81,954	76.43
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General elections 1998

General Election, 1998: Bolpur[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	470,645	59.55
	AITC	Gour Hari Chanda	219,553	27.78
	INC	Suniti Chattaraj	110,091	12.67
Majority			251,092	31.30
Turnout			7,81,954	78.55
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Bolpur[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	471,549	58.80
	INC	Sunil Das	217,903	27.20
	BJP	Tara Prosanna Sinha	76,548	9.50
	Independent	Modassar Hossain	8,670	1.10
	Independent	Md. Sadakas	1,987	0.20
	Independent	Maharaj Mistry	1,482	0.20
	Independent	Abu Taher Mirza	669	0.10
Majority			253,646	31.6
Turnout			8,02,298	82.1
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Bolpur[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	394,496	55.30
	INC	Jivan Mukhopadhyay	167,872	23.50
	BJP	Tara Prosanna Sinha	117,394	16.40
	Independent	Aloke Mukherjee	7,577	1.10
	BSP	Sailendranath Majumder	2,654	0.40
	Jharkhand Party	Shyamali Ghosh	2,392	0.30
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Mitra	2,149	0.10
	Doordarshi Party	Maharaj Mistry	920	0.10
	Independent	Manohar Murmu	615	0.10
	Independent	Abu taher Mirza	428	0.10
Majority			226,624	31.7
Turnout			7,13,844	77.2
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989: Bolpur[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	421,483	59.30
	INC	Sachindranath Sahu	257,890	36.30
	Independent	Modassar Hossain	8,164	1.10
	JP(S)	Mahonmbd Saddu Kas	5,045	0.70
	Independent	Rabindranath Ghosh	2,587	0.40
	Independent	Abu Taher Mirza	1,437	0.20
	Independent	Sanat Kumar Datta	1,027	0.10
Majority			163,593	23.0
Turnout			7,11,128	79.2
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

1984 Election

Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 317,749 votes
Nihar Dutta (Congress) : 256,818

By-election 1985

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.

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Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1985: Bolpur constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Somnath Chatterjee	339,078
	INC	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	240,079
	Independent	K.K Roy	10,087
	Independent	M.Hossain	4,182
	Independent	N.C.Mandal	2,245
Majority			98,999	7.92	+6.12
Turnout			5,95,671	62.82	-14.07
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

1980 Election

Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 264,798 votes [15]
Pranab mukherjee (Cong-Indira) : 196,169

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	259,965	53.75	A.K.Chanda	52.73	Congress	Saradish Roy	47.27	CPI(M)[4]
1971	270,782	52.77	Saradish Roy	45.39	CPI(M)	Phulrenu Guha	31.01	Congress[5]
1977	255,130	48.36	Saradish Roy	50.19	CPI(M)	Durga Banerjee	36.20	CPI[16]
1980	493,810	74.04	Saradish Roy	54.97	CPI(M)	Pranab Mukherjee	40.72	INC(I)[17]
1984	589,190	78.26	Saradish Roy	55.09	CPI(M)	Nihar Dutta	44.53	INC[18]
Bye Polls 1985			Somnath Chatterjee		CPI(M)	Siddhartha Shankar Ray		CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279>
1989	711,130	79.20	Somnath Chatterjee	60.42	CPI(M)	Sachidanandan Sau	36.97	INC[14]
1991	713,840	77.17	Somnath Chatterjee	56.64	CPI(M)	Jivan Mukhopadhyay	24.10	Independent[13]
1996	802,300	82.10	Somnath Chatterjee	60.55	CPI(M)	Sunil Das	27.98	INC[12]
1998	803,380	78.55	Somnath Chatterjee	59.55	CPI(M)	Gour Hari Chandra	27.78	WBTC[11]
1999	792.87	76.43	Somnath Chatterjee	59.36	CPI(M)	Suniti Chattaraj	35.53	AITC[10]
2004	770.12	74.41	Somnath Chatterjee	65.56	CPI(M)	Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji	25.26	AITC[9]

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