Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on the north-western part of Calcutta in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009.[1]

Calcutta North West
Former Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
Established	1951
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Assembly Constituencies	As of 2004: Cossipur Shyampukur Jorabagan Jorasanko Bara Bazar Bowbazar Taltola (SC)

Assembly segments

In 2004, Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

• Cossipur (assembly constituency no. 140)
• Shyampukur (assembly constituency no. 141)
• Jorabagan (assembly constituency no. 142)
• Jorasanko (assembly constituency no. 143)
• Bara Bazar (assembly constituency no. 144)
• Bowbazar (assembly constituency no. 145)
• Taltola (SC) (assembly constituency no. 154)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1952	Dr Meghnad Saha	Revolutionary Socialist Party
	1957	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1962	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1967	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1971	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1977	Bijoy Singh Nahar	Bharatiya Lok Dal
	1980	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1984	Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress
	1989	Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress
	1991	Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress
	1996	Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress
	1998	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	West Bengal Trinamool Congress
	1999	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress
	2004	Sudhangshu Seal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Calcutta North West	Meghnad Saha	Revolutionary Socialist Party[3]
Second	1957-62		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[4]
Third	1962-67		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress [5]
Fourth	1967-71		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[6]
Fifth	1971-77		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[7]
Sixth	1977-80		Bijoy Singh Nahar	Bharatiya Lok Dal[8]
Seventh	1980-84		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[9]
Eighth	1984-89		Ashoke Kumar Sen	Indian National Congress[10]
Ninth	1989-91		Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress [11]
Tenth	1991-96		Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress[12]
Eleventh	1996-98		Debi Prasad Pal	Indian National Congress[13]
Twelfth	1998-99		Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress[15]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Sudhangshu Seal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Sudhangshu Seal	181,772	44.20
	AITC	Subrata Mukherjee	138,768	39.09
	INC	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	91,952	28.05
	Independent	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	3,450
	Independent	Prof. Vijay Kumar Arora	2,666
	Independent	Sudhir kr. Bishram	2,201
	Independent	Ashim Das	2,172
	BSP	Rizwan Ahmad Siddiqui	2,127
	Independent	Subrata Banerjee	1,185
	Independent	Biplab Mukherjee	1,079
	Independent	Ramendra Pandey	969
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Saha	697
	Independent	Lok Nath Saraff	640
	Independent	Kamalesh Ojha	439
Margin of victory			43,004
Turnout			3,60,117
	CPI (M) gain from Trinamool Congress		Swing

 Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	21.40
Indian National Congress	6	3	14.56
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	0	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	38.57
Communist Party of India	3	1	4.01
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	4.48
All India Forward Bloc	3	1	3.66
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	2	8.06

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	206,684	46.60
	CPI (M)	Rajdeo Goala	112,514	25.37
	INC	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	106,430	24.00
	Independent	Sasanka Saha	3,888	0.88
	JD(S)	Masarrat Begum	3,076	0.69
	RJD	Asiruddin	2,602	0.59
	Independent	Purna Chandra Ghosh	1,914	0.43
	BSP	Narayan Saha	1,857	0.42
	Independent	Pradyut Saha	1,173	0.26
	Independent	Indranil Kumar	1,141	0.26
	JP	Parimal Biswas	1,017	0.23
	Independent	Imtiaz Alam (Fahim)	626	0.14
	Independent	Bihari Lal Thalia	564	0.13
Margin of victory			94,170
Turnout			4,62,269	67.47
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Trinamool Congress	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	226,832	49.07
	CPI (M)	Sarla Maheshwari	153,349	33.17
	INC	Dr. Debi Prasad Pal	75,047	16.23
	SHS	Kana Ram	1,421	0.31
	JD(S)	Ramen Pandey	1,393	0.30
	RJD	Abdul Samad Sardar	845	0.18
	Independent	Ashoke Dutta	777	0.17
	BSP	Gholam Mohammed	698	0.15
	Independent	Narayan Saha	597	0.13
	Independent	Ashok Pandey	480	0.10
	JP	Bihari Lal Thalia	3,23	0.07
	Independent	Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar	206	0.04
	Independent	Amar Nath Sen	153	0.03
	Independent	Indranil Kumar	148	0.03
Margin of victory			73,483
Turnout			4,43,486	63.07
	Trinamool Congress gain from INC		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Debi Prasad Pal	212,637	48.07%
	JD	Shyamal Bhattacharjee	147,686	33.17%
	BJP	Amal Dutta	59,395	16.23%
	Independent	Himadri Bhusan Kali	1,421	0.31%
	Independent	Ramen Pandey	1,393	0.30%
	RJD	Abdul Samad Sardar	845	0.18%
	Independent	Ashoke Dutta	777	0.17%
	BSP	Gholam Mohammed	698	0.15%
	Independent	Narayan Saha	597	0.13%
	Independent	Ashok Pandey	480	0.10%
	JP	Bihari Lal Thalia	3,23	0.07%
	Independent	Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar	206	0.04%
	Independent	Amar Nath Sen	153	0.03%
	Independent	Indranil Kumar	148	0.03%
Margin of victory			64,951
Turnout			4,43,486	63.07
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Debi Prasad Pal	166,227	40.06%
	JD	Dilip Chakravartty	134,408	32.08%
	BJP	Victor Banerjee	89,155	21.08%
	Jharkhand Party	Singh Bimla	2,190	0.50%
	Independent	Lok Nath Saraf	1,523	0.40%
	Independent	Ram Beharilal Thlia	999	0.20%
	LKD	Lok Nath Choudhury	621	0.20%
	BSP	Hari Naraiyan Ray	607	0.10%
	ABJS	Agarwal Durga Dutt	596	0.10%
	Doordarshi Party	Chhedi Lal Jalan	574	0.10%
	JP	Naraiyan Ch. Roy	539	0.10%
	Independent	Shyam Sunder Bhiwaniwala	527	0.10%
	Independent	Bimal Sengupta	497	0.10%
	Independent	Dayasankar Tewari	480	0.10%
	Independent	Asis Kumar Nandi	383	0.10%
	Independent	Biswa Nath Das	280	0.10%
	Independent	Roy Ranjit Kumar	272	0.10%
	Independent	Bimal Kumar Bilotia	241	0.10%
	Independent	Lakshmi Naraiyan Mamani	216	0.10%
	Independent	Balswar Singh	207	0.10%
	Independent	Ravindra Kumar Jain	203	0.00%
	Independent	Ramendra Pandey	167	0.00%
	Independent	Pathak Raj Naraiyan	144	0.00%
	Independent	Laxmi Naraiyan Ojha	116	0.00%
	Independent	Sita Ram Goenka	116	0.00%
	Independent	Kapil Muni Pande	105	0.00%
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Seal	100	0.00%
	Independent	Durga Prasad	91	0.00%
Margin of victory			31,819	7.8%
Turnout			4,09,564	58.01%
	[[|N/A]] hold		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Debi Prasad Pal	219,586	40.06%
	JD	Ashoke Kumar Sen	164,854	32.08%
	BJP	Shanti Lal Jain	31,677	21.08%
	BJS	Shibji Prasad Gupta	2,894	0.50%
	Independent	Durga Dutt Agarwal	1,527	0.40%
	Independent	Lok Nath Saraf	1,116	0.20%
	Independent	Bimal Kumar Bhilotia	652	0.20%
	Independent	Benoy Sircar	602	0.10%
	ABJS	Ram Beharilal Bilotia	597	0.10%
	Independent	Ambar Chatterjee	602	0.10%
	JP	Md. Ayub	536	0.10%
	Independent	Gopal Taparia	516	0.10%
	Independent	Basant Singh	484	0.10%
	Independent	Sambhu Singh	409	0.10%
	Independent	Debabrata Ghosh	373	0.10%
	Independent	Prakash Chandra Saxena	331	0.10%
	Independent	Lakshmi Narayan Mimani	294	0.10%
	Independent	Md. Maniruddin	253	0.10%
	Independent	Md. Yousuf	229	0.10%
	Independent	Rajkumar Jain	219	0.10%
	Independent	Baleswar Singh	206	0.00%
	Independent	Rajnarayan Pathak	187	0.00%
	Independent	Shankar Lal Bajoria	173	0.00%
	Independent	Ramendra Pandey	165	0.00%
	Independent	Md. Yasin Mallick	156	0.00%
	Independent	Mahabir Prasad Bajaj	97	0.00%
	Independent	Tonny Malhotra	96	0.00%
	Independent	Durga Prasad	91	0.00%
Margin of victory			64,732	7.8%
Turnout			4,31,007	63.32%
	[[|N/A]] hold		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	242,982	64.24%
	AIFB	Amiya Nath Bose	110,560	32.08%
	BJP	Durga Prasad Nathany	10,781	21.08%
	Independent	Ibrahim Khan	5,611	0.50%
	Independent	Benoy Sircar	1,982	0.40%
	BJS	Durga Dutta Agarwal	1,233	0.20%
	Independent	Arun Biswas	1,222	0.20%
	Independent	Babban Singh	1,189	0.10%
	Independent	Benoy Sircar	602	0.10%
	Independent	Ram Beharilal Thelia	905	0.10%
	Independent	Ashok Jain Chabbra	821	0.10%
	Independent	Ram Chabila Shahi	496	0.10%
	Independent	Gopal Taparia	439	0.10%
Margin of victory			1,32,422	7.8%
Turnout			3,78,221	64.73%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	150,476	47.90%
	AIFB	Shyam Sundar Gupta	106,643	33.94%
	JP	Bijoy Singh Nahar	44,611	14.20%
	JP(S)	Ranjit Kumar Mitra	3,542	1.13%
	Independent	Ganadeb Mullick	2,146	0.68%
	BJS	Durga Dutta Agarwal	1,322	0.42%
	Independent	Mohan Lal Soni	1,041	0.33%
	Independent	Bishnu Kant Thakur	708	0.23%
	Independent	S.C.Roy	612	0.19%
	BSP	Shew Prasad Gupta	576	0.18%
	Independent	Upendranath Halder	500	0.16%
	Independent	Ramendra Bhushan Singh	484	0.15%
	Independent	Bikram Singh Chandallia	474	0.15%
	Independent	Pratap Narayan Tiwari	421	0.13%
	Independent	Milan Chand Choraria	324	0.10%
	Independent	Karuna Nidhan Roy	288	0.09%
Margin of victory			43,733
Turnout			3,14,168	51.89%
	INC gain from BLD		Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLD	Bijoy Singh Nahar	179,681	47.90%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	110,048	32.08%
	Independent	Upendra Nath Halder	19,839	21.08%
	Independent	Shankar Lal Bajoria	1,402	0.50%
	Independent	Fazal Ahmed	754	0.40%
	Independent	Loknath Saraf	737	0.40%
	Independent	Sujit Chakraborty	724	0.40%
	Independent	Basanta Singh	695	0.40%
Margin of victory			69,633
Turnout			3,13,880	54.00%
	Swing to BLD from INC		Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	144,055	47.90%
	CPI (M)	Prasanta Kumar Sur	70,776	32.08%
	Independent	Haripada Bharati	34,397	21.08%
	Independent	Bindu Prasad Gupta	2,316	0.50%
Margin of victory			73,279
Turnout			2,51,544	40.96%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	154,664	47.90%
	Independent	S.P Roy	89.838	32.08%
	BJS	Haripada Bharati	82,455	21.08%
	Independent	P.Dey	4,124	0.50%
	Independent	K.Chandiprasad	3,863	0.50%
	Independent	P.Dey	3,796	0.50%
Margin of victory			64,826
Turnout			3,38,740	58.70%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	143,725	47.90%
	CPI	Snehansu Kanta Acharya	110,347	32.08%
	BJS	Chandi Prasad Kedia	5,913	21.08%
	Independent	Dinesh Das Gupta	3,554	0.50%
Margin of victory			43,378
Turnout			2,63,539	64.58%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashoke Kumar Sen	102,807	47.90%
	Independent	Mohit Moitra	96,880	32.08%
	BJS	Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury	6,307	21.08%
Margin of victory			5,927
Turnout			2,05,994	49.73%
	INC gain from RSP		Swing

General election 1952

1952 Indian general election: Calcutta North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Dr. Meghnad Saha	74,124	47.90%
	INC	Prabhau Dayal Himatsingka	51,168	32.08%
	Independent	Bhanwarmal Singhi	4,686	21.08%
	Independent	Nalini Rajnan Sengupta	4,595	21.08%
	Independent	Mohit Kumar Moitra	1,998	21.08%
	Independent	Karuna Mitra	1,383	21.08%
	Independent	Butto Kumar Roy	1,018	21.08%
	Independent	Panchu Gopal Sen	759	21.08%
Margin of victory			22,956
Turnout			1,39,731	36.52%
	RSP win (new seat)

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	139,731	36.52	Meghnad Saha	53.05	RSP	Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka	36.62	Congress[3]
1957	205,994	49.73	Ashoke Kumar Sen	49.91	Congress	Mohit Maitra	47.03	Independent[4]
1962	268,078	64.58	Ashoke Kumar Sen	54.54	Congress	Snehansu Kanta Acharyya	41.87	CPI[5]
1967	347,334	58.70	Ashoke Kumar Sen	45.66	Congress	S.P.Roy	26.52	Independent[6]
1972	257,684	40.96	Ashoke Kumar Sen	57.27	Congress	Prasanta Kumar Sur	28.14	CPI(M)[7]
1977	321,740	54	Bijoy Singh Nahar	57.25	BLD	Ashoke Kumar Sen	35.06	Congress[8]
1980	319,810	51.89	Ashoke Kumar Sen	47.9	Congress	Shyam Sundar Gupta	33.94	Forward Bloc[9]
1984	387,150	64.73	Ashoke Kumar Sen	64.24	Congress	Amiya Nath Bose	29.23	Forward Bloc[10]
1989	439,770	63.32	Debi Prasad Pal	50.95	Congress	Ashoke Kumar Sen	38.25	JD[11]
1991	409,560	58.14	Debi Prasad Pal	41.39	Congress	Dilip Chakravarti	33.47	JD[12]
1996	452,760	65.24	Debi Prasad Pal	48.31	Congress	Shyamal Bhattacharjee	33.56	JD[13]
1998	469,380	67.47	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	49.07	Trinamool Congress	Sarala Maheswari	33.17	CPI(M)[14]
1999	444,040	63.07	Sudip Bandopadhyay	46.6	Trinamool Congress	Rajdeo Goala	25.37	CPI(M)[15]
2004	360,120	59.11	Sudhangsu Seal	42.15	CPI(M)	Subrata Mukherjee	30.2	Trinamool Congress[16]

See also

• Kolkata
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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