Serampore Lok Sabha constituency

Serampore
WB-27
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Srerampur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesJagatballavpur
Domjur
Uttarpara
Serampore
Champdani
Chanditala
Jangipara
Established1951
Total electors1,624,038[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Serampore[2] (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Serampore-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district.

Overview

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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

Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency.

According to The Hindu, Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.[3]

Vidhan Sabha segments

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As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments:[4]

Constituency number Name District
183 Jagatballavpur Howrah
184 Domjur
185 Uttarpara Hooghly
186 Serampore
187 Champdani
194 Chanditala
195 Jangipara

Prior to delimitation Serampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]

Members of Parliament

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Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951 Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya Communist Party of India Sachindra Chaudhuri Indian National Congress[6]
1957 Jitendra Nath Lahiri Indian National Congress Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya Communist Party of India[7]
1962 Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya Communist Party of India Jitendra Nath Lahiri Indian National Congress[8]
1967 Bimal Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1971 Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jadu Gopal Sen Communist Party of India[10][11]
1977
1980 Gopal Das Nag Indian National Congress[12]
1981-by Ajit Bag Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bimal Kanti Ghosh
1984 Bimal Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress Ajit Bag Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1989 Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bimal Kanti Ghosh Indian National Congress[14][15]
1991
1996 Pradip Bhattacharya Indian National Congress Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16][17][18]
1998 Akbar Ali Khondkar Trinamool Congress
1999
2004 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Akbar Ali Khandoker Trinamool Congress[19]
2009 Kalyan Banerjee Trinamool Congress Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014 Tirthankar Roy
2019 Debjit Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party
2024[20] Trinamool Congress Kabir Shankar Bose Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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General election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Serampore[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kalyan Banerjee 673,970 45.65 Increase0.15
BJP Kabir Shankar Bose 499,140 33.80 Decrease4.67
CPI(M) Dipsita Dhar 239,160 16.20 Increase5.40
ISF Shahriar Mullick 25,677 1.74 New
NOTA None of the above 15,034 1.02
Majority 174,830
Turnout 1,476,532 76.44 −2.10
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

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2019 Indian general election: Serampore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kalyan Banerjee 637,707 45.50 Increase5.60
BJP Debjit Sarkar 539,171 38.47 Increase16.08
CPI(M) Tirthankar Roy 152,281 10.80 Decrease17.22
INC Debabrata Biswas 32,509 2.32 Decrease4.35
Majority 98,536
Turnout 1,402,259 78.54
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Srerampur[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kalyan Banerjee 514,933 39.90 −12.78
CPI(M) Tirthankar Roy 362,407 28.08 −11.91
BJP Bappi Lahiri 287,712 22.29 +18.74
INC Abdul Mannan 86,099 6.67 N/A
Independent Dr. Somnath Ghosh 6,613 0.51 N/A
BSP Raju Dey Sarkar 4,277 0.33 N/A
Indian Unity Centre Nasiruddin Mir 4,240 0.32 N/A
WPOI Manasa Sen 3,406 0.26 N/A
SUCI(C) Md. Shahnawaz 2,698 0.20 N/A
Independent Kailash Naskar 2,674 0.20 N/A
Majority 1,52,526 11.81 −0.87
Turnout 12,90,433 79.46 +1.97
AITC hold Swing -12.78

General election 2009

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General Election, 2009: Srerampur[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kalyan Banerjee 569,725 53.48 +17.14
CPI(M) Santasri Chatterjee 432,535 39.99 +2.63
BJP Debabrata Chowdhury 38,476 3.55 N/A
Independent Sekh Soleman 14,252 1.31 N/A
AIUDF Pradip Ghosh 11,803 1.09 N/A
BSP Rakesh Kumar Gautam 7,245 0.66 +0.08
Independent Amitava Bhattacharya 3,758 0.34 N/A
Independent Chiranjit Naskar 3,648 0.33 N/A
Majority 137,190 12.68
Turnout 10,81,442 77.51
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 2004

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General Election, 2004: Serampore[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Santasri Chatterjee 404,082 37.36
AITC Akbar Ali Khandoker 384,395 35.54
INC Kesto Mukherjee 125,020 11.56
Independent Sukumar Malik 9,808 0.90
BSP Sabitri Das 6,370 0.58
RPI(A) Dilip Bhattacharya 5,400 0.49
Independent Avash Munshi 3,664 0.33
Independent Bidyut Raut 3,021 0.27
SP Indradeo Ray 2,845 0.26
JD(S) Suresh Nayek 1,640 0.15
Majority 19,687 1.84
Turnout 10,81,402 77.49
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

General election 1999

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General Election, 1999: Serampore[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Akbar Ali Khandoker 411,406 45.10 %
CPI(M) Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury 384,642 39.90 %
INC Pradip Bhattacharya 133,155 14.60 %
Independent Goutam Pyne 1,609 0.20%
Independent Harun Rashid Mullick 1,494 0.20 %
Majority 27,764 5.2%
Turnout 9,25,995 69.9%
AITC hold Swing

General election 1998

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General Election, 1998: Serampore[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Akbar Ali Khandoker 439,269 44.70 %
CPI(M) Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury 394,658 40.10 %
INC Pradip Bhattacharya 143,999 14.70 %
Lok Shakti Ashoke Roy 4,064 0.40%
Independent Gopal Sarkar 1,252 0.10 %
Majority 44,611 4.5%
Turnout 9,98,052 76.3%
Trinamool Congress gain from INC Swing

General election 1996

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General Election, 1996: Serampore[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pradip Bhattacharya 449,205 45.30 %
CPI(M) Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury 443,745 44.80 %
BJP Debabrata Chowdhary 60,122 6.10 %
AIIC(T) Swaraj Gopal Mukherjee 9,600 1.00%
BSP Sharad Goutam 2,673 0.30%
Independent Gopal Sarkar 1,199 0.10 %
Independent Asit Kumar Mukhopadhyay 807 0.10 %
Majority 5,463 0.6 %
Turnout 9,90,773 79.3%
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1991

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General Election, 1991: Serampore[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury 366,535 46.20 %
INC Bimal Kanti Ghosh 322,038 40.60 %
BJP Dwarka Prasad Thirani 91,289 11.50 %
Independent Prasantasankar Ghatak 3,285 0.40 %
Independent Gautam Banerjee 2,831 0.30 %
BSP Samir Kumar Mitra 2,795 0.30 %
Independent Milan Mookherjee 1,491 0.20 %
Independent Prem Nath Thakur 1,149 0.10 %
Independent Deb Kumar Dutta 1,024 0.10 %
Independent Indrajit Seal 801 0.10 %
Majority 44,497 5.5%
Turnout 8,10,618 72.3%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1989

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General Election, 1989: Serampore[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury 426,994 52.69 %
INC Bimal Kanti Ghosh 360,536 44.80 %
BJP Dwarka Prasad Thirani 11,530 1.40%
Independent Kairi Bisarjan 2,967 0.40 %
Independent Amar Chowdhury 1,928 0.20 %
Doordarshi Party Bharshi Sharma 1,336 0.20 %
Majority 66,458 8.1%
Turnout 8,20,770 77.0%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1984

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General Election, 1984: Serampore[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bimal Kanti Ghosh 338,152 51.50 %
CPI(M) Ajit Bag 307,921 46.90 %
Independent Amar Chowdhury 2,960 0.40%
Independent (politician) Dwarka Thirani 2,936 0.40 %
Independent Bisarjan Prasad Koiri 2,689 0.40 %
Independent Prem Nath Thakur 1,906 0.30 %
Majority 30,231 4.5%
Turnout 6,71,287 76.7%
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

By-election 1981

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A by-election was held in this constituency in 1981 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Dinen Bhattacharya.In the by-election, Ajit Bag of CPIM defeated his nearest rival S.M Roy of Congress by 96,549 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1981: Serampore constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ajit Bag 265,372
INC(I) S.M.Roy 168,823
Independent A.N.Chowdhury 2,980
Independent S.C.Mahato 1,594
Majority 96,549 7.25
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1980

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General Election, 1980: Serampore[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dinen Bhattacharya 292,993 59.90 %
INC(I) Gopal Das Nag 186,886 38.20 %
Independent Amar Chowdhury 2,960 0.40%
Independent Partha Sarathi Ghosh 3,076 0.60 %
Independent Dwarka Prasad Thirani 2,254 0.40%
Independent Brajnandan Prasad 1,876 0.40 %
Independent Biswasnath Mondol 1,769 0.40 %
Majority 106,107 21.2%
Turnout 5,01,575 64.8%
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Srerampur, Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency | Summary Results of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Elections - 2009 in Srerampur". www.electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase". The Hindu. The Hindu, 11 May 2014. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  5. ^ "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 1 October 2010.
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  17. ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  19. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  20. ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 27 - Srerampur (West Bengal)". Election Commission of India.
  21. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2527.html [bare URL]
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  23. ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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