Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency

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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Bolpur
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Bolpur.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Bolpur Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1967-present
|Reservation = [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|CurrentMPParty =[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Asit Kumar Mal]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Ketugram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ketugram]] [[Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangalkot]] [[Ausgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausgram]] [[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]] [[Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanoor]] [[Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Labpur]] [[Mayureswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mayureswar]]
|Electorate = 1,538,429<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=2 July 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''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 and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]] from 2009 general elections.

==Vidhan Sabha segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''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 and scheduled tribes|Scheduled castes (SC)]], is composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments:<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|271
|[[Ketugram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ketugram]]
|None
|[[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
|-
| 272
|[[Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangalkot]]
|None
|[[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
|-
|273
|[[Ausgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausgram]]
|SC
|[[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
|-
|286
|[[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
|None
|[[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
|-
|287
|[[Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanoor]]
|SC
|[[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
|-
|288
|[[Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Labpur]]
|None
|[[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
|-
|290
|[[Mayureswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mayureswar]]
|None
|[[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
|-
|}

Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>[[Ausgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausgram (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 267), [[Mangalkot (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangalkot]] (assembly constituency no. 281), [[Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanoor (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 283), [[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]] (assembly constituency no. 284), [[Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Labpur]] (assembly constituency no. 285), [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]] (assembly constituency no. 286) and [[Mayureswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mayureswar (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 290)

==Members of Lok Sabha==
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|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||Bolpur||[[Anil Kumar Chanda|A.K.Chanda]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||[[Saradish Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPM) <ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||||Saradish Roy||CPM <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/bolpur-lok-sabha|title=Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency}}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||Saradish Roy||CPM
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-85||||Saradish Roy (Died in 1985)||CPM
|-
|[[By-election|Bye Election, 1985]]||1985-89||||[[Somnath Chatterjee]]||CPM
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Somnath Chatterjee ||CPM
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Somnath Chatterjee||CPM (Communist Party of India - Marxist)
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||Somnath Chatterjee||CPM
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||Somnath Chatterjee||CPM
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Somnath Chatterjee||CPM
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Somnath Chatterjee||CPM
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Ram Chandra Dome|Dr. Ram Chandra Dome]]||CPM
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-19||||[[Anupam Hazra]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-[[incumbent]]||||[[Asit Kumar Mal]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Bolpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Asit Kumar Mal|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=6,99,172|percentage=47.85|change=-0.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ram Prasad Das|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=5,92,769|percentage=40.57|change=+25.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Ram Chandra Dome|Dr. Ram Chandra Dome]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=91,964|percentage=6.29|change=-23.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abhijit Saha|party=Indian National Congress|votes=30,112|percentage=2.06|change=-1.53}}
{{Election box candidate ||candidate=Simanta Mondal|party=RJVP|votes=17,013|percentage=1.16|change=+1.16}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,06,403|percentage=7.28|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=14,61,929|percentage=85.74|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 19 June 2016 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Anupam Hazra]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 6,30,693
|percentage = 48.33
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ram Chandra Dome|Dr. Ram Chandra Dome]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 3,94,584
|percentage = 30.24
|change = -19.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kamini Mohan Sarkar
|votes = 1,97,474
|percentage = 15.13
|change = +8.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Tapan Kumar Saha
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 46,953
|percentage = 3.59
|change = -34.55
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 17,322
|percentage = 1.32
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,36,109
|percentage = 18.09
|change = +6.33
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,04,756
|percentage = 84.81
|change = +2.32
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +38.50
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ram Chandra Dome|Dr. Ram Chandra Dome]]
|votes = 508,383
|percentage = 49.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asit Kumar Mal
|votes = 411,501
|percentage = 38.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arjun Saha
|votes = 70,084
|percentage = 6.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Adara Bauri
|votes = 21,325
|percentage = 1.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Professor Bijay Dalui
|votes = 14,581
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|candidate = Nihar Hazra
|votes = 11,798
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Vidyasagar Mete
|votes = 11,139
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 96,882
|percentage = 11.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,78,811
|percentage = 82.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 504,836
|percentage = 65.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji
|votes = 194,531
|percentage = 25.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dhananjoy Saha
|votes = 48,756
|percentage = 6.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Budhen Soren
|votes = 9,860
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bhabotosh Mandal
|votes = 6,561
|percentage = 0.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bijoy Dolui
|votes = 5,515
|percentage = 0.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 310,305
|percentage = 40.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,67,695
|percentage = 74.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 464,199
|percentage = 59.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Suniti Chattaraj
|votes = 277,810
|percentage = 35.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dr. Sushil Banerjee
|votes = 37,093
|percentage = 4.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Nazma
|votes = 2,852
|percentage = 0.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 186,389
|percentage = 23.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,81,954
|percentage = 76.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 470,645
|percentage = 59.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Gour Hari Chanda
|votes = 219,553
|percentage = 27.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Suniti Chattaraj
|votes = 110,091
|percentage = 12.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 251,092
|percentage = 31.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,81,954
|percentage = 78.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 471,549
|percentage = 58.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sunil Das
|votes = 217,903
|percentage = 27.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tara Prosanna Sinha
|votes = 76,548
|percentage = 9.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Modassar Hossain
|votes = 8,670
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Md. Sadakas
|votes = 1,987
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Maharaj Mistry
|votes = 1,482
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Abu Taher Mirza
|votes = 669
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 253,646
|percentage = 31.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,02,298
|percentage = 82.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election|General Election, 1991]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title = General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 394,496
|percentage = 55.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jivan Mukhopadhyay
|votes = 167,872
|percentage = 23.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tara Prosanna Sinha
|votes = 117,394
|percentage = 16.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Aloke Mukherjee
|votes = 7,577
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sailendranath Majumder
|votes = 2,654
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Jharkhand Party
|candidate = Shyamali Ghosh
|votes = 2,392
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Mitra
|votes = 2,149
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Doordarshi Party
|candidate = Maharaj Mistry
|votes = 920
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Manohar Murmu
|votes = 615
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Abu taher Mirza
|votes = 428
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 226,624
|percentage = 31.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,13,844
|percentage = 77.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election|General Election, 1989]]: [[Bolpur]]<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title = General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 421,483
|percentage = 59.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sachindranath Sahu
|votes = 257,890
|percentage = 36.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Modassar Hossain
|votes = 8,164
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Party (Secular)
|candidate = Mahonmbd Saddu Kas
|votes = 5,045
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Rabindranath Ghosh
|votes = 2,587
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Abu Taher Mirza
|votes = 1,437
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Sanat Kumar Datta
|votes = 1,027
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 163,593
|percentage = 23.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,11,128
|percentage = 79.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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.
{{Election box begin | title=Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1985: Bolpur constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|votes = 339,078
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|votes = 240,079
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = K.K Roy
|votes = 10,087
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = M.Hossain
|votes = 4,182
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = N.C.Mandal
|votes = 2,245
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 98,999
|percentage = 7.92
|change = +6.12
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,95,671
|percentage = 62.82
|change = -14.07
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1980 Election===
* Saradish Roy CPI(M) : 264,798 votes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/bolpur-lok-sabha#1980|title = Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency}}</ref>
* [[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:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Voters
!Voter Turnout
!Winner
|
|
!Runners up
|
|
|-
|
|
!%age
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
|-
|1967
|259,965
|53.75
|A.K.Chanda
|52.73
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|Saradish Roy
|47.27
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|270,782
|52.77
|Saradish Roy
|45.39
|CPI(M)
|Phulrenu Guha
|31.01
|Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|255,130
|48.36
|Saradish Roy
|50.19
|CPI(M)
|Durga Banerjee
|36.20
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1980
|493,810
|74.04
|Saradish Roy
|54.97
|CPI(M)
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|40.72
|INC(I)<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1984
|589,190
|78.26
|Saradish Roy
|55.09
|CPI(M)
|Nihar Dutta
|44.53
|INC<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title = General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|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<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|713,840
|77.17
|Somnath Chatterjee
|56.64
|CPI(M)
|Jivan Mukhopadhyay
|24.10
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|802,300
|82.10
|Somnath Chatterjee
|60.55
|CPI(M)
|Sunil Das
|27.98
|INC<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|803,380
|78.55
|Somnath Chatterjee
|59.55
|CPI(M)
|Gour Hari Chandra
|27.78
|WBTC<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|792.87
|76.43
|Somnath Chatterjee
|59.36
|CPI(M)
|Suniti Chattaraj
|35.53
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|770.12
|74.41
|Somnath Chatterjee
|65.56
|CPI(M)
|Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji
|25.26
|AITC<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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