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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Arambagh.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1967-present
|Reservation = [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Aparupa Poddar|Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2014 Indian general elections|2014]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]] [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarakeswar]] [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]] [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambag ]] [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]] [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]] [[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]]
|Electorate = 1,600,293<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>
|Name=Arambagh}}
'''Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Arambagh]] in [[West Bengal]]. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[Hooghly district]] one segment is in [[Paschim Medinipur district]]. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|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]]

In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls [[Anil Basu]] of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Lok-Sabha-polls-CPMs-Anil-Basu-holds-record-for-highest-victory-margin/articleshow/33150711.cms |title = Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin| publisher =The Times of India, 3 April 2014 |access-date = 6 June 2014 }}</ref> Pritam Munde won the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 by 6,92,245 votes [https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/maharashtra-election-results-pritam-mund-gopinath-munde-beed-lok-sabha-seat-bjp-election-commission-223842-2014-10-19][https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/assembly-elections-2014/maharashtra-news/Mundes-daughter-Pritam-wins-Beed-Lok-Sabha-bypoll-by-record-margin/articleshow/44881151.cms]

==Assembly segments==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] issued in 2006 in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 29 Arambag, 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064327/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</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
|-
|196
|[[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]]
|None
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
| 198
|[[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarakeswar]]
|None
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
|199
|[[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]]
|None
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
|200
|[[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambag]]
|SC
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
|201
|[[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat]]
|SC
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
|202
|[[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]]
|None
|[[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|-
|232
|[[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]]
|SC
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|}

Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following 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 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarakeswar]] (assembly constituency no. 185), [[Pursurah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pursurah]] (assembly constituency no. 192), [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 193), [[Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]] (assembly constituency no. 194), [[Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goghat (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 195), [[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]] (assembly constituency no. 196), [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 197)

==Members of Parliament==
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|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||Arambagh||[[Amiya Nath Bose|Amiyanath Bose]]||[[All India Forward Bloc]]<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||||[[Manoranjan Hazra]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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||||[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]||[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<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>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||[[Bijoy Krishna Modak]]|| Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||[[Anil Basu]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Anil Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <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>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Anil Basu ||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||Anil Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||Anil Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Anil Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Anil Basu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Sakti Mohan Malik]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-19|| ||[[Aparupa Poddar|Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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>
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
|2019-[[Incumbent]]
|
|[[Aparupa Poddar|Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Aparupa Poddar|Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)]]
|votes = 6,49,929
|percentage = 44.14
|change = -10.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tapan Kumar Ray
|votes = 6,48,787
|percentage = 44.06
|change = +32.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sakti Mohan Malik]]
|votes = 1,00,520
|percentage = 6.83
|change = -22.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jyoti Kumari Das
|votes = 25,128
|percentage = 1.71
|change = -0.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 20,495
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,142
|percentage = 0.07
|change = -25.39
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,71,981
|percentage = 83.44
|change = -1.67
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 17,64,726
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -21.62
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Arambagh]]<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Aparupa Poddar|Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 7,48,764
|percentage = 54.94
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sakti Mohan Malik]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 4,01,919
|percentage = 29.51
|change = -25.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Madhusudan Bag
|votes = 1,58,480
|percentage = 11.63
|change = +6.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sambhu Nath Malik
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 27,872
|percentage = 2.04
|change = -34.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ganesh Bag
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|votes = 7,062
|percentage = 0.51
|change = -1.35
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,46,845
|percentage = 25.46
|change = +8.14
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,61,934
|percentage = 85.11
|change = +0.53
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +42.64
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Arambagh]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sakti Mohan Malik]]
|votes = 6,30,454
|percentage = 54.80
|change = -22.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sambhu Nath Malik
|votes = 4,28,696
|percentage = 36.85
|change = +29.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Murari Bera
|votes = 57,903
|percentage = 4.97
|change = -10.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Parimal Biswas
|votes = 24,762
|percentage = 2.12
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Subir Kumar Majhi
|votes = 21,722
|percentage = 1.86
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,01,558
|percentage = 17.32
|change = -44.09
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,63,337
|percentage = 84.58
|change = +3.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -22.99
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 744,464
|percentage = 77.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Swapan Kumar Nandi
|votes = 151,962
|percentage = 15.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pradip Datta
|votes = 68,414
|percentage = 7.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 592,502
|percentage = 61.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,64,840
|percentage = 81.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 503,920
|percentage = 53.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty
|votes = 387,199
|percentage = 41.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = idris Ali
|votes = 40,816
|percentage = 4.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|IND
|candidate = Joy Krishna Bera
|votes = 1,565
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 116,721
|percentage = 12.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,33,365
|percentage = 81.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 521,507
|percentage = 56.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty
|votes = 334,207
|percentage = 35.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Provat Kiran Chakrabarti
|votes = 73,105
|percentage = 7.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 187,300
|percentage = 19.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,40,359
|percentage = 84.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 544,289
|percentage = 59.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Monoranjan Hazra
|votes = 317,956
|percentage = 34.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gopi Nath Dey
|votes = 42,779
|percentage = 4.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Nanu Ram Roy
|votes = 6,276
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Nikunja Jana
|votes = 2,394
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 226,333
|percentage = 24.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,31,653
|percentage = 87.3
|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]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 448,318
|percentage = 55.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sk. Hasan Imam
|votes = 300,046
|percentage = 37.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhruva Chakravarti
|votes = 37,393
|percentage = 4.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Chandi Dutt
|votes = 6,679
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Doordarshi Party
|candidate = Bharashi Sharma
|votes = 4,310
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 148,272
|percentage = 18.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,10,177
|percentage = 82.9
|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]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 423,062
|percentage = 52.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sk. Hasan Imam
|votes = 358,564
|percentage = 44.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Nikunja Jana
|votes = 10,541
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Chandi Dutt
|votes = 6,745
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Doordarshi Party
|candidate = Bharashi Sharma
|votes = 1,961
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 64,498
|percentage = 7.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,12,748
|percentage = 86.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1984===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Indian general election|General Election, 1984]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anil Basu]]
|votes = 327,786
|percentage = 50.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Gopal Das Nag
|votes = 313,626
|percentage = 47.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Nikunja Jana
|votes = 4,756
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Nepal Chandra Bhaumik
|votes = 3,160
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Yogendra Singh
|votes = 584
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 14,160
|percentage = 2.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,59,108
|percentage = 85.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1980===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Indian general election|General Election, 1980]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Bejoy Krishna Modak
|votes = 285,633
|percentage = 53.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Prafulla Chandra Sen
|votes = 242,642
|percentage = 47.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Party (Secular)
|candidate = Arun Maji
|votes = 5,581
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Lutful Goyesh Khan
|votes = 1,265
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Panchanan Ghosh
|votes = 1,167
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 42,991
|percentage = 7.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,44,644
|percentage = 80.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Lok Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1977===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Indian general election|General Election, 1977]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Lok Dal
|candidate = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
|votes = 298,371
|percentage = 74.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santi Mohan Roy
|votes = 90,934
|percentage = 22.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 2,07,437
|percentage = 52.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,63,271
|percentage = 71.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Lok Dal
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1971===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Indian general election|General Election, 1971]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Manoranjan Hazra
|votes = 137,844
|percentage = 40.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santi Mohan Roy
|votes = 115,622
|percentage = 34.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress (Organisation)
|candidate = [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
|votes = 58,928
|percentage = 17.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Sasanka Bose
|votes = 25,144
|percentage = 7.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 22,222
|percentage = 6.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 337,536
|percentage = 64.50 %
|change =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1967===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Indian general election|General Election, 1967]]: [[Arambagh]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Amiya Nath Bose
|votes = 208,724
|percentage = 62.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sachindra Chowdhury
|votes = 126,702
|percentage = 37.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 82,022
|percentage = 23.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 335,426
|percentage = 68.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1967-2009===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|-
|
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1967
|Amiyanath Bose
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|Sachin Choudhury
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|Manoranjan Hazra
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Santi Mohan Ray
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|Santi Mohan Roy
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|Bijoy Krishna Modak
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Prafulla Chandra Sen
|[[Janata Party]]<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|[[Anil Basu]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Gopal Das Nag
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Sheikh Hasan Imam
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Sheikh Hasan Imam
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Monoranjan Hazra
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Chunilal Chakraborty
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Chunilal Chakraborty
|Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|Anil Basu
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Swapan Kumar Nandi
|Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/arambagh/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Arambagh lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

>Nahtrav at 06:53, 13 August 2021