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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image =
|caption =
|Existence = 1951-2009
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty =
|CurrentMP =
|ElectedByYear =
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = As in 2004: [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur (ST)]] [[Araidanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Araidanga]] [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Malda (SC)]] [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Englishbazar]] [[Manikchak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manikchak]] [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Suzapur]] [[Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliachak]]
|Electorate =
}}

'''Malda''' was one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centred on [[English Bazar|Malda]] in [[West Bengal]]. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist from 2009 and two new ones came into being: [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Assembly segments==
Malda 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 }}</ref>
* [[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur (ST)]] (assembly constituency no. 39)
* [[Araidanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Araidanga]] (assembly constituency no. 44)
* [[Maldaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Malda (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 45)
* [[English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Englishbazar]] (assembly constituency no. 46)
* [[Manikchak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manikchak]] (assembly constituency no. 47)
* [[Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Suzapur]] (assembly constituency no. 48)
* [[Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliachak]] (assembly constituency no. 49)

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, Malda parliamentary constituency will cease to exist and current constituent assembly segments will be part of either of the two new ones: [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] or [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf
| title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission
| access-date = 2008-10-28
| work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal
| publisher =Delimitation Commission
}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||Malda||[[Surendra Mohan Ghose]] ||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- 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/20140404203355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=4 April 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||[[Renuka Ray]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||||Renuka Ray||Indian National Congress <ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||[[Uma Roy]]||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||||[[Dinesh Chandra Joarder]]||[[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||||Dinesh Chandra Joarder||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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||||[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]||Indian National Congress<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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury||Indian National Congress <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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury|| Indian National Congress <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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury||Indian National Congress <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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury || Indian National Congress <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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury|| Indian National Congress <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||||A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury|| Indian National Congress <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]]||2004-06|||| A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury || Indian National Congress <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>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2006-09||By-polls|| [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]] || Indian National Congress
|}
For MPs from the area in subsequent years see [[Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==Election results==
===By-election 2006===
A by-election was held in this constituency on 13 September 2006 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP [[A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury]]. In the by-election, [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]] of Congress defeated his nearest rival [[Sailen Sarkar]] of CPI(M) by 84,391 votes.
{{Election box begin | title=Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2006: Malda constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]]
|votes = 437,161
|percentage = 50.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sailen Sarkar]]
|votes = 353,770
|percentage = 41.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Biswapriya Roy Chowdhury
|votes = 45,737
|percentage = 5.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Atul Chandra Mandal
|votes = 13,875
|percentage = 1.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ataur Rahman
|votes = 12,328
|percentage = 1.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 84,391
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,62,888
|percentage = 77.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: [[English Bazar|Malda]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury]]
| votes = 412,913
| percentage = 48.90%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| candidate = Pranab Das
| votes = 301,805
| percentage = 35.80%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Badsha Alam
| votes = 86,525
| percentage = 10.30%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| candidate = Sadhan Chatterjee
| votes = 18,813
| percentage = 2.20%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| candidate = Tushar Kanti Besra
| votes = 5,748
| percentage = 0.70 %
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Majedur Rahaman
| votes = 5,496
| percentage = 0.70 %
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Lawrence Hansda
| votes = 5,364
| percentage = 0.60%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Parimal Mardi
| votes = 5,283
| percentage = 0.60%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Atul Chandra Mandal
| votes = 3,794
| percentage = 0.40 %
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Naresh Rishi
| votes = 3,370
| percentage = 0.40 %
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 111,108
| percentage = 13.2%
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 8,44,032
| percentage = 77.6%
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1951-2004===
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
|-
|1951
|Surendra Mohan Ghosh
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Amarendra Krishna Bhaduri
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|1957
|[[Renuka Ray]]
|Indian National Congress
|S.Rahaman
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|Renuka Ray
|Indian National Congress
|Haji Abdus Sattar
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|U.Roy
|Indian National Congress
|S.K.Misra
|Independent<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|Dinesh Chandra Joarder
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Uma Roy
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|Dinesh Chandra Joardar
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|[[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|Dinesh Chandra Joarder
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Dinesh Chandra Joarder
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Sunil Sen
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|[[Sailen Sarkar]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Sailen Sarkar
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Jiban Maitra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Sailen Sarkar
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|Indian National Congress
|Pranab Das
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|-
|Bye Polls 2006
|[[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]]
|Indian National Congress
|[[Sailen Sarkar]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist){{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
|-
|}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
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