Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency-266414

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Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes. It was once known as the ' Red Fort ' (্লাল গড় ) of CPI(M) for the party's long standing dominance over it for decades.

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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

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.[1]

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 (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

# Name District Member 2026 Winner 2024 Lead
196 Haripal Hooghly Madhumita Ghosh Template:Party name with color Template:Party name with color
198 Tarakeswar Santu Pan
199 Pursurah Biman Ghosh Template:Party name with color
200 Arambagh (SC) Hemanta Bag Template:Party name with color
201 Goghat (SC) Prashanta Digar Template:Party name with color
202 Khanakul Susanta Ghosh
232 Chandrakona (SC) Paschim Medinipur Sukanta Dolui Template:Party name with color

Prior to delimitation, Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)

Members of Parliament

Arambagh
Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Amiyanath Bose Template:Full party name with color[4]
Fifth 1971-77 Manoranjan Hazra Template:Full party name with color[5]
Sixth 1977-80 Prafulla Chandra Sen Template:Full party name with color[6]
Seventh 1980-84 Bijoy Krishna Modak Template:Full party name with color[7]
Eighth 1984-89 Anil Basu[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sakti Mohan Malik[15]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) Template:Full party name with color[16]
Seventeenth 2019-24
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent Mitali Bag[17]

Election results

General election 2024

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General election 2019

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General election 2014

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General election 2009

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General elections 1967-2009

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1967 Amiyanath Bose All India Forward Bloc Sachin Choudhury Indian National Congress[4]
1971 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santi Mohan Ray Indian National Congress[5]
1977 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[6]
1980 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party[7]
1984 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gopal Das Nag Indian National Congress[8]
1989 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[9]
1991 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[10]
1996 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monoranjan Hazra Indian National Congress[11]
1998 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[12]
1999 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
2004 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Swapan Kumar Nandi Bharatiya Janata Party[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin. The Times of India, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  3. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ↑ General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  17. ↑ General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 – Parliamentary Constituency 29 - Arambagh (West Bengal). Election Commission of India(4 June 2024).

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