Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Arambagh
Existence 1967-present
Reservation Reserved for SC
Current MP Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected Year 2014
State West Bengal
Total Electors 1,600,293[1]
Assembly Constituencies Haripal
Tarakeswar
Pursurah
Arambag (SC)
Goghat (SC)
Khanakul
Chandrakona (SC)

Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 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.

Overview

In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remains the highest ever victory margin in Lok Saba polls in the country.[2]Narendra Modi of BJP won the Vadodara seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by 570,128 votes.[3][4]

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:[5]

Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[6]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

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967-71 Arambagh A.Bose All India Forward Bloc[7]
Fifth 1971-77 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Sixth 1977-80 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal[9]
Seventh 1980-84 Bejoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Eighth 1984-89 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Ninth 1989-91 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
Tenth 1991-96 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Eleventh 1996-98 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Twelfth 1998-99 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sakti Mohan Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Sixteenth 2014-incumbent Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) All India Trinamool Congress[19]

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Arambagh[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) 7,48,764 54.97 N/A
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 4,01,919 29.51 -24.66
BJP Madhusudan Bag 1,58,480 11.63 +6.66
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 27,872 2.04 -34.81
JDP Ganesh Bag 7,062 0.51 -1.35
Majority 3,46,845 25.46 +8.14
Turnout 13,61,934 85.11 +0.53
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing +42.64


e • d Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 34 Increase15 39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 Decrease7 22.7
Communist Party of India 0 Decrease2 2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease2 2.4
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease2 2.1
Indian National Congress 4 Decrease2 9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 Increase1 16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 Decrease1 0.7

Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha


General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Arambagh.[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 6,30,254 54.17 -22.99
INC Sambhu Nath Malik 4,28,696 36.85 +29.76
BJP Murari Bera 57,903 4.97 -10.78
BSP Parimal Biswas 24,762 2.12 N/A
JDP Subir Kumar Majhi 21,722 1.86 N/A
Majority 2,01,558 17.32 -44.09
Turnout 11,63,337 84.58 +3.34
CPI(M) hold Swing -22.99

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 7,44,464 77.16
BJP Swapan Kumar Nandi 1,51,962 15.75
INC Pradip Datta 68,414 7.09
Margin of victory 5,92,502 61.41
Turnout 9,64,840 81.24
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Arambagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Anil Basu 5,03,464 53.98
BJP Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty 3,87,199 41.98
INC idris Ali 40,816 4.37
Independent Joy Krishna Bera 1,565 0.17
Margin of victory 1,16,502 82.60
Turnout 9,33,500 81.24
CPI(M) hold Swing

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 A.Bose All India Forward Bloc S. Choudhury Indian National Congress[7]
1971 Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Santi Mohan Ray Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Prafulla Chandra Sen Bharatiya Lok Dal Santi Mohan Roy Indian National Congress[9]
1980 Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prafulla Chandra Sen Janata Party[10]
1984 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gopal Das Nag Indian National Congress[11]
1989 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[12]
1991 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sheikh Hasan Imam Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monoranjan Hazra Indian National Congress[14]
1998 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[15]
1999 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
2004 Anil Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Swapan Kumar Nandi Bharatiya Janata Party[17]

References

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