Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency

Arambagh
Arambagh
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Haripal; Tarakeswar; Pursurah; Arambag; Goghat; Khanakul; Chandrakona
Established	1967-present
Total electors	1,600,293[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Afrin Ali
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2014

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 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

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.[2] Pritam Munde won the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 by 6,92,245 votes

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:[3]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
196	Haripal	None	Hooghly
198	Tarakeswar	None	Hooghly
199	Pursurah	None	Hooghly
200	Arambag	SC	Hooghly
201	Goghat	SC	Hooghly
202	Khanakul	None	Hooghly
232	Chandrakona	SC	Paschim Medinipur

Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4] 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.
Fourth	1967-71	Arambagh	Amiyanath Bose	All India Forward Bloc[5]
Fifth	1971-77		Manoranjan Hazra	Communist Party of India[6]
Sixth	1977-80		Prafulla Chandra Sen	Janata Party[7]
Seventh	1980-84		Bijoy Krishna Modak	Communist Party of India[8]
Eighth	1984-89		Anil Basu[9]
Ninth	1989-91		Anil Basu[10]
Tenth	1991-96		Anil Basu[11]
Eleventh	1996-98		Anil Basu[12]
Twelfth	1998-99		Anil Basu[13]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Anil Basu[14]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Anil Basu[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Sakti Mohan Malik[16]
Sixteenth	2014-19		Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth	2019-Incumbent		Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)	All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)	649,929	44.14	-10.79
	BJP	Tapan Kumar Ray	6,48,787	44.06	+32.45
	CPI(M)	Sakti Mohan Malik	1,00,520	6.83	-22.68
	INC	Jyoti Kumari Das	25,128	1.71	-0.33
	NOTA	None of the above	20,495	1.39
Majority			1,142	0.07	-25.39
Turnout			14,71,981	83.44	-1.67
Registered electors			17,64,726
	TMC hold		Swing	-21.62

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Arambagh[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)	7,48,764	54.94	N/A
	CPI(M)	Sakti Mohan Malik	4,01,919	29.51	-25.29
	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
	TMC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+42.64

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Arambagh[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sakti Mohan Malik	6,30,454	54.80	-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	744,464	77.16
	BJP	Swapan Kumar Nandi	151,962	15.75
	INC	Pradip Datta	68,414	7.09
Margin of victory			592,502	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	503,920	53.98
	BJP	Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty	387,199	41.98
	INC	idris Ali	40,816	4.37
	Independent	Joy Krishna Bera	1,565	0.17
Margin of victory			116,721	12.40
Turnout			9,33,365	81.24
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anil Basu	521,507	56.23
	BJP	Dr. Chunilal Chakraborty	334,207	35.50
	INC	Provat Kiran Chakrabarti	73,105	7.80
Margin of victory			187,300	19.90
Turnout			9,40,359	84.3
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anil Basu	544,289	59.40
	INC	Monoranjan Hazra	317,956	34.80
	BJP	Gopi Nath Dey	42,779	4.70
	Independent	Nanu Ram Roy	6,276	0.70
	AMB	Nikunja Jana	2,394	0.30
Margin of victory			226,333	24.30
Turnout			9,31,653	87.3
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anil Basu	448,318	55.60
	INC	Sk. Hasan Imam	300,046	37.70
	BJP	Dhruva Chakravarti	37,393	4.70
	Independent	Chandi Dutt	6,679	0.80
	Doordarshi Party	Bharashi Sharma	4,310	0.50
Margin of victory			148,272	18.30
Turnout			8,10,177	82.9
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anil Basu	423,062	52.80
	INC	Sk. Hasan Imam	358,564	44.80
	AMB	Nikunja Jana	10,541	1.30
	Independent	Chandi Dutt	6,745	0.80
	Doordarshi Party	Bharashi Sharma	1,961	0.20
Margin of victory			64,498	7.90
Turnout			8,12,748	86.0
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1984

General Election, 1984: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anil Basu	327,786	50.40
	INC	Gopal Das Nag	313,626	47.60
	AMB	Nikunja Jana	4,756	0.70
	Independent	Nepal Chandra Bhaumik	3,160	0.50
	Independent	Yogendra Singh	584	0.10
Margin of victory			14,160	2.10
Turnout			6,59,108	85.8
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1980

General Election, 1980: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Bejoy Krishna Modak	285,633	53.35
	JP	Prafulla Chandra Sen	242,642	47.60
	JP(S)	Arun Maji	5,581	1.00
	Independent	Lutful Goyesh Khan	1,265	0.20
	Independent	Panchanan Ghosh	1,167	0.20
Margin of victory			42,991	7.9
Turnout			5,44,644	80.3
	CPI(M) gain from BLD		Swing

General election 1977

General Election, 1977: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Prafulla Chandra Sen	298,371	74.80
	INC	Santi Mohan Roy	90,934	22.80
Margin of victory			2,07,437	52.0
Turnout			3,63,271	71.78
	Swing to JP from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Manoranjan Hazra	137,844	40.84
	INC	Santi Mohan Roy	115,622	34.25
	INC(O)	Pratap Chandra Chunder	58,928	17.46
	Independent	Sasanka Bose	25,144	7.45
Margin of victory			22,222	6.30
Turnout			337,536	64.50 %
	Swing to CPI(M) from AIFB		Swing

General election 1967

General Election, 1967: Arambagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIFB	Amiya Nath Bose	208,724	62.23
	INC	Sachindra Chowdhury	126,702	37.77
Majority			82,022	23.6
Turnout			335,426	68.7%
	AIFB win (new seat)

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[5]
1971	Manoranjan Hazra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Santi Mohan Ray	Indian National Congress[6]
1977	Prafulla Chandra Sen	Bharatiya Lok Dal	Santi Mohan Roy	Indian National Congress[7]
1980	Bijoy Krishna Modak	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Prafulla Chandra Sen	Janata Party[8]
1984	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gopal Das Nag	Indian National Congress[9]
1989	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sheikh Hasan Imam	Indian National Congress[10]
1991	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sheikh Hasan Imam	Indian National Congress[11]
1996	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Monoranjan Hazra	Indian National Congress[12]
1998	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Chunilal Chakraborty	Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
1999	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Chunilal Chakraborty	Bharatiya Janata Party[14]
2004	Anil Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Swapan Kumar Nandi	Bharatiya Janata Party[15]

References

"Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin". The Times of India, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
"Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
"General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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[turnout-1] "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[2] "Lok Sabha polls: CPM's Anil Basu holds record for highest victory margin". The Times of India, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[delimitation-3] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[loksabha1967-5] "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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