Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on the northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency are in Kolkata district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency and Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Kolkata Uttar
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesChowrangee
Entally
Beleghata
Jorasanko
Shyampukur
Maniktala
Kashipur-Belgachhia
Established2009–Present
Total electors1,437,912[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2019

Legislative Assembly segments
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 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. Hoghly, 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

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 24) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
162 Chowrangee None Kolkata TMC Nayna Bandyopadhyay
163 Entally None Kolkata TMC Swarna Kamal Saha
164 Beleghata None Kolkata TMC Paresh Paul
165 Jorasanko None Kolkata TMC Vivek Gupta
166 Shyampukur None Kolkata TMC Shashi Panja
167 Maniktala None Kolkata TMC Sadhan Pande
168 Kashipur-Belgachhia None Kolkata TMC Atin Ghosh

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
2009 Sudip Bandyopadhyay Trinamool Congress[3]
2014
2019

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in previous years see Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency and Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Kolkata Uttar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 474,891 49.96 +14.02
BJP Rahul Biswajit Sinha 3,47,796 36.59 +10.71
CPI(M) Kaninika Bose Ghosh 71,080 7.48 -13.02
INC Syed Shahid Imam 26,093 2.74 -10.94
NOTA None of the above 6,736 0.71 +0.71
Majority 1,27,095 13.36
Turnout 9,50,639 65.83
TMC hold Swing +14.02

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Kolkata Uttar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 3,43,687 35.94 -16.96
BJP Rahul Sinha 2,47,461 25.88 +21.66
CPI(M) Rupa Bagchi 1,96,549 20.50 -19.55
INC Somendra Nath Mitra 1,30,783 13.68 +13.68
NOTA None of the above 9,103 0.95 New
Majority 96,226 10.06 -2.41
Turnout 9,55,778 66.65 -18.80
TMC hold Swing -16.55

General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Kolkata Uttar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4,60,646 52.50
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 3,51,368 40.05
BJP Tathagata Roy 37,044 4.22
IND Sultan Osman 9,155 1.04
BSP Sharad Kumar Singh 5,666 0.65
Majority 1,09,278 12.45
Turnout 8,77,381 64.20
TMC win (new seat)
2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 Increase18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 Increase0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 Increase1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 Decrease17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 Decrease1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 Decrease1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 Decrease1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Increase1 6.14

See also

References
  1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. Source
  5. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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