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Indian electoral constituency
Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency Country India
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India . The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal . While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Birbhum district , three are in Bardhaman district . The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
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. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) , is composed of the following assembly segments:[ 2]
Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[ 3] Ausgram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 267), Mangalkot (assembly constituency no. 281), Nanoor (SC) (assembly constituency no. 283), Bolpur (assembly constituency no. 284), Labpur (assembly constituency no. 285), Dubrajpur (assembly constituency no. 286) and Mayureswar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 290)
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election 2019
General election 2014
Template:West Bengal 2014 election summary
General elections 2009
General elections 2004
General elections 1999
General elections 1998
General election 1996
General election 1991
General election 1989
By-election 1985
A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.
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General elections 1967-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
Year
Voters
Voter Turnout
Winner
Runners up
%age
Candidate
%age
Party
Candidate
%age
Party
1967
259,965
53.75
A.K.Chanda
52.73
Congress
Saradish Roy
47.27
CPI(M) [ 4]
1971
270,782
52.77
Saradish Roy
45.39
CPI(M)
Phulrenu Guha
31.01
Congress[ 5]
1977
255,130
48.36
Saradish Roy
50.19
CPI(M)
Durga Banerjee
36.20
CPI [ 6]
1980
493,810
74.04
Saradish Roy
54.97
CPI(M)
Pranab Mukherjee
40.72
INC(I)[ 7]
1984
589,190
78.26
Saradish Roy
55.09
CPI(M)
Nihar Dutta
44.53
INC[ 8]
Bye Polls 1985
Somnath Chatterjee
CPI(M)
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
CPI(M)<http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/byeDetail/279 >
1989
711,130
79.20
Somnath Chatterjee
60.42
CPI(M)
Sachidanandan Sau
36.97
INC[ 9]
1991
713,840
77.17
Somnath Chatterjee
56.64
CPI(M)
Jivan Mukhopadhyay
24.10
Independent[ 10]
1996
802,300
82.10
Somnath Chatterjee
60.55
CPI(M)
Sunil Das
27.98
INC[ 11]
1998
803,380
78.55
Somnath Chatterjee
59.55
CPI(M)
Gour Hari Chandra
27.78
WBTC[ 12]
1999
792.87
76.43
Somnath Chatterjee
59.36
CPI(M)
Suniti Chattaraj
35.53
AITC [ 13]
2004
770.12
74.41
Somnath Chatterjee
65.56
CPI(M)
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji
25.26
AITC[ 14]
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 .
^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF) . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27 .
^ "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. Retrieved 2010-10-01 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ a b c "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 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014 .
^ a b "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 .
^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016 .
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