Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Bishnupur
Established:1962
Reservation:SC
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Saumitra Khan
Incumbent Image:Saumitra.jpg
Latest Election Year:2024
State:West Bengal
Assembly Cons:Barjora
Onda
Bishnupur
Katulpur
Indas
Sonamukhi
Khandaghosh
Electors:17,54,268[1]

Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupurin West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

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. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:[2]

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty
(2021 Assembly Election Winner)
Party
(Leading in 2024 Lok Sabha)
Party
(MLA Political Party in 2024)
253BarjoraNoneBankuraTMCBJPTMC
254OndaNoneBankuraBJPBJPBJP
255BishnupurNoneBankuraBJPBJPTMC
256KatulpurSCBankuraBJPBJPTMC
257IndasSCBankuraBJPTMCBJP
258SonamukhiSCBankuraBJPBJPBJP
259KhandaghoshSCPurba BardhamanTMCTMCTMC

Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 244), Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 245), Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246), Indpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247), Vishnupur (assembly constituency no. 253), Kotulpur (assembly constituency no. 254) and Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255).

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Third1962-67Pashupati Mandal[4]
Fourth1967-71[5]
1971-77Ajit Kumar Saha[6]
Sixth1977-80[7]
Seventh1980-84[8]
Eighth1984-89[9]
Ninth1989-91Sukhendu Khan[10]
Tenth1991-96[11]
Eleventh1996-98Sandhya Bauri[12]
Twelfth1998-99[13]
Thirteenth1999-04[14]
Fourteenth2004-09Susmita Bauri[15]
Fifteenth2009-14[16]
Sixteenth2014-19Saumitra Khan[17]
Seventeenth2019-24
Seventeenth2024-Incumbent2024-29

Election results

General elections 1962-2004

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

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1962214,66145.63Pashupati Mandal52.94Indian National CongressBiswanath Bauri27.54Communist Party of India
1967315,03460.58Pashupati Mandal49.12Indian National CongressM.M.Mallick35.45Bangla Congress
1971316,88550.14Ajit Kumar Saha33.29Communist Party of India (Marxist)Guru Pada Khan32.46Indian National Congress
1977376,33062.60Ajit Kumar Saha67.30Communist Party of India (Marxist)Gour Chandra Lohar31.39Indian National Congress
1980527,72076.18Ajit Kumar Saha58.27Communist Party of India (Marxist)Tulsi Das Mandal36.81Indian National Congress (I)
1984613,20080.50Ajit Kumar Saha54.77Communist Party of India (Marxist)Gour Chandra Lohar42.17Indian National Congress
1989744,88082.12Sukhendu Khan59.78Communist Party of India (Marxist)Jayanta Kumar Mallick34.20Indian National Congress
1991738, 61078.99Sukhendu Khan58.57Communist Party of India (Marxist)Sadhan Majhi32.18Indian National Congress
1996851,26084.13Sandhya Bauri58.14Communist Party of India (Marxist)Ashis Rajak25.99Indian National Congress
1998862,53081.06Sandhya Bauri 56.79Communist Party of India (Marxist)Purnima Lohar36.28All India Trinamool Congress
1999846,34078.96Sandhya Bauri57.89Communist Party of India (Marxist)Adhibas Duley36.13All India Trinamool Congress
2004806,91076.64Susmita Bauri64.28Communist Party of India (Marxist)Janardan Saha23.14All India Trinamool Congress
In 1951 and 1957 Bankura Lok Sabha constituency, then covering the Bishnupur area also, had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes

See also

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References

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Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  3. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 2010-10-01 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India .
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  7. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  11. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  13. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  14. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf . 18 July 2014 .
  15. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  16. Web site: General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf . 11 August 2014 .
  17. Web site: General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 19 June 2016 .