Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)


Barasat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat are in North 24 Parganas district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:
In 2004, Barasat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bagadaha , Bangaon, Gaighata, Habra, Ashoknagar, Barasat, Deganga

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General elections 2014

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

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General elections 1957-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
195727352556.56Arun Chandra Guha51.10Indian National CongressBhowani Sankar Sen Gupta48.90Communist Party of India
1962385,85959.64Arun Chandra Guha50.17Indian National CongressBhowani Sankar Sen Gupta37.70Communist Party of India
1967365,42974.09Ranendra Nath Sen40.84Communist Party of IndiaArun Chandra Guha31.59Indian National Congress
1971349,89464.10Ranendra Nath Sen33.29Communist Party of IndiaHemanta Gangopadhyay30.54Communist Party of India
1977372,42061.05Chitta Basu56.15Forward BlocRanen Sen24.23Communist Party of India
1980571,76075.33Chitta Basu53.03Forward BlocHarasit Ghosh36.30Indian National Congress
1984703,87083-83Tarun Kanti Ghosh49.46Indian National CongressChitta Basu47.64Forward Bloc
1989898,10085.87Chitta Basu50.52Forward BlocTarun Kanti Ghosh44.38Indian National Congress
1991893, 57083.11Chitta Basu43.60Forward BlocAshok Krishna Dutt35.84Indian National Congress
19961,072,01086.33Chitta Basu46.24Forward BlocDr. Ranjit Kumar Panja42.86Indian National Congress
19981,070,95084.10Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja47.13Trinamool CongressChitra Ghosh40.83Forward Bloc
19991,043,59080.88Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja50.28Trinamool CongressSaral Deb40.88Forward Bloc
20041,153,58083.11Subrata Bose45.13Forward BlocDr. Ranjit Kumar Panja44.07Trinamool Congress