Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)
Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat 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. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Rajnagar , Suri, Mahammad Bazar, Rampurhat, Hansan , Nalhati and Murarai.
Members of Parliament
.* In 1951 and 1957, Birbhum had dual seats.Election results
[17th Lok Sabha]: [2019 [Indian general election|2019 General Elections]]
General election 2014
2009 results
General elections 1951-2004
In 1951 and 1957 Birbhum had dual seats. It had single seats in other years, 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 | ||
| 1951 | 503,410 | 33.04 | Arun Kumar Chanda | 23.19 | Congress | |||
| Kamal Krishna Das | 21.80 | Congress | Nitya Narayan Bandopadhyay | 17.94 | Hindu Mahasabha | |||
| 1957 | 737,913 | 42.85 | Kamal Krishna Das | 32.49 | Congress | |||
| Anil Kumar Chanda | 26.80 | Congress | Manmatha Nath Das | 22.91 | Hindu Mahasabha | |||
| 1962 | 180,916 | 38.28 | Sisir Kumar Saha | 43.15 | Congress | Mrityunjay Manadal | 24.40 | Forward Bloc |
| 1967 | 242,686 | 52.04 | S.K.Saha | 36.27 | Congress | G.Bauri | 22.31 | Forward Bloc |
| 1971 | 215,720 | 43.86 | Gadadhar Saha | 39.59 | CPI | Kanai Saha | 35.47 | Congress |
| 1977 | 288.120 | 52.08 | Gadadhar Saha | 49.00 | CPI | Birendaban Saha | 38.04 | INC |
| 1980 | 441,810 | 67.18 | Gadadhar Saha | 51.91 | CPI | Badal Chandra Bagdi | 42.48 | INC |
| 1984 | 563,390 | 74.98 | Gadadhar Saha | 50.32 | CPI | Badal Bagdi | 47.88 | INC |
| 1989 | 692,220 | 76.28 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 50.88 | CPI | Badal Bagdi | 41.77 | INC |
| 1991 | 692,510 | 75.21 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 49.71 | CPI | Subhendu Mondal | 25.47 | INC |
| 1996 | 827,370 | 83.18 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 50.35 | CPI | Mamata Saha | 36.48 | INC |
| 1998 | 789,910 | 76.83 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 69.07 | CPI | Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury | 28.23 | BJP |
| 1999 | 734,170 | 70.33 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 51.65 | CPI | Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury | 29.93 | BJP |
| 2004 | 724, 090 | 70.31 | Dr. Ram Chandra Dome | 51.42 | CPI | Gopal Chadra Das | 24.95 | INC |