Berhampore (Lok Sabha constituency)

Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Berhampore) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Murshidabad district.

Baharampur
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Parliamentary Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1951–present
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,453,783[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Burwan (SC) Kandi Bharatpur Rejinagar Beldanga Baharampur Naoda

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. Hooghly, 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

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 10 Baharampur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

• Burwan (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
• Kandi (assembly constituency no. 68)
• Bharatpur (assembly constituency no. 69)
• Rejinagar (assembly constituency no. 70)
• Beldanga (assembly constituency no. 71)
• Baharampur (assembly constituency no. 72)
• Naoda (assembly constituency no. 74)

In 2004 Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Naoda (assembly constituency no. 61), Berhampore (assembly constituency no. 63), Beldanga (assembly constituency no. 64), Kandi (assembly constituency no. 65), Barwan (assembly constituency no. 67), Bharatpur (assembly constituency no. 68), Ketugram (SC) (assembly constituency no. 282)

Members of Parliament

• Behrampur Lok Sabha Seat

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Tridib Chaudhuri	Revolutionary Socialist Party [4]
Second	1957-62
Third	1962-67
Fourth	1967-71
Fifth	1971-77
Sixth	1977-80
Seventh	1980-84
Eighth	1984-89	Atish Chandra Sinha	Indian National Congress[5]
Ninth	1989-91	Nani Bhattacharya	Revolutionary Socialist Party [6]
Tenth	1991-93
Tenth	1994-96	Pramothes Mukherjee
Eleventh	1996-98
Twelfth	1998-99
Thirteenth	1999-04	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	Indian National Congress[7]
Fourteenth	2004-09
Fifteenth	2009-14
Sixteenth	2014-19
Seventeenth	Incumbent

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Baharampur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	5,91,147	45.47	-5.07
	AITC	Apurba Sarkar	5,10,410	39.26	+19.61
	BJP	Krishna Juardar Arya	1,43,038	11.00	+3.93
	Independent	Samir Biswas	13,682	1.10
	RSP	Id Mohammad	13,362	1.00	-18.54
	NOTA	None of the above	14,086	1.08
Majority			80,696	6.21	-24.64
Turnout			13,01,033	79.41	+0.02
Registered electors			16,38,378
	INC hold		Swing	-4.50

 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party		Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
	AITC	22	12	43.00	4
	BJP	18	16	40.00	23
	INC	2	2	6.29	4
	Left	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019

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General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Baharampur[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	583,549	50.54	-6.37
	AITC	Indranil Sen	226,982	19.69	N/A
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	225,699	19.54	-17.73
	BJP	Debesh Kumar Adhikary	81,656	7.07	+5.07
	SDPI	Badrul Sekh	11,642	1.00
	Jamat-e-Seratul Mustakim	Md. Ezaruddin	4,869	4.21
	BSP	Kushadhwaj Bala	4,676	0.40
	IUML	Abdus Sukur	4,322	0.34
Majority			356,567	30.85	+11.22
Turnout			11,54,587	79.42	-1.28
	INC hold		Swing	-6.37

 2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Baharampur[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	541,920	56.91	+5.41
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	354,943	37.27	-4.13
	BJP	Bidyut Kumar Halder	27,619	2.00
	Independent	Baidya Nath Mondal	9,195	0.96
	BSP	Kushadhwaj Bala	8,587	0.90
	RPI(A)	Ghosh Babu Saw	3,823	0.40
	SP	Ashoke Kumar Singha	3,076	0.32
	RDMP	Rabindra Nath Roy	3,050	0.32
Majority			186,977	19.63
Turnout			9,52,213	80.70
	INC hold		Swing

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	19	18	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	17	22.7
Communist Party of India	2	1	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	1	2.4
Forward Bloc	2	1	2.1
Indian National Congress	6		9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	1	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	1	1	0.7

Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2009
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Baharampur[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	508,095	51.50
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	409,194	41.40
	BJP	Tapas Kumar Chatterjee	41,490	4.20
	Independent	Jyotirmoy Thakur	9,672	1.00
	JDP	Apurba Banerjee	6,818	0.70
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Mandal	5,643	0.60
	RPI(A)	Ashim Roy	3,798	0.40
	Independent	Krishna Prasad Biswas	3,428	0.30
	Samajwadi Party	Ashok Kumar Singha	3,377	0.30
Majority			98,901	10.0
Turnout			9,87,380	80.9%
	INC hold		Swing

 Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	1	7	21.40
Indian National Congress	6	3	14.56
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	0	NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	3	38.57
Communist Party of India	3	1	4.01
Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	4.48
All India Forward Bloc	3	1	3.66
Bharatiya Janata Party	0	2	8.06

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Behrampore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	434,073	46.86
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	338,683	36.56
	BJP	Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi	134,569	14.53
	Independent	Jyotirmoy Thakur	8,948	0.97
	IUML	Nurul Islam	3,618	0.39
	Independent	Siddhartha Chatterjee	2,679	0.29
	BSP	Sunil Kumar Mandal	1,066	0.12
	Independent	Kanan Kumar Saha	911	0.10
	Independent	Sadhan Roy	881	0.10
	Independent	Santosh Majhi	745	0.08
	Independent	Anarul Haque Malitha	203	0.02
Majority			95,391
Turnout			9,26,375	77.33
	INC gain from RSP		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Behrampore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	385,979	44.46
	BJP	Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi	262,610	30.25
	INC	Prodip Mazumdar	188,985	21.77
	MUL	Abdus Sukur	29,888	3.44
	Independent	Kanan Kumar Saha	784	0.09
Majority			1,23,369
Turnout			9,26,375	77.33
	RSP hold		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Behrampore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	449,656	45.86
	INC	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	405,299	36.56
	BJP	Subhendu Biswas	56,073	26.96
	Independent	Naimul Haque	2,886	0.97
Majority			44,357
Turnout			9,26,375	77.33
	RSP hold		Swing

1994 By-election

In the Behrampore seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting RSP-MP Nani Bhattacharya on 11 October 1993. The Bye election Held On 12 March 1994.Pramothes Mukherjee of RSP defeated Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress.

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Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1994: Behrampore constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Pramothes Mukherjee	387,549	52.39
	INC	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	292,255	39.84
	BJP	Mohasin Ali Mondal	128,570	19.85
	IUML	Abdul Hossain Sekh	93,912	12.93
	Independent	Arup Chakraborty	12,719	1.89
Majority			95,294	8.70
Turnout			96,650	47.69	-6.7
	RSP hold		Swing	+21.27

General elections 1951-2019

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

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	A.K.M.Zakariah	Independent[4]
1957	Trdib Chaudhuri	RSP	Nazrul Haque Khandoker	Independent[11]
1962	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	Nazrul Haque Khandoker	INC[12]
1967	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	D.Sinha	INC[13]
1971	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	Rejaul Karim	INC[14]
1977	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	INC[15]
1980	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	Jagadish Sinha	INC[16]
1984	Atish Chandra Sinha	INC	Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP[5]
1989	Nani Bhattacharya	RSP	Sankar Das Paul	INC[6]
1991	Nani Bhattacharya	RSP	Kumar Dipti Sengupta	INC[17]
1996	Promothes Mukherjee	RSP	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	INC[18]
1998	Promothes Mukherjee	RSP	Sabyasachi Bagchi	BJP[19]
1999	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC	Pramothes Mukherjee	RSP[7]
2004	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC	Pramothes Mukherjee	RSP[10]
2009	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC	Pramothes Mukherjee	RSP
2014	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC	Indranil Sen	AITC
2019	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC	Apurbo Sarkar	AITC

See also

• Baharampur, also known as Berhampore
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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