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Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1967-present |
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| Reservation | Reserved for SC |
| Current MP | Sakti Mohan Malik |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Elected Year | 2009 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,375,377 |
| Assembly Constituencies | Haripal Tarakeswar Pursurah Arambag (SC) Goghat (SC) Khanakul Chandrakona (SC) |
Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for scheduled castes.
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Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issuded in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Haripal (assembly constituency no. 196)
- Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 198)
- Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 199)
- Arambag (SC) (assembly constituency no. 200)
- Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 201)
- Khanakul (assembly constituency no. 202)
- Chandrakona (SC) (assembly constituency no. 232)
Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185)
- Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192)
- Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193)
- Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194)
- Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195)
- Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196)
- Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)
Election results
| General Election, 2009: Arambagh.[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 630,254 | |||
| Congress | Sambhu Nath Malik | 428,696 | |||
| BJP | Murari Bera | 57,903 | |||
| BSP | Parimal Biswas | 24,762 | |||
| Jharkhand Disom Party | Subir Kumar Majhi | 21,722 | |||
| Turnout | 1,163,337 | 84.58 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 19 |  18 |
| Indian National Congress | 6 | 0 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 |  17 |
| Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 1 |
| Forward bloc | 2 | 1 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 1 |
Source: List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
Statitical Report on General Elections 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha
Results prior to 2009
Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below.
1967-1971
| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1967[4] | A.Bose | Forward Bloc |
| 1971[5] | Manoranjan Hazra | CPI(M) |
1977-2004
Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
| 1977[6] | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Santi Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Janata Party |
| 1984 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gopal Das Nag | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Monoranjan Hazra | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Swapan Kumar Nandi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
References
- ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1967". Election Commission. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971". Election Commission. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "28 – Arambagh Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp28.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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