Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centred on Bangaon. All the seven assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) came into being in 2009.[1]

History

In 2009 Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency was formed. Until then Bagdah, Bongaon Uttar, Bongaon Dakshin, Gaighata all these assembly constituencies were the part of Barasat Lok Sabha constituency. Gobinda Chandra Naskar was the first elected MP of this constituency.[2] He was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly in four different terms.

Assembly segments

Bangaon (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 14) is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

Assembly NameReserved ForConstituency No.
KalyaniSC92
HaringhataSC93
BagdaSC94
Bangaon UttarSC95
Bangaon DakshinSC96
GaighataSC97
SwarupnagarSC98

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty FlagParty
2009 Gobinda Chandra Naskar[3] All India Trinamool Congress
2014 Kapil Krishna Thakur[4]
2015 by-election Mamata Thakur[5]

Election results

 Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 34 Increase15 39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 Decrease7 22.7
Communist Party of India 0 Decrease2 2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease2 2.4
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease2 2.1
Indian National Congress 4 Decrease2 9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 Increase1 16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 Decrease1 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: Bangaon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Gobinda Chandra Naskar 546,596 50.69
CPI(M) Asim Bala 453,770 42.08
BJP Krishnapada Majumder 42,610 3.95
BSP Pranita Roy 17,178 1.59
LJP Probir Kumar Sarkar 4,557 0.42
RPI(A) Sukriti Ranjan Biswas 5974 0.55
Independent Nishikanta Biswas 7,550 0.70
Turnout 1,078,235 86.47
Trinamool Congress win (new seat)

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Bangaon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Kapil Krishna Thakur 551,213 42.94 -7.75
CPI(M) Debesh Das 404,612 31.52 -10.56
BJP K.D. Biswas 244,783 19.07 +15.12
INC Ila Mondal 43,866 3.42 +3.42
BSP Chandan Mullick 9,207
Independent Pranita Mandal 8,738
SUCI(C) Swapan Mondal 3,589
Amra Bangalee Tarapada Biswas 2,848
PDS Shyam Prasad Mondal 2,624
Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch Sarat Chandra Mandal 1,172
The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India Pinaki Ranjan Bharati 1,071
NOTA None of the Above 9,965 0.78 ---
Majority 1,46,601 11.42 -2.81
Turnout 12,83,688 83.32
Trinamool Congress hold Swing

Bye election 2015

The bye election occurred on 13 February 2015 due to the death of sitting MP Kapil Krishna Thakur on 13 October 2014. Mamata Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated Debesh Das of CPIM.[5]

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2015: Bangaon constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Mamata Thakur 539,999 43.27
CPI(M) Debesh Das 328,214 26.30
BJP Subrata Thakur 314,214 24.17
INC N/A 29,149 2.33
Majority 211,785
Turnout 1,278,235 86.47
Trinamool Congress hold Swing {{{swing}}}

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Bangaon Bye Elections to Lok Sabha 2015". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

Coordinates: 23°04′N 88°49′E / 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82

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