Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in Nadia district in West Bengal. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the boundary delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, from 2009 Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]All seven assembly segments of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Nadia district.
Assembly segments
Ranaghat (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 13) is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Krishnanagar Dakshin (assembly constituency no. 85)
- Santipur (assembly constituency no. 86)
- Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (assembly constituency no. 87)
- Krishnaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 88)
- Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 89)
- Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) (assembly constituency no. 90)
- Chakdaha (assembly constituency no. 91)
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sucharu Ranjan Haldar[2] | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2014 | Tapas Mandal[3] | ||
For MPs from this area in previous years see Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Tapas Mandal | 5,90,451 | 43.63 | -6.49 | |
| CPI(M) | Archana Biswas | 3,88,684 | 28.72 | -12.52 | |
| BJP | Dr. Suprabhat Biswas | 2,33,670 | 17.27 | +12.23 | |
| INC | Pratap Kanti Ray | 92,218 | 6.81 | N/A | |
| BSP | Utpala Biswas | 9,116 | 0.67 | -1.01 | |
| Independent | Subhas Chandra Sarkar | 8,658 | 0.63 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Paresh Halder | 7,952 | 0.58 | N/A | |
| RPI(A) | Nadiyar Chand Mondal | 3,992 | 0.29 | N/A | |
| Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party | Chaitanya Barai | 3,829 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 14,626 | 1.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,01,767 | 14.91 | +7.51 | ||
| Turnout | 13,53,196 | 84.42 | -1.88 | ||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | -6.49 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | |
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Sucharu Ranjan Haldar | 5,75,058 | 50.12 | ||
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Barman | 4,73,235 | 41.24 | ||
| BJP | Sukalyan Ray | 844 | 04 | ||
| BSP | Satish Chandra Biswas | 19,347 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent | Manmatha Biswas | 12,159 | 1.05 | ||
| Independent | Nadiar Chand Mondal | 9,585 | 0.83 | ||
| Majority | 1,01,823 | 8.88 | |||
| Turnout | 11,47,245 | 86.30 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.