Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on the northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Kolkata district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Kolkata Uttar
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentSudip Bandyopadhyay
Parliamentary PartyAITC
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established2009-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,433,985[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesChowranghee
Entally
Beleghata
Jorasanko
Shyampukur
Maniktala
Kashipur Belgachhia

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. Hoghly, 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

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 24) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  • Chowranghee (assembly constituency no. 162)
  • Entally (assembly constituency no. 163)
  • Beleghata (assembly constituency no. 164)
  • Jorasanko (assembly constituency no. 165)
  • Shyampukur (assembly constituency no. 166)
  • Maniktala (assembly constituency no. 167)
  • Kashipur Belgachhia (assembly constituency no. 168)

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
2009 Sudip Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress[3]
2014
2019

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in previous years see Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General election 2019

Source:Source

2019 Indian general elections: Kolkata Uttar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4,74,891 49.96 +14.02
BJP Rahul Sinha 3,47,796 36.59 +10.71
CPI (M) Kaninika Bose Ghosh 71,080 7.48 -13.02
INC Syed Shahid Imam 26,093 2.74 -10.94
IND Debjit Roy Choudhury 3,719 0.39 +0.39
BSP Omprakash Prajapati 2,597 0.27 +0.27
SS Srabanti Das 901 0.09 +0.09
SUCI(C) Bijan Kumar Bera 1,315 0.14 +0.14
NOTA None of the above 6,736 0.71 +0.71
Majority 1,27,095
Turnout 9,50,639 65.83
AITC hold Swing 14.02
 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage Vote change %
Trinamool Congress 22 12 43.00 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 18 16 40.00 23
Indian National Congress 2 2 6.29 4
Left Front 0 2 7.57 24

Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Kolkata Uttar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 343,687 35.94 -16.96
BJP Rahul Sinha 247,461 25.88 +21.66
CPI (M) Rupa Bagchi 196,549 20.50 -19.55
INC Somendra Nath Mitra 130,783 13.68 +13.68
Independent Sanjoy Saha 4,808 0.50
AAP Alok Chaturvedi 4,399 0.46
Independent Dr. Devendra Pandey 4,168
Independent Saumen Mitra 3752
BSP Phul Chand Ram 3752
Independent Kalipada Jana 1860
Independent Kaushik Biswas 1810
Independent Debajyoti Sengupta 1435
Independent Rathindra Nath Roy 1149
IUML Md. Ibrahim Khan 749
RJP Tarun Mukherjee 708
Gareeb Aadmi Party S.M.Habibullah 660
Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch Mitul Kumar Singh 548
Independent Sunirmal Basu 548
Majority 96,226 10.06 -2.41
Turnout 9,55,778 66.65 -18.80
AITC hold Swing -16.55
 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: Kolkata Uttar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 460,646 52.50
CPI (M) Mohammed Salim 351,368 40.05
BJP Tathagata Roy 37,044 4.22
Independent Sultan Osman 9,155 1.04
BSP Sharad Kumar Singh 5,666 0.65
Independent Sandipan Biswas 3,231 0.37
Independent Kumodh Narayan Chowdhury 2,916 0.16
LJP Avinash Kumar Agarwal 2,268 0.26
Independent Satish Vyas 1,791 0.13
IUML Md. Kasim 1,130 0.13
Independent Amitabha Sen 1,120 0.13
Independent Kanchan Kumar Sarkar 984 0.11
Independent Balaram Saha 782 0.09
Majority 1,09,278 12.45
Turnout 10,48,827 85.45
AITC win (new seat)

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

 
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 1 6.14

References
  1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. "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.
  4. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

See also
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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