Baharampur 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.
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Baharampur 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.
Assembly segments
Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency
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 West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 10 Baharampur is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:
<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>67</td><td>Burwan (SC)</td><td>Murshidabad</td><td>Jiban Krishna Saha</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td>Kandi</td><td>Apurba Sarkar</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>Bharatpur</td><td>Humayun Kabir</td><td></td><td>Janata Unnayan Party</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>Rejinagar</td><td>Rabiul Alam Chowdhury</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td>Beldanga</td><td>Hasanuzzaman Sheikh</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td>Baharampur</td><td>Subrata Maitra</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td>Naoda</td><td>Sahina Mumtaz Begum</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr></tbody></table>
In 2004 Berhampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: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
Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Atish Chandra Sinha</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Nani Bhattacharya</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Yusuf Pathan</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
General election 2024
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Yusuf Pathan</td><td>524,516</td><td>37.88</td><td>1.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>439,494</td><td>31.74</td><td>13.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nirmal Kumar Saha</td><td>371,886</td><td>26.86</td><td>15.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>7,485</td><td>0.54</td><td>0.54</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>85,022</td><td>6.14</td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,384,770</td><td>77.54</td><td>1.87</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2019
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>591,147</td><td>45.47</td><td>−5.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Apurba Sarkar (David)</td><td>510,410</td><td>39.26</td><td>+19.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Krishna Joyardar</td><td>143,038</td><td>11.00</td><td>+3.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>14,086</td><td>1.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>80,696</td><td>6.21</td><td>−24.64</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,301,033</td><td>79.41</td><td>+0.02</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,638,378</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-4.50</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2014
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>583,549</td><td>50.54</td><td>−6.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Indranil Sen</td><td>226,982</td><td>19.69</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>225,699</td><td>19.54</td><td>−17.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Debesh Kumar Adhikary</td><td>81,656</td><td>7.07</td><td>+5.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Badrul Sekh</td><td>11,642</td><td>1.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Jamat-e-Seratul Mustakim</td><td>Md. Ezaruddin</td><td>4,869</td><td>4.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kushadhwaj Bala</td><td>4,676</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Abdus Sukur</td><td>4,322</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>356,567</td><td>30.85</td><td>+11.22</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,54,587</td><td>79.42</td><td>−1.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-6.37</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2009
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>541,920</td><td>56.91</td><td>+5.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>354,943</td><td>37.27</td><td>−4.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bidyut Kumar Halder</td><td>27,619</td><td>2.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Baidya Nath Mondal</td><td>9,195</td><td>0.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kushadhwaj Bala</td><td>8,587</td><td>0.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI(A)</td><td>Ghosh Babu Saw</td><td>3,823</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Ashoke Kumar Singha</td><td>3,076</td><td>0.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RDMP</td><td>Rabindra Nath Roy</td><td>3,050</td><td>0.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>186,977</td><td>19.64</td><td>+9.64</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,52,213</td><td>80.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 2004
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>508,095</td><td>51.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>409,194</td><td>41.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Tapas Kumar Chatterjee</td><td>41,490</td><td>4.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jyotirmoy Thakur</td><td>9,672</td><td>1.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JDP</td><td>Apurba Banerjee</td><td>6,818</td><td>0.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sunil Kumar Mandal</td><td>5,643</td><td>0.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI(A)</td><td>Ashim Roy</td><td>3,798</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishna Prasad Biswas</td><td>3,428</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Samajwadi Party</td><td>Ashok Kumar Singha</td><td>3,377</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>98,901</td><td>10.0</td><td>−0.20</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,87,380</td><td>80.9%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1999
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>434,073</td><td>46.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>338,683</td><td>36.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi</td><td>134,569</td><td>14.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jyotirmoy Thakur</td><td>8,948</td><td>0.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Nurul Islam</td><td>3,618</td><td>0.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Siddhartha Chatterjee</td><td>2,679</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Sunil Kumar Mandal</td><td>1,066</td><td>0.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kanan Kumar Saha</td><td>911</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sadhan Roy</td><td>881</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Santosh Majhi</td><td>745</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anarul Haque Malitha</td><td>203</td><td>0.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>95,391</td><td>10.20 %</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,26,375</td><td>77.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from RSP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1998
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>385,979</td><td>44.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi</td><td>262,610</td><td>30.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Prodip Mazumdar</td><td>188,985</td><td>21.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>MUL</td><td>Abdus Sukur</td><td>29,888</td><td>3.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kanan Kumar Saha</td><td>784</td><td>0.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>123,369</td><td>14.00 %</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,26,375</td><td>77.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General election 1996
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>449,656</td><td>48.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td><td>405,299</td><td>43.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Subhendu Biswas</td><td>56,073</td><td>6.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Naimul Haque</td><td>2,886</td><td>0.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>44,357</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,26,375</td><td>77.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
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 by-election was held on 12 March 1994. Pramothes Mukherjee of RSP defeated Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>387,549</td><td>52.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td><td>292,262</td><td>39.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mohasin Ali Mondal</td><td>128,570</td><td>19.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Abdul Hossain Sekh</td><td>93,912</td><td>12.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arup Chakraborty</td><td>12,719</td><td>1.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>95,287</td><td>8.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>96,650</td><td>47.69</td><td>−6.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+21.27</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General elections 1951-2024
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th></th><th>Runner-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>A.K.M.Zakariah</td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Trdib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>Nazrul Haque Khandoker</td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>Nazrul Haque Khandoker</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>D.Sinha</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>Rejaul Karim</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>Sudip Bandyopadhyay</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td><td>Jagadish Sinha</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Atish Chandra Sinha</td><td>INC</td><td>Tridib Chaudhuri</td><td>RSP</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Nani Bhattacharya</td><td>RSP</td><td>Sankar Das Paul</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Nani Bhattacharya</td><td>RSP</td><td>Kumar Dipti Sengupta</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Promothes Mukherjee</td><td>RSP</td><td>Siddhartha Shankar Ray</td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Promothes Mukherjee</td><td>RSP</td><td>Sabyasachi Bagchi</td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>RSP</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>RSP</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td><td>Pramothes Mukherjee</td><td>RSP</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td><td>Indranil Sen</td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td><td>Apurbo Sarkar</td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Yusuf Pathan</td><td>AITC</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>INC</td></tr></tbody></table>