Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency
Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency or Joynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar Majilpur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
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Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency
Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency or Joynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar Majilpur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Assembly segments
Jaynagar 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 regarding the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative 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>127</td><td>Gosaba (SC)</td><td>South 24 Parganas</td><td>Subrata Mondal</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>128</td><td>Basanti (SC)</td><td>Shyamal Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>129</td><td>Kultali (SC)</td><td>Ganesh Chandra Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td>Jaynagar (SC)</td><td>Biswanath Das</td></tr><tr><td>138</td><td>Canning Paschim (SC)</td><td>Paresh Ram Das</td></tr><tr><td>139</td><td>Canning Purba</td><td>Saokat Molla</td></tr><tr><td>141</td><td>Magrahat Purba (SC)</td><td>Namita Saha</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of Parliament
Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency
<table><thead><tr><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Duration</th><th>Name of M.P.</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Third</td><td>1962–1967</td><td>Paresh Nath Kayal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Fourth</td><td>1967–1971</td><td>Chitta Roy</td><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td></tr><tr><td>Fifth</td><td>1971–1977</td><td>Sakti Kumar Sarkar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Sixth</td><td>1977–1980</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>Seventh</td><td>1980–1984</td><td>Sanat Kumar Mandal</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)</td></tr><tr><td>Eighth</td><td>1984–1989</td></tr><tr><td>Ninth</td><td>1989–1991</td></tr><tr><td>Tenth</td><td>1991–1996</td></tr><tr><td>Eleventh</td><td>1996–1998</td></tr><tr><td>Twelfth</td><td>1998–1999</td></tr><tr><td>Thirteenth</td><td>1999–2004</td></tr><tr><td>Fourteenth</td><td>2004–2009</td></tr><tr><td>Fifteenth</td><td>2009–2014</td><td>Tarun Mandal</td><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td></tr><tr><td>Sixteenth</td><td>2014–2019</td><td>Pratima Mondal</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Seventeenth</td><td>2019–2024</td></tr><tr><td>Eighteenth</td><td>2024–Incumbent</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>Pratima Mondal</td><td>894,312</td><td>60.32</td><td>4.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ashok Kandari</td><td>424,093</td><td>28.60</td><td>4.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ISF</td><td>Meghnath Halder</td><td>65,372</td><td>4.41</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Samarendra Nath Mandal</td><td>40,113</td><td>2.71</td><td>2.30</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Niranjan Naskar</td><td>14,622</td><td>0.99</td><td>1.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>9,788</td><td>0.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>470,219</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,482,631</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</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>AITC</td><td>Pratima Mondal</td><td>761,206</td><td>56.13</td><td>+14.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ashok Kandari</td><td>444,427</td><td>32.77</td><td>+23.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Subhas Naskar</td><td>67,913</td><td>5.01</td><td>−27.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Joy Krishna Halder</td><td>38,261</td><td>2.82</td><td>−7.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Tapan Mondal</td><td>18,758</td><td>1.38</td><td>−2.87</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>316,775</td><td>23.36</td><td>14.22</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,356,386</td><td>82.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>AITC</td><td>Pratima Mondal</td><td>4,94,746</td><td>41.71</td><td>+41.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Subhas Naskar</td><td>3,86,362</td><td>32.58</td><td>−10.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tarun Mandal</td><td>1,17,454</td><td>9.90</td><td>−38.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Krishnapada Majumdar</td><td>1,13,206</td><td>9.54</td><td>+6.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Arnab Roy</td><td>38,493</td><td>3.25</td><td>+3.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIUDF</td><td>Taranga Mondal</td><td>13,333</td><td>1.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of The Above</td><td>8,819</td><td>0.60</td><td>−−−</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,08,384</td><td>9.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,89,048</td><td>81.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from SUCI(C)</td><td>Swing</td><td></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>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tarun Mandal</td><td>4,46,200</td><td>48.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Nimai Barman</td><td>3,92,495</td><td>42.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nirode Chandra Halder</td><td>24,608</td><td>2.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIUDF</td><td>Taranga Mondal</td><td>17,087</td><td>1.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IND</td><td>Shyamal Naskar</td><td>10,809</td><td>0.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>53,705</td><td>5.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,15,836</td><td>80.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C) gain from RSP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Seats won</th><th>Seat change</th><th>Vote percentage</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Trinamool Congress</td><td>19</td><td>18</td><td>31.8</td></tr><tr><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>13.45</td></tr><tr><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>9</td><td>17</td><td>33.1</td></tr><tr><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.56</td></tr><tr><td>Forward bloc</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3.04</td></tr><tr><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>6.14</td></tr></tbody></table>
General Elections 1962–2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Voters</th><th>Voter turnout</th><th>Winner</th><th></th><th></th><th>Runners up</th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td>%age</td><td>Candidate</td><td>%age</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>%age</td><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>297,962</td><td>55.98</td><td>Paresh Nath Kayal</td><td>53.28</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Sailendra Nath Haldar</td><td>46.72</td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>373,749</td><td>71.07</td><td>Chitta Roy</td><td>43.95</td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td><td>Paresh Nath Kayal</td><td>35.84</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>393,696</td><td>70.16</td><td>Sakti Kumar Sarkar</td><td>41.61</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Nirmal Kumar Sinha</td><td>22.18</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>380,210</td><td>60.73</td><td>48.92</td><td>Janata Party</td><td>Nirmal Kanti Mondal</td><td>32.49</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>528,330</td><td>75.97</td><td>45.72</td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Gobinda Chandra Naskar</td><td>36.32</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>611,190</td><td>80.11</td><td>44.17</td><td>Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar</td><td>40.76</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>758,240</td><td>81.34</td><td>45.35</td><td>Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar</td><td>36.78</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>754,350</td><td>78.88</td><td>46.01</td><td>Narayan Naskar</td><td>28.02</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>894.59</td><td>84.11</td><td>48.17</td><td>Jogesh Roy</td><td>31.60</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>858,360</td><td>77.98</td><td>48.48</td><td>Krishnapada Majumdar</td><td>27.49</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>815.92</td><td>73.05</td><td>49.39</td><td>Krishnapada Majumdar</td><td>34.80</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>807,320</td><td>71.01</td><td>55.81</td><td>Asit Baran Thakur</td><td>27.22</td></tr></tbody></table>