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Bangaon is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centered on Bangaon. 5 of the 7 assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district and the Kalyani and Haringhata assemblies are of Nadia District (formerly Nabadwip loksabha constituency). 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.[2]
| Bangaon WB-14 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bangaon Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Kalyani Haringhata Bagda Bangaon Uttar Bangaon Dakshin Gaighata Swarupnagar |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 1,540,713[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.[3] He was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly in four different terms.
Bangaon (SC) Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 14) is composed of the following assembly segments
| Constituency Number |
Name | District | Party of MLA | MLA | Leading in 2024 Lok Sabha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Kalyani (SC) | Nadia | BJP | Ambika Roy | BJP |
| 93 | Haringhata (SC) | BJP | Asim Kumar Sarkar | BJP | |
| 94 | Bagdah (SC) | North 24 Parganas | TMC | Madhuparna Thakur | BJP |
| 95 | Bangaon Uttar (SC) | BJP | Ashok Kirtania | BJP | |
| 96 | Bangaon Dakshin (SC) | BJP | Swapan Majumder | BJP | |
| 97 | Gaighata (SC) | BJP | Subrata Thakur | BJP | |
| 98 | Swarupnagar (SC) | TMC | Bina Mondal | TMC |
| Election | Member | Party | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–2008 | Constituency did not exist. Was a part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) | |||
| 2009 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Trinamool Congress | [4] | |
| 2014 | Kapil Krishna Thakur (died in 2014) | [5] | ||
| 2015 by-election | Mamata Thakur | [6] | ||
| 2019 | Shantanu Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2024 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shantanu Thakur | 719,505 | 48.19 | −0.66 | |
| AITC | Biswajit Das | 645,812 | 43.25 | +2.33 | |
| INC | Pradip Biswas | 65,176 | 4.37 | +2.36 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 73,693 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
In 2019 Election BJP won for the first time in this constituency since its delimitation.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shantanu Thakur | 687,622 | 48.85 | +24.68 | |
| AITC | Mamata Thakur | 576,028 | 40.92 | −2.35 | |
| CPI(M) | Alakesh Das | 90,122 | 6.40 | −19.9 | |
| INC | Sourav Prasad | 22,618 | 1.61 | −0.72 | |
| Independent | Animesh Chandra Halder | 9,522 | 0.68 | ||
| BSP | Chandan Mallick | 4,707 | 0.33 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Swapan Mondal | 4,544 | 0.32 | ||
| PDS | Samaresh Biswas | 1,913 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Swapan Kumar Roy | 1,859 | 0.13 | ||
| BMP | Subrata Biswas | 1,291 | 0.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,512 | 0.53 | ||
| Majority | 111,594 | 11.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,408,653 | 82.64 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,704,632 | ||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
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.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 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 | |||
| AMB | 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 | |||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 9,965 | 0.78 | −−− | |
| Majority | 1,46,601 | 11.42 | −2.81 | ||
| Turnout | 12,83,688 | 83.32 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | 546,596 | 50.69 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr. 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 | ||
| Majority | 92,826 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,078,235 | 86.47 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
| 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 |
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