Barasat Lok Sabha constituency

For other uses, see Barasat (disambiguation).

Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Most Successful parties from Barasat Lok Sabha

1. All India Forward Bloc (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
2. Trinamool Congress (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
3. Indian National Congress (4 times) 23.53 (22.2%)
4. Communist Party of India (2 times) 11.76 (11.1%)

Barasat WB-17
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Barasat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Habra Ashoknagar Rajarhat New Town Bidhannagar Madhyamgram Barasat Deganga
Established	1952-present
Total electors	1,512,792[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

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. 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 the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following Assembly segments from 2009:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
100	Habra	North 24 Parganas	Jyotipriya Mallick		Trinamool Congress		Bharatiya Janata Party
101	Ashoknagar		Narayan Goswami				Trinamool Congress
115	Rajarhat New Town		Tapash Chatterjee
116	Bidhannagar		Sujit Bose				Bharatiya Janata Party
118	Madhyamgram		Rathin Ghosh				Trinamool Congress
119	Barasat		Chiranjeet Chakraborty
120	Deganga		Rahima Mondal

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party
First	1952-57	Santipur	Arun Chandra Guha		Indian National Congress[3][4]
Second	1957-62	Barasat
Third	1962-67
Fourth	1967-71		Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen		Communist Party of India[5][6]
Fifth	1971-77
Sixth	1977-80		Chitta Basu		All India Forward Bloc[7][8]
Seventh	1980-84
Eighth	1984-89		Tarun Kanti Ghosh		Indian National Congress[9]
Ninth	1989-91		Chitta Basu		All India Forward Bloc[10][11][12]
Tenth	1991-96
Eleventh	1996-98
Twelfth	1998-99		Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja		Trinamool Congress[13][14]
Thirteenth	1999-04
Fourteenth	2004-09		Subrata Bose		All India Forward Bloc[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Kakali Ghosh Dastidar		Trinamool Congress[16][17]
Sixteenth	2014-2019
Seventeenth	2019-2024
Eighteenth	2024-Incumbent

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Barasat^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	692,010	45.15	1.32
	BJP	Swapan Majumder	577,823	37.70	0.87
	ISF	Tapas Banerjee	121,440	7.92	7.92
	AIFB	Sanjib Chatterjee	100,000	6.52	2.37
	NOTA	None of the above	17,892	1.17
Majority			114,189
Turnout			1,532,601
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barasat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	648,444	46.47	+5.08
	BJP	Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath	538,275	38.57	+15.2
	AIFB	Haripada Biswas	124,068	8.89	−18.86
	INC	Subrata Dutta	37,277	2.67	−0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	17,769	1.27
Majority			110,169	7.90	−5.74
Turnout			1,396,194	81.26	−2.65
	AITC hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Barasat^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	525,387	41.39	−9.56
	AIFB	Mortaza Hossain	3,52,246	27.75	−11.22
	BJP	P. C. Sorcar, Jr.	2,96,608	23.37	+17.97
	INC	Riju Ghoshal	40,660	3.20	+3.20
	None of the Above	None of the Above	12,700	1.00
	BSP	Sukumar Bala	12,178	0.96
Majority			1,73,141	13.64	+1.66
Turnout			12,69,331	83.91
	AITC hold		Swing	-10.39

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Barasat^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	522,530	50.96
	AIFB	Sudin Chattopadhyay	3,99,629	38.97
	BJP	Bratin Sengupta	55,353	5.39
	BSP	Arun Kumar Biswas	18,381	1.79
	AUDF	Bhaskar Ghosh	9,161	0.89
	IND	Kumari Kamala Das	7,527	0.73
Majority			1,22,901	11.99
Turnout			10,25,329	83.60
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

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

General elections 1957-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1957	273525	56.56	Arun Chandra Guha	51.10	Indian National Congress	Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta	48.90	Communist Party of India[4]
1962	385,859	59.64	Arun Chandra Guha	50.17	Indian National Congress	Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta	37.70	Communist Party of India[19]
1967	365,429	74.09	Ranendra Nath Sen	40.84	Communist Party of India	Arun Chandra Guha	31.59	Indian National Congress[5]
1971	349,894	64.10	Ranendra Nath Sen	33.29	Communist Party of India	Hemanta Gangopadhyay	30.54	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1977	372,420	61.05	Chitta Basu	56.15	Forward Bloc	Ranen Sen	24.23	Communist Party of India[7]
1980	571,760	75.33	Chitta Basu	53.03	Forward Bloc	Harasit Ghosh	36.30	Indian National Congress (I)[8]
1984	703,870	83-83	Tarun Kanti Ghosh	49.46	Indian National Congress	Chitta Basu	47.64	Forward Bloc[9]
1989	898,100	85.87	Chitta Basu	50.52	Forward Bloc	Tarun Kanti Ghosh	44.38	Indian National Congress[10]
1991	893, 570	83.11	Chitta Basu	43.60	Forward Bloc	Ashok Krishna Dutt	35.84	Indian National Congress[11]
1996	1,072,010	86.33	Chitta Basu	46.24	Forward Bloc	Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja	42.86	Indian National Congress[12]
1998	1,070,950	84.10	Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja	47.13	Trinamool Congress	Chitra Ghosh	40.83	Forward Bloc[13]
1999	1,043,590	80.88	Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja	50.28	Trinamool Congress	Saral Deb	40.88	Forward Bloc[14]
2004	1,153,580	83.11	Subrata Bose	45.13	Forward Bloc	Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja	44.07	Trinamool Congress[15]

See also

• Barasat
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha