Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency

Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India.

Jhargram WB-33
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Jhargram Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Nayagram Gopiballavpur Jhargram Garhbeta Salboni Binpur Bandwan
Established	1962
Total electors	17,79,794 (2024)[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kalipada Soren
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

The constituency centres on Jhargram in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Four of the seven assembly segments of No. 33 Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency are in Jhargram district, two in Paschim Medinipur district and one assembly segment is in Purulia district.

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 issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 33 Jhargram, reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the following segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
220	Nayagram (ST)	Jhargram	Dulal Murmu		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
221	Gopiballavpur		Khagendra Nath Mahata
222	Jhargram		Birbaha Hansda
233	Garbeta	Paschim Medinipur	Uttara Singha
234	Salboni		Srikanta Mahata
237	Binpur (ST)	Jhargram	Debnath Hansda
238	Bandwan (ST)	Purulia	Rajib Lochan Saren

Prior to delimitation, Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3] Garhbeta East (assembly constituency no. 220), Garhbeta West (SC) (assembly constituency no. 221), Salbani (assembly constituency no. 222), Nayagram (ST) (assembly constituency no. 229), Gopiballavpur (assembly constituency no. 230), Jhargram (assembly constituency no. 231), Binpur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 232)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Third	1962-67	Jhargram	Subodh Chandra Hansda		Indian National Congress[4]
Fourth	1967-71		Amiya Kumar Kisku		Bangla Congress[5]
Fifth	1971-77		Amiya Kumar Kisku		Indian National Congress[6]
Sixth	1977-80		Jadunath Kisku		Communist Party of India[7]
Seventh	1980-84		Matilal Hansda[8]
Eighth	1984-89	[9]
Ninth	1989-91	[10]
Tenth	1991-96		Rupchand Murmu[11]
Eleventh	1996-98	[12]
Twelfth	1998-99	[13]
Thirteenth	1999-04	[14]
Fourteenth	2004-09	[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske[16]
Sixteenth	2014-2019		Dr. Uma Saren		All India Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth	2019-2024		Kunar Hembram		Bharatiya Janata Party[18]
Eighteenth	2024-incumbent		Kalipada Soren		All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Jhargram^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kalipada Soren	743,478	49.87	6.15
	BJP	Dr. Pranat Tudu	5,69,430	38.20	6.36
	CPI(M)	Sonamani Murmu (Tudu)	77,302	5.19	0.19
	JPP	Surya Singh Besra	19,494	1.31	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	15,920	1.07	0.19
Majority			1,74,048	11.67	10.83
Turnout			14,90,843	83.76	1.95
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general election:Jhargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kunar Hembram	626,583	44.56	+34.83
	AITC	Birbaha Soren	614,816	43.72	−10.88
	CPI(M)	Deblina Hembram	75,680	5.38	−21.12
	INC	Joggeshwar Hembram	20,754	1.48	−1.74
	NOTA	None of the above	17,692	1.26
Majority			11,767	0.84
Turnout			1,407,231	85.71
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+22.86

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections:Jhargram^[17][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Uma Saren	6,74,504	54.60
	CPI(M)	Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske	3,26,621	26.50
	BJP	Bikash Mudi	1,22,459	9.74
	INC	Anita Hansda	40,513	3.22
	NOTA	None of the above	22,935	1.82	+1.82
	JMM	Buddhadeb Mandi	15,114	1.20
Majority			3,47,883	27.66
Turnout			12,57,613	85.26
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections:Jhargram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske	5,45,231	56.92	−7.28
	INC	Amrit Hansda	2,52,886	26.40
	JKP (N)	Chunibala Hansda	48,175	5.00
	BJP	Nabendu Mahali	45,425	4.70
	IND	Aditya Kisku	26,945	2.80
	IND	Sunil Mandi	19,198	2.00
Majority			2,92,345	30.52
Turnout			9,58,374	77.19
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004:Jhargram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rupchand Murmu	509,045	64.24
	AITC	Nityananda Hembram	157,702	19.90
	JKP(N)	Khangendranath Hembrom	57,650	7.30
	JMM	Mongal Soren	37,921	4.80
	Independent	Surja Mandi	13,338	1.70
	Independent	Masang Hembram	10,223	1.30
	Independent	Leba Chand Tudu	9,433	1.20
Majority			351,343	44.34%
Turnout			795,312	77.19
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999:Jhargram^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rupchand Murmu	402,325	50.82%
	AITC	Dakhin Murmu	293,644	37.09%
	JKP(N)	Biswanath Murmu	84,332	10.65%
	JMM	Aloke Kumar Mandi	9,592	1.21%
	BSP	Gopi Nath Mandi	1,807	023%
Turnout			791,700	79.85%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General elections 1962-2004

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

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Ref.
1962	Subodh Hansda	Indian National Congress	Gopinath Saren	Communist Party of India	[4]
1967	Amiya Kumar Kisku	Indian National Congress	Jadu Nath Kisku	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[5]
1971	Amiya Kumar Kisku	Indian National Congress	Jadu Nath Kisku	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[6]
1977	Jadu Nath Kisku	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amiya Kumar Kisku	Indian National Congress	[7]
1980	Matilal Hansda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Tushar Tudu	Indian National Congress (I)	[8]
1984	Matilal Hansda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amiya Kumar Kisku	Indian National Congress	[9]
1989	Matilal Hansda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Panchanan Hansda	Indian National Congress	[10]
1991	Rupchand Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amiya Kumar Kisku	Jharkhand Party	[11]
1996	Rupchand Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Subodh Hansda	Indian National Congress	[12]
1998	Rupchand Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Samay Mandi	All India Trinamool Congress	[13]
1999	Rupchand Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Dakhin Murmu	All India Trinamool Congress	[14]
2004	Rupchand Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Nityananda Hembram	All India Trinamool Congress	[15]

See also

• Jhargram
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha