Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency

Mathurapur is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 20 Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Mathurapur WB-20
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Mathurapur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Patharpratima Kakdwip Sagar Kulpi Raidighi Mandirbazar Magrahat Paschim
Established	1962–Present
Total electors	1,649,953[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bapi Halder
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Legislative 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, Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
130	Patharpratima	South 24 Parganas	Samir Kumar Jana		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
131	Kakdwip		Manturam Pakhira
132	Sagar		Bankim Chandra Hazra
133	Kulpi		Jogaranjan Halder
134	Raidighi		Aloke Jaldata
135	Mandirbazar (SC)		Joydeb Halder
142	Magrahat Paschim		Giasuddin Molla

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Third	1962-1967	Mathurapur	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar		Indian National Congress[3]
Fourth	1967-1971		Kansari Halder		Communist Party of India[4]
Fifth	1971-1977		Madhurjya Haldar[5]
Sixth	1977-1980		Mukunda Ram Mandal[6]
Seventh	1980-1984		Mukunda Ram Mandal[7]
Eighth	1984-1989		Manoranjan Halder		Indian National Congress[8]
Ninth	1989-1991		Radhika Ranjan Pramanick		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Tenth	1991-1996		Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[10]
Eleventh	1996-1998		Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[11]
Twelfth	1998-1999		Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[12]
Thirteenth	1999-2004		Radhika Ranjan Pramanick[13]
Fourteenth	2004-2009		Basudeb Barman[14]
Fifteenth	2009-2014		Choudhury Mohan Jatua		Trinamool Congress[15]
Sixteenth	2014-2019		Choudhury Mohan Jatua[16]
Seventeenth	2019-2024		Choudhury Mohan Jatua
Eighteenth	2024-Incumbent		Bapi Halder

Election Results

General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Mathurapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bapi Halder	755,731	50.52%	−1.32%
	BJP	Ashok Purkait	554674	37.08%	−0.21%
	ISF	Ajay Kumar Das	87606	5.86%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sarat Chandra Halder	61100	4.08%	−2.51%
	BSP	Pankaj Kumar Halder	4257	0.28%
	SUCI(C)	Biswanath Sardar	4534	0.3%
	PDS	Bappa Das	1209	0.08%
	NOTA	None of the above	8631	0.58%
Majority			201057
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Mathurapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	726,828	51.84	+2.26
	BJP	Shyama Prasad Halder	522,854	37.29	+32.08
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sarat Chandra Halder	92,417	6.59	−32.08
	INC	Krittibas Sardar	32,324	2.31	−1.43
	NOTA	None of the above	6,910	0.49
Majority			203,974	14.55
Turnout			1,402,019	84.86
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Mathurapur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	6,27,761	49.58	−5.37
	CPI(M)	Rinku Naskar	4,89,325	38.67	+5.88
	BJP	Tapan Naskar	66,538	5.21	+2.59
	INC	Manoranjan Halder	47,376	3.74
	SUCI(C)	Purna Chandra Naiya	10,203	0.81
	NOTA	None Of The Above	9,342	0.74	−−−
Majority			1,38,436	10.94	−1.46
Turnout			12,70,985	85.37
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Mathurapur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	5,65,505	54.95
	CPI(M)	Animesh Naskar	4,35,542	41.55
	BJP	Binay Kumar Biswas	27,432	2.62
	IND	Biresh Chandra Mandal	7,621	0.73
	BSP	Sachindra Nath Naskar	5,165	0.49
Majority			1,29,963	12.39
Turnout			10,48,827	85.45
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		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 1962-2004

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

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1962	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress	Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India[3]
1967	Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[4]
1972	Madhurjya Haldar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Bimalendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[5]
1977	Mukundaram Mandal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[6]
1980	Mukundaram Mandal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Bimlendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress[7]
1984	Manoranjan Halder	Indian National Congress	Nirmal Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1989	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Manoranjan Halder	Indian National Congress[9]
1991	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Manoranjan Halder	Indian National Congress[10]
1996	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sujit Patwari	Indian National Congress[11]
1998	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Jogaranjan Halder	All India Trinamool Congress[12]
1999	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2004	Basudeb Barman	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Radhika Ranjan Pramanick	All India Trinamool Congress[14]

See also

• Mathurapur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha