Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kolkata Uttar
Existence 2009-present
Reservation None
Current MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Party AITMC
Elected Year 2014
State West Bengal
Total Electors 1,433,985[1]
Assembly Constituencies Chowranghee
Entally
Beleghata
Jorasanko
Shyampukur
Maniktala
Kashipur Belgachhia

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কলকাতা উত্তর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on the northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Kolkata district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Assembly segments

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 24) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2009 Sudip Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress[3]
2014 Sudip Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress[4]

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in previous years see Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Kolkata Uttar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Sudip Bandyopadhyay 3,43,687 35.94 -16.56
BJP Rahul Sinha 2,47,461 25.88 +21.66
CPI(M) Rupa Bagchi 1,96,053 20.50 -19.55
INC Somendra Nath Mitra 1,30,783 13.68 +13.68
Independent Sanjoy Saha 4,808 0.50
AAP Alok Chaturvedi 4,399 0.46
Independent Dr. Devendra Pandey 4,168
Independent Saumen Mitra 3752
BSP Phul Chand Ram 3752
Independent Kalipada Jana 1860
Independent Kaushik Biswas 1810
Independent Debajyoti Sengupta 1435
Independent Rathindra Nath Roy 1149
IUML Md. Ibrahim Khan 749
RJP Tarun Mukherjee 708
Gareeb Aadmi Party S.M.Habibullah 660
Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch Mitul Kumar Singh 548
Independent Sunirmal Basu 548
Majority 96,226 10.04 -2.41
Turnout 9,55,778 66.65 -18.80
Trinamool Congress hold Swing -16.55
 Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 34 Increase15 39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 Decrease7 22.7
Communist Party of India 0 Decrease2 2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease2 2.4
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease2 2.1
Indian National Congress 4 Decrease2 9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 Increase1 16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 Decrease1 0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General election 2009

General Election, 2009:Calcutta North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4,64,646 52.99
CPI(M) Mohammed Salim 3,51,368 40.05
BJP Tathagata Roy 37,044 4.22
Independent Sultan Osman 9,155 0.67
BSP Sharad Kumar Singh 5,666 0.65
Independent Sandipan Biswas 3,231 0.24
Independent Kumodh Narayan Chowdhury 2,916 0.16
LJP Avinash Kumar Agarwal 2,268 0.26
Independent Satish Vyas 1,791 0.13
IUML Md. Kasim 1,130 0.13
Independent Amitabha Sen 1,120 0.13
Independent Kanchan Kumar Sarkar 984 0.11
Independent Balaram Saha 782 0.09
Majority 1,13,278 12.45
Turnout 10,48,827 85.45
Trinamool Congress win (new seat)

References

  1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

See also

Coordinates: 22°35′06″N 88°21′29″E / 22.585°N 88.358°E / 22.585; 88.358

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