Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency


Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 41 Bolpur, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:
Prior to delimitation, Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Ausgram (SC), Mangalkot, Nanoor (SC), Bolpur, Labpur, Dubrajpur and Mayureswar (SC)

Election results

General election 1996

1984 Election

By-election 1985

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1985 which was necessitated by the Sudden Death of sitting CPIM-MP Dr. Saradish Roy. In the by-election, Somnath Chatterjee of CPIM defeated his nearest rival Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Congress by 98,999 votes.

1980 Election

General elections 1967–2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter turnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1967259,96553.75A.K.Chanda52.73CongressSaradish Roy47.27CPI(M)
1971270,78252.77Saradish Roy45.39CPIPhulrenu Guha31.01Congress
1977255,13048.36Saradish Roy50.19CPIDurga Banerjee36.20CPI
1980493,81074.04Saradish Roy54.97CPIPranab Mukherjee40.72INC
1984589,19078.26Saradish Roy55.09CPINihar Dutta44.53INC
Bye Polls 1985Somnath ChatterjeeCPISiddhartha Shankar RayCPI
1989711,13079.20Somnath Chatterjee60.42CPISachidanandan Sau36.97INC
1991713,84077.17Somnath Chatterjee56.64CPIJivan Mukhopadhyay24.10Independent
1996802,30082.10Somnath Chatterjee60.55CPISunil Das27.98INC
1998803,38078.55Somnath Chatterjee59.55CPIGour Hari Chandra27.78WBTC
1999792.8776.43Somnath Chatterjee59.36CPISuniti Chattaraj35.53AITC
2004770.1274.41Somnath Chatterjee65.56CPIDr. Nirmal Kumar Maji25.26AITC