Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency


Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on the north-western part of Calcutta in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009.

Assembly segments

In 2004, Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

Members of Lok Sabha (Parliament)

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

General election 1980

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter turnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951139,73136.52Meghnad Saha53.05RSPPrabhu Dayal Himatsingka36.62Congress
1957205,99449.73Ashoke Kumar Sen49.91CongressMohit Maitra47.03Independent
1962268,07864.58Ashoke Kumar Sen54.54CongressSnehansu Kanta Acharyya41.87CPI
1967347,33458.70Ashoke Kumar Sen45.66CongressS.P.Roy26.52Independent
1972257,68440.96Ashoke Kumar Sen57.27CongressPrasanta Kumar Sur28.14CPI(M)
1977321,74054Bijoy Singh Nahar57.25BLDAshoke Kumar Sen35.06Congress
1980319,81051.89Ashoke Kumar Sen47.9CongressShyam Sundar Gupta33.94Forward Bloc
1984387,15064.73Ashoke Kumar Sen64.24CongressAmiya Nath Bose29.23Forward Bloc
1989439,77063.32Debi Prasad Pal50.95CongressAshoke Kumar Sen38.25JD
1991409,56058.14Debi Prasad Pal41.39CongressDilip Chakravarti33.47JD
1996452,76065.24Debi Prasad Pal48.31CongressShyamal Bhattacharjee33.56JD
1998469,38067.47Sudip Bandyopadhyay49.07Trinamool CongressSarala Maheswari33.17CPI(M)
1999444,04063.07Sudip Bandopadhyay46.6Trinamool CongressRajdeo Goala25.37CPI
2004360,12059.11Sudhangsu Seal42.15CPISubrata Mukherjee30.2Trinamool Congress