Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency


Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency or Joynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar Majilpur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission regarding the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:

Election results

General Election 2009

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General Elections 1962–2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter turnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1962297,96255.98Paresh Nath Kayal53.28Indian National CongressSailendra Nath Haldar46.72Communist Party of India
1967373,74971.07Chitta Roy43.95Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)Paresh Nath Kayal35.84Indian National Congress
1971393,69670.16Sakti Kumar Sarkar41.61Indian National CongressNirmal Kumar Sinha22.18Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977380,21060.73Sakti Kumar Sarkar48.92Janata Party Nirmal Kanti Mondal32.49Indian National Congress
1980528,33075.97Sakti Kumar Sarkar45.72Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Gobinda Chandra Naskar36.32Indian National Congress
1984611,19080.11Sakti Kumar Sarkar44.17Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar40.76Indian National Congress
1989758,24081.34Sakti Kumar Sarkar45.35Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar36.78Indian National Congress
1991754,35078.88Sakti Kumar Sarkar46.01Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Narayan Naskar28.02Indian National Congress
1996894.5984.11Sakti Kumar Sarkar48.17Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Jogesh Roy31.60Indian National Congress
1998858,36077.98Sakti Kumar Sarkar48.48Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Krishnapada Majumdar27.49Bharatiya Janata Party
1999815.9273.05Sakti Kumar Sarkar49.39Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Krishnapada Majumdar34.80Bharatiya Janata Party
2004807,32071.01Sakti Kumar Sarkar55.81Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Asit Baran Thakur27.22Bharatiya Janata Party