Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency

Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. This constituency was in the state of West Bengal. This constituency was reserved for Scheduled castes over certain periods.

Assembly segments

In 2004, Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Nabadwip parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; most of the assembly segments of this constituency are part of new Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

For MPs from this area in subsequent years see Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency.

Election results

Bye election 2003

The Bye election occurred on 5 June 2003 due to death of sitting MP Ananda Mohan Biswas on 3 February 2003.
Alakesh Das of CPI(M) Defeated Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress, the son of Ananda Mohan Biswas.

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951, there were two constituencies = Santipur and Nabadwip. From 1957 it was Nabadwip only. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Voters	Voter turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1951	160,938	43.33	Arun Chandra Guha	49.98	INC	Bimal Kumar Chatterjee	16.31	RCPI
1951	159025	41.65	Lakshmi Kanta Maitra	57.52	INC	Kumaresh Chandra	32.66	Independent
1957	219,064	53.53	Ila Pal Choudhury	61.21	INC	Kumaresh Chandra	38.79	Independent
1962	301,179	54.96	Haripada Chattopadhyay	52.56	Independent	Ila Pal Choudhuri	47.74	INC
1967	364,599	72.36	P.R.Thakur	61.24	Bangla Congress	J.C.Biswas	38.76	INC
1971	391,659	68	Bibha Ghosh	46.88	CPI(M)	Promotha Ranjan Thakur	44.06	Congress
1977	3,71,930	58.30	Bibha Ghosh	53.80	CPI	Nitaipada Sarkar	29.49	CPI
1980	5,62,490	78.29	Bibha Ghosh	54.69	CPI	Ananda Mohan Biswas	39.54	Congress
1984	6,95,770	81.23	Bibha Ghosh	49.97	CPI	Apurba Lal Mazumdar	48.99	Congress
1989	9,18,060	85.30	Asim Bala	51.86	CPI	Ananda Mohan Biswas	46.03	Congress
1991	9,12,200	83.37	Asim Bala	46.66	CPI	Apurba Lal Mazumdar	39.24	Congress
1996	11,35,000	86.89	Asim Bala	46.98	CPI	Protap Kanti Roy	43.47	Congress
1998	10,89,650	83.92	Asim Bala	43.04	CPI	Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas	39.22	Trinamool Congress
1999	10,14,380	76.83	Ananda Mohan Biswas	45.84	Trinamool Congress	Asim Bala	41.93	CPI
Bye Election, 2003	10,69,779	81.60	Alakesh Das	48.13	CPI	Abir Ranjan Biswas	39.29	Trinamool Congress
2004	11,77,770	84.76	Alakesh Das	47.56	CPI	Nilima Nag	46.71	Trinamool Congress