# 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:
* Cossipur (assembly constituency no. 140)
* Shyampukur (assembly constituency no. 141)
* Jorabagan (assembly constituency no. 142)
* Jorasanko (assembly constituency no. 143)
* Bara Bazar (assembly constituency no. 144)
* Bowbazar (assembly constituency no. 145)
* Taltola (SC) (assembly constituency no. 154)

## Members of Lok Sabha (Parliament)

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| First | 1952-57 | Calcutta North West | Meghnad Saha | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| Second | 1957-62 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | | Debi Prasad Pal | Indian National Congress |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | | Sudhangshu Seal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency

## Election results
### General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Sudhangshu Seal | 181,772 | 44.20 |
| | AITC | Subrata Mukherjee | 138,768 | 39.09 |
| | INC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 91,952 | 28.05 |
| | Independent | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 3,450 | |
| | Independent | Prof. Vijay Kumar Arora | 2,666 | |
| | Independent | Sudhir kr. Bishram | 2,201 | |
| | Independent | Ashim Das | 2,172 | |
| | BSP | Rizwan Ahmad Siddiqui | 2,127 | |
| | Independent | Subrata Banerjee | 1,185 | |
| | Independent | Biplab Mukherjee | 1,079 | |
| | Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 969 | |
| | Independent | Gopal Chandra Saha | 697 | |
| | Independent | Lok Nath Saraff | 640 | |
| | Independent | Kamalesh Ojha | 439 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43,004 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,60,117 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from Trinamool Congress | CPI(M) gain from Trinamool Congress | Swing | |

### General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 206,684 | 46.60 |
| | CPI(M) | Rajdeo Goala | 112,514 | 25.37 |
| | INC | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 106,430 | 24.00 |
| | Independent | Sasanka Saha | 3,888 | 0.88 |
| | JD(S) | Masarrat Begum | 3,076 | 0.69 |
| | RJD | Asiruddin | 2,602 | 0.59 |
| | Independent | Purna Chandra Ghosh | 1,914 | 0.43 |
| | BSP | Narayan Saha | 1,857 | 0.42 |
| | Independent | Pradyut Saha | 1,173 | 0.26 |
| | Independent | Indranil Kumar | 1,141 | 0.26 |
| | JP | Parimal Biswas | 1,017 | 0.23 |
| | Independent | Imtiaz Alam (Fahim) | 626 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | Bihari Lal Thalia | 564 | 0.13 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 94,170 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,62,269 | 67.47 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Trinamool Congress | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 226,832 | 49.07 |
| | CPI(M) | Sarla Maheshwari | 153,349 | 33.17 |
| | INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 75,047 | 16.23 |
| | SHS | Kana Ram | 1,421 | 0.31 |
| | JD(S) | Ramen Pandey | 1,393 | 0.30 |
| | RJD | Abdul Samad Sardar | 845 | 0.18 |
| | Independent | Ashoke Dutta | 777 | 0.17 |
| | BSP | Gholam Mohammed | 698 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Narayan Saha | 597 | 0.13 |
| | Independent | Ashok Pandey | 480 | 0.10 |
| | JP | Bihari Lal Thalia | 3,23 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar | 206 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Amar Nath Sen | 153 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Indranil Kumar | 148 | 0.03 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 73,483 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,43,486 | 63.07 |
| | Trinamool Congress gain from INC | Trinamool Congress gain from INC | Swing | |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 212,637 | 48.07% |
| | JD | Shyamal Bhattacharjee | 147,686 | 33.17% |
| | BJP | Amal Dutta | 59,395 | 16.23% |
| | Independent | Himadri Bhusan Kali | 1,421 | 0.31% |
| | Independent | Ramen Pandey | 1,393 | 0.30% |
| | RJD | Abdul Samad Sardar | 845 | 0.18% |
| | Independent | Ashoke Dutta | 777 | 0.17% |
| | BSP | Gholam Mohammed | 698 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Narayan Saha | 597 | 0.13% |
| | Independent | Ashok Pandey | 480 | 0.10% |
| | JP | Bihari Lal Thalia | 3,23 | 0.07% |
| | Independent | Sultan Ahmed Tarafdar | 206 | 0.04% |
| | Independent | Amar Nath Sen | 153 | 0.03% |
| | Independent | Indranil Kumar | 148 | 0.03% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 64,951 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,43,486 | 63.07 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 166,227 | 40.06% |
| | JD | Dilip Chakravartty | 134,408 | 32.08% |
| | BJP | Victor Banerjee | 89,155 | 21.08% |
| | Jharkhand Party | Singh Bimla | 2,190 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | Lok Nath Saraf | 1,523 | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Ram Beharilal Thlia | 999 | 0.20% |
| | LKD | Lok Nath Choudhury | 621 | 0.20% |
| | BSP | Hari Naraiyan Ray | 607 | 0.10% |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Agarwal Durga Dutt | 596 | 0.10% |
| | Doordarshi Party | Chhedi Lal Jalan | 574 | 0.10% |
| | JP | Naraiyan Ch. Roy | 539 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Shyam Sunder Bhiwaniwala | 527 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Bimal Sengupta | 497 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Dayasankar Tewari | 480 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Asis Kumar Nandi | 383 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Biswa Nath Das | 280 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Roy Ranjit Kumar | 272 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Bimal Kumar Bilotia | 241 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Lakshmi Naraiyan Mamani | 216 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Balswar Singh | 207 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Ravindra Kumar Jain | 203 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 167 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Pathak Raj Naraiyan | 144 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Laxmi Naraiyan Ojha | 116 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Sita Ram Goenka | 116 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Kapil Muni Pande | 105 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Tapan Kumar Seal | 100 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Durga Prasad | 91 | 0.00% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,819 | 7.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,09,564 | 58.01% |
| | | | Swing | |

### General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Dr. Debi Prasad Pal | 219,586 | 40.06% |
| | JD | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 164,854 | 32.08% |
| | BJP | Shanti Lal Jain | 31,677 | 21.08% |
| | ABJS | Shibji Prasad Gupta | 2,894 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | Durga Dutt Agarwal | 1,527 | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Lok Nath Saraf | 1,116 | 0.20% |
| | Independent | Bimal Kumar Bhilotia | 652 | 0.20% |
| | Independent | Benoy Sircar | 602 | 0.10% |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | Ram Beharilal Bilotia | 597 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Ambar Chatterjee | 602 | 0.10% |
| | JP | Md. Ayub | 536 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Gopal Taparia | 516 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Basant Singh | 484 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Sambhu Singh | 409 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Debabrata Ghosh | 373 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Prakash Chandra Saxena | 331 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Lakshmi Narayan Mimani | 294 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Md. Maniruddin | 253 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Md. Yousuf | 229 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Rajkumar Jain | 219 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Baleswar Singh | 206 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Rajnarayan Pathak | 187 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Shankar Lal Bajoria | 173 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Ramendra Pandey | 165 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Md. Yasin Mallick | 156 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Mahabir Prasad Bajaj | 97 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Tonny Malhotra | 96 | 0.00% |
| | Independent | Durga Prasad | 91 | 0.00% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 64,732 | 7.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,31,007 | 63.32% |
| | | | Swing | |

### General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 242,982 | 64.24% |
| | AIFB | Amiya Nath Bose | 110,560 | 32.08% |
| | BJP | Durga Prasad Nathany | 10,781 | 21.08% |
| | Independent | Ibrahim Khan | 5,611 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | Benoy Sircar | 1,982 | 0.40% |
| | ABJS | Durga Dutta Agarwal | 1,233 | 0.20% |
| | Independent | Arun Biswas | 1,222 | 0.20% |
| | Independent | Babban Singh | 1,189 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Benoy Sircar | 602 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Ram Beharilal Thelia | 905 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Ashok Jain Chabbra | 821 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Ram Chabila Shahi | 496 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Gopal Taparia | 439 | 0.10% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,32,422 | 7.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,78,221 | 64.73% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 150,476 | 47.90% |
| | AIFB | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 106,643 | 33.94% |
| | JP | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 44,611 | 14.20% |
| | JP(S) | Ranjit Kumar Mitra | 3,542 | 1.13% |
| | Independent | Ganadeb Mullick | 2,146 | 0.68% |
| | ABJS | Durga Dutta Agarwal | 1,322 | 0.42% |
| | Independent | Mohan Lal Soni | 1,041 | 0.33% |
| | Independent | Bishnu Kant Thakur | 708 | 0.23% |
| | Independent | S.C.Roy | 612 | 0.19% |
| | BSP | Shew Prasad Gupta | 576 | 0.18% |
| | Independent | Upendranath Halder | 500 | 0.16% |
| | Independent | Ramendra Bhushan Singh | 484 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Bikram Singh Chandallia | 474 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Pratap Narayan Tiwari | 421 | 0.13% |
| | Independent | Milan Chand Choraria | 324 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Karuna Nidhan Roy | 288 | 0.09% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43,733 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,14,168 | 51.89% |
| | INC gain from BLD | INC gain from BLD | Swing | |

### General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JP | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 179,681 | 47.90% |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 110,048 | 32.08% |
| | Independent | Upendra Nath Halder | 19,839 | 21.08% |
| | Independent | Shankar Lal Bajoria | 1,402 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | Fazal Ahmed | 754 | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Loknath Saraf | 737 | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Sujit Chakraborty | 724 | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Basanta Singh | 695 | 0.40% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 69,633 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,13,880 | 54.00% |
| | Swing to JP from INC | Swing to JP from INC | Swing | |

### General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 144,055 | 47.90% |
| | CPI(M) | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 70,776 | 32.08% |
| | Independent | Haripada Bharati | 34,397 | 21.08% |
| | Independent | Bindu Prasad Gupta | 2,316 | 0.50% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 73,279 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,51,544 | 40.96% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 154,664 | 47.90% |
| | Independent | S.P Roy | 89.838 | 32.08% |
| | ABJS | Haripada Bharati | 82,455 | 21.08% |
| | Independent | P.Dey | 4,124 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | K.Chandiprasad | 3,863 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | P.Dey | 3,796 | 0.50% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 64,826 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,38,740 | 58.70% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 143,725 | 47.90% |
| | CPI | Snehansu Kanta Acharya | 110,347 | 32.08% |
| | ABJS | Chandi Prasad Kedia | 5,913 | 21.08% |
| | Independent | Dinesh Das Gupta | 3,554 | 0.50% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43,378 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,63,539 | 64.58% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 102,807 | 47.90% |
| | Independent | Mohit Moitra | 96,880 | 32.08% |
| | ABJS | Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury | 6,307 | 21.08% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,927 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,05,994 | 49.73% |
| | INC gain from RSP | INC gain from RSP | Swing | |

### General election 1952

1952 Indian general election: Calcutta North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RSP | Dr. Meghnad Saha | 74,124 | 47.90% | |
| | INC | Prabhau Dayal Himatsingka | 51,168 | 32.08% | |
| | Independent | Bhanwarmal Singhi | 4,686 | 21.08% | |
| | Independent | Nalini Rajnan Sengupta | 4,595 | 21.08% | |
| | Independent | Mohit Kumar Moitra | 1,998 | 21.08% | |
| | Independent | Karuna Mitra | 1,383 | 21.08% | |
| | Independent | Butto Kumar Roy | 1,018 | 21.08% | |
| | Independent | Panchu Gopal Sen | 759 | 21.08% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,956 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,39,731 | 36.52% | |
| | RSP win (new seat) | RSP win (new seat) | RSP win (new seat) | RSP win (new seat) | RSP win (new seat) |

### General elections 1951-2004

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 | 139,731 | 36.52 | Meghnad Saha | 53.05 | RSP | Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka | 36.62 | Congress |
| 1957 | 205,994 | 49.73 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 49.91 | Congress | Mohit Maitra | 47.03 | Independent |
| 1962 | 268,078 | 64.58 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 54.54 | Congress | Snehansu Kanta Acharyya | 41.87 | CPI |
| 1967 | 347,334 | 58.70 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 45.66 | Congress | S.P.Roy | 26.52 | Independent |
| 1972 | 257,684 | 40.96 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 57.27 | Congress | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 28.14 | CPI(M) |
| 1977 | 321,740 | 54 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | 57.25 | BLD | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 35.06 | Congress |
| 1980 | 319,810 | 51.89 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 47.9 | Congress | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 33.94 | Forward Bloc |
| 1984 | 387,150 | 64.73 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 64.24 | Congress | Amiya Nath Bose | 29.23 | Forward Bloc |
| 1989 | 439,770 | 63.32 | Debi Prasad Pal | 50.95 | Congress | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 38.25 | JD |
| 1991 | 409,560 | 58.14 | Debi Prasad Pal | 41.39 | Congress | Dilip Chakravarti | 33.47 | JD |
| 1996 | 452,760 | 65.24 | Debi Prasad Pal | 48.31 | Congress | Shyamal Bhattacharjee | 33.56 | JD |
| 1998 | 469,380 | 67.47 | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 49.07 | Trinamool Congress | Sarala Maheswari | 33.17 | CPI(M) |
| 1999 | 444,040 | 63.07 | Sudip Bandopadhyay | 46.6 | Trinamool Congress | Rajdeo Goala | 25.37 | CPI(M) |
| 2004 | 360,120 | 59.11 | Sudhangsu Seal | 42.15 | CPI(M) | Subrata Mukherjee | 30.2 | Trinamool Congress |