# Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata 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

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
* Entally (assembly constituency no. 153)
* Beliaghata (assembly constituency no. 155)
* Sealdah (assembly constituency no. 156)
* Vidyasagar (assembly constituency no. 157)
* Burtola (assembly constituency no. 158)
* Maniktola (assembly constituency no. 159)
* Belgachia West (assembly constituency no. 160)

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| 1952 | Meghnad Saha | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1956^ | Mohit Mitra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Constituency merged with Calcutta Central |
| 1962 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Calcutta Central (Lok Sabha) constituency |
| 1967 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Reestablishment of Calcutta North East |
| 1971 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Pratap Chandra Chunder | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Sunil Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1984 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress | |
| 1999 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2004 | Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
^By poll

## Election results
### General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 284,427 | 49.90 |
| | AITC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 210,647 | 37.10 |
| | INC | Indira Mukherjee | 56,449 | 9.09 |
| | Independent | Ajit Kumar Panja | 4,792 | 3.05 |
| | Independent | Pintu Kundu | 4,180 | 7.09 |
| | Independent | Debojyoti Basu | 2,625 | 7.09 |
| | BSP | Chandra Prakash Dubey | 2,226 | 7.09 |
| | Independent | Mahua Roy | 1,311 | 7.09 |
| | Independent | Angshuman Paul | 1,308 | 7.09 |
| | Independent | Imtiaz Ahmed | 918 | 7.09 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 73,780 | 10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,68,885 | 81.24 |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | |

### General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 297,491 | 45.17 | |
| | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | 255,917 | 38.86 | |
| | INC | Tapas Roy | 84,516 | 12.83 | |
| | Independent | Sukhen Dolui | 5,282 | 0.80 | |
| | BSP | Bali Karan Kori | 4,448 | 7.09 | 0.68 |
| | Independent | Mohammed Salim | 3,893 | 0.59 | |
| | SP | Md. Ghaus Ali | 3,267 | 0.50 | |
| | Independent | Ashim Kumar Saha | 2,143 | 0.33 | |
| | Independent | Samar Das | 1,674 | 0.25 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 41,574 | (6.3%) | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,05,121 | 66.96 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 310,361 | 47.10% | |
| | CPI(M) | Prasanta Chatterjee | 245,489 | 37.26% | |
| | INC | Sadhan Pandey | 94,024 | 14.27% | |
| | Independent | Ajit Das | 1,986 | 0.30% | |
| | Independent | Sharad Kumar Singh | 1,725 | 0.26% | 0.68 |
| | Independent | Feroz Ahmed | 1,368 | 0.21% | |
| | Independent | Swapan Sarkar | 1,278 | 0.19% | |
| | Independent | Brij Bhusan Sharma | 925 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Anjali Rakshit | 769 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Tarapada Halder | 572 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Md. Shahid Iqbal | 435 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 64,872 | (9.7%) | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,58,932 | 73.45% | |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 335,855 | 51.98% |
| | CPI(M) | Dipen Ghosh | 270,870 | 41.93% |
| | BJP | Subhas Maitra | 33,246 | 5.15% |
| | Independent | Tapan Kumar Sarkar | 2,094 | 0.32% |
| | Independent | Hari Narayan Ray | 998 | 0.15% |
| | AIIC(T) | Salil Kumar Tiwari | 616 | 0.10% |
| | Independent | Uday Pratap Singh | 611 | 0.09% |
| | Independent | Subhas Dhar | 541 | 0.08% |
| | Independent | Radheshyam Yadav | 429 | 0.07% |
| | Independent | Jayanta Bhowmick | 292 | 0.05% |
| | Independent | Mohanlal Agarwal | 278 | 0.04% |
| | Independent | Achintya Jana | 235 | 0.04% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 64,985 | (9.8%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,46,065 | 72.79% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 276,399 | 49.52% |
| | JD | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 204,943 | 36.72% |
| | BJP | Dibakar Kundu | 55,064 | 9.87% |
| | JP | Hrishikesh Dubey | 7,360 | 1.32% |
| | Independent | Sukumar Biswas | 5,074 | 0.91% |
| | ABJS | Anima Basu | 3,624 | 0.65% |
| | Independent | Anath Baran Bhowal | 1,792 | 0.32% |
| | Independent | Ajit Chowdhury | 1,050 | 0.19% |
| | Independent | Madhav Upadhyay | 653 | 0.12% |
| | Independent | Barun Goswami | 489 | 0.09% |
| | Independent | Gopichand Prasad | 487 | 0.09% |
| | SS | Hijal Prakash Chatterjee | 455 | 0.08% |
| | Doordarshi Party | Chhedi Lal Jalan | 274 | 0.05% |
| | Independent | Tapan Kumar Sarkar | 269 | 0.05% |
| | Independent | Achintya Jana | 188 | 0.03% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 71,456 | (12.5%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,58,121 | 66.82% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 305,237 | 51.59% |
| | CPI(M) | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | 277,608 | 46.92% |
| | BJP | Sibu Chakraborty | 2,572 | 0.43% |
| | JP | Pradip Guha Roy | 1,220 | 0.21% |
| | Independent | Sudhindra Chandra | 1,154 | 0.20% |
| | ABJS | Sukumar Biswas | 1,076 | 0.18% |
| | Independent | Harizan Santal | 930 | 0.16% |
| | Independent | Ajit Ghosh | 909 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Tapan Kumar Sarkar | 529 | 0.09% |
| | Independent | Achinta Jana | 421 | 0.07% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,629 | (4.6%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,91,656 | 72.71% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajit Kumar Panja | 284,324 | 57.11% |
| | CPI(M) | Sunil Maitra | 195,748 | 39.32% |
| | JP | Nirmalendu Dey | 5,488 | 1.10% |
| | IUML | Mohammed Samsuddin | 3,591 | 0.72% |
| | Independent | Kanailal Choudhury | 2,085 | 0.42% |
| | ABJS | Amalendu Roy | 1,623 | 0.33% |
| | Independent | Rajesh Gupta | 1,155 | 0.23% |
| | Independent | Rabindranath Dasgupta | 1,088 | 0.22% |
| | Independent | Kanailal Bose | 760 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Nilima Nandy | 738 | 0.15% |
| | Independent | Dhirendranath Chatterjee | 690 | 0.14% |
| | Independent | Rabin Mukherjee | 586 | 0.12% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 88,576 | (17.4%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,97,876 | 71.75% |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Sunil Maitra | 187,952 | 47.95% |
| | INC(I) | Ajit Kumar Panja | 160,882 | 41.05% |
| | JP | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 32,832 | 8.38% |
| | INC(U) | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | 5,142 | 1.31% |
| | Independent | Mubarak Mazdoor | 879 | 0.22% |
| | ABJS | Ritendra Nath Ghosh | 856 | 0.22% |
| | Independent | Md. Nasim Ali Azad | 817 | 0.21% |
| | Independent | Sk. Noyimuddin | 745 | 0.19% |
| | Independent | Rameshwar Agarwal | 728 | 0.19% |
| | Independent | Panchanan Mondal | 615 | 0.16% |
| | Independent | Karuna Nidhan Roy | 518 | 0.13% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,069 | (6.8%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,91,964 | 55.04% |
| | CPI(M) gain from BLD | CPI(M) gain from BLD | Swing | |

### General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BLD | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 237,787 | 67.53% |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 108,028 | 30.68% |
| | Independent | Rizawan Ahmed | 4,392 | 1.25% |
| | Independent | Arun Kumar De | 1,934 | 0.55% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,29,759 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,52,141 | 56.29% |
| | BLD gain from CPI | BLD gain from CPI | Swing | |

### General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 113,230 | 40.34 |
| | CPI(M) | Piyus Kanti Dasgupta | 110,939 | 39.53 |
| | INC(O) | Balai Chandra Paul | 56,490 | 20.13 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,309 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,80,659 | 54.27% |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 130,600 | 37.83 |
| | INC | Balai Chandra Pal | 116,457 | 33.73 |
| | CPI(M) | Amalendu Bhushan Chakraborty | 98,193 | 28.44 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,153 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,45,250 | 64.53 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 154,772 | 58.22 |
| | INC | Balai Chandra Paul | 111,082 | 41.78 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43,692 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,65,854 | 66.84% |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 135,308 | 65.04 |
| | INC | Nalinikrishna Sanyal | 68,403 | 32.88 |
| | Independent | Satish Chandra Roy | 4,227 | 2.08 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 76,905 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,08,047 | 52.57 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1952

1952 Indian general election: Calcutta North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Hirendranath Mukherjee | 71,970 | 50.28% | |
| | INC | Bejoy Bihari Mukherjee | 36,180 | 25.28% | |
| | ABHM | Debendra Nath Mukherjee | 14,505 | 10.13% | |
| | RSP | Tarapada Lahiri | 5,801 | 4.05% | |
| | Independent | Pramatha Nath Banerjee | 4,809 | 3.36% | |
| | Independent | Jiban Lal Chatterjee | 3,625 | 2.53% | |
| | Independent | Paresh Chandra Chatterjee | 2,519 | 1.76% | |
| | Independent | Kedar Nath Chatterjee | 2,403 | 1.68% | |
| | Independent | Manmohan Bhattacharjee | 1,320 | 0.92% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,790 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,132 | 38.12 | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |

### General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | | Runner-up |
| | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party |
| 1951 | Hirendra Nath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Bejoy Behari Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Nalinakshya Sanyal | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Hirendra Nath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Balai Chandra Pal | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Hirendra Nath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Balai Chandra Pal | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Hirendra Nath Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Piyus Kanti Dasgupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | Pratap Chandra Chunder | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Hirendranath Mukerjee | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | Sunil Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | Sunil Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | Pratap Chandra Chunder | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | Dipen Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1998 | Ajit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress | Prasanta Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 | Ajit Kumar Panja | All India Trinamool Congress | Mohammad Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2004 | Mohammad Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ajit Kumar Panja | All India Trinamool Congress |
In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central