# Barasat Lok Sabha constituency

Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.
* All India Forward Bloc (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
* Trinamool Congress (6 times) 35.29 (33.3%)
* Indian National Congress (4 times) 23.53 (22.2%)
* Communist Party of India (2 times) 11.76 (11.1%)

## Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following Assembly segments from 2009:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 100 | Habra | North 24 Parganas | Jyotipriya Mallick | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 101 | Ashoknagar | North 24 Parganas | Narayan Goswami | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 115 | Rajarhat New Town | North 24 Parganas | Tapash Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 116 | Bidhannagar | North 24 Parganas | Sujit Bose | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 118 | Madhyamgram | North 24 Parganas | Rathin Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 119 | Barasat | North 24 Parganas | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 120 | Deganga | North 24 Parganas | Rahima Mondal | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |

## Members of Parliament

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party |
| First | 1952-57 | Santipur | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress |
| Second | 1957-62 | Barasat | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Barasat | Arun Chandra Guha | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Barasat | Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Barasat | Dr. Ranenendra Nath Sen | Communist Party of India |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Barasat | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Barasat | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Barasat | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Barasat | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Barasat | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Barasat | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Barasat | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Barasat | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | Trinamool Congress |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Barasat | Subrata Bose | All India Forward Bloc |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Barasat | Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress |
| Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | Barasat | Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Barasat | Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Barasat | Kakali Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Barasat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 692,010 | 45.15 | 1.32 |
| | BJP | Swapan Majumder | 577,823 | 37.70 | 0.87 |
| | ISF | Tapas Banerjee | 121,440 | 7.92 | 7.92 |
| | AIFB | Sanjib Chatterjee | 100,000 | 6.52 | 2.37 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 17,892 | 1.17 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114,189 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,532,601 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barasat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 648,444 | 46.47 | +5.08 |
| | BJP | Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath | 538,275 | 38.57 | +15.2 |
| | AIFB | Haripada Biswas | 124,068 | 8.89 | −18.86 |
| | INC | Subrata Dutta | 37,277 | 2.67 | −0.53 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 17,769 | 1.27 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110,169 | 7.90 | −5.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,396,194 | 81.26 | −2.65 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Barasat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 525,387 | 41.39 | −9.56 |
| | AIFB | Mortaza Hossain | 3,52,246 | 27.75 | −11.22 |
| | BJP | P. C. Sorcar, Jr. | 2,96,608 | 23.37 | +17.97 |
| | INC | Riju Ghoshal | 40,660 | 3.20 | +3.20 |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 12,700 | 1.00 | |
| | BSP | Sukumar Bala | 12,178 | 0.96 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,73,141 | 13.64 | +1.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,69,331 | 83.91 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -10.39 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Barasat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 522,530 | 50.96 |
| | AIFB | Sudin Chattopadhyay | 3,99,629 | 38.97 |
| | BJP | Bratin Sengupta | 55,353 | 5.39 |
| | BSP | Arun Kumar Biswas | 18,381 | 1.79 |
| | AUDF | Bhaskar Ghosh | 9,161 | 0.89 |
| | IND | Kumari Kamala Das | 7,527 | 0.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,22,901 | 11.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,25,329 | 83.60 |
| | AITC gain from AIFB | AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | |
2009 Indian general election West Bengal summary :
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
| Trinamool Congress | 19 | 18 | 31.8 |
| Indian National Congress | 6 | 0 | 13.45 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 1 | 1 | NA |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 9 | 17 | 33.1 |
| Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 | 3.6 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 1 | 3.56 |
| Forward bloc | 2 | 1 | 3.04 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 1 | 6.14 |

### General elections 1957-2004

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 |
| 1957 | 273525 | 56.56 | Arun Chandra Guha | 51.10 | Indian National Congress | Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta | 48.90 | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | 385,859 | 59.64 | Arun Chandra Guha | 50.17 | Indian National Congress | Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta | 37.70 | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | 365,429 | 74.09 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 40.84 | Communist Party of India | Arun Chandra Guha | 31.59 | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | 349,894 | 64.10 | Ranendra Nath Sen | 33.29 | Communist Party of India | Hemanta Gangopadhyay | 30.54 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | 372,420 | 61.05 | Chitta Basu | 56.15 | Forward Bloc | Ranen Sen | 24.23 | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | 571,760 | 75.33 | Chitta Basu | 53.03 | Forward Bloc | Harasit Ghosh | 36.30 | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | 703,870 | 83-83 | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 49.46 | Indian National Congress | Chitta Basu | 47.64 | Forward Bloc |
| 1989 | 898,100 | 85.87 | Chitta Basu | 50.52 | Forward Bloc | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | 44.38 | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | 893, 570 | 83.11 | Chitta Basu | 43.60 | Forward Bloc | Ashok Krishna Dutt | 35.84 | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 1,072,010 | 86.33 | Chitta Basu | 46.24 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 42.86 | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | 1,070,950 | 84.10 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 47.13 | Trinamool Congress | Chitra Ghosh | 40.83 | Forward Bloc |
| 1999 | 1,043,590 | 80.88 | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 50.28 | Trinamool Congress | Saral Deb | 40.88 | Forward Bloc |
| 2004 | 1,153,580 | 83.11 | Subrata Bose | 45.13 | Forward Bloc | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 44.07 | Trinamool Congress |