# Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency

Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district.

## Overview

Hoogly constituency, shares a large industrial area on the western bank of the Hooghly river in the district with Sreerampur and has a rich agricultural hinterland.
According to The Statesman, "The Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency had remained a Communist bastion till the Trinamul snatched their thunder in the 2009 General Election. The constituency has the distinction of having a rich colonial history with the Portuguese settlement at Bandel, the French colony at Chandannagore, the Danish settlement at Serampore… and Chinsurah, a former Dutch colony. Despite ruling West Bengal for 35 years, the Marxist government alienated its people by such historical blunders as the forcible acquisition of fertile agricultural land in Singur which forms part of the Hooghly constituency."
The Dunlop tyre plant at Sahaganj, in this constituency is closed. According to Hindustan Times, "The entire jute industry, with eight mills in Hooghly, is sick…From Tribeni in north to Hind Motor in south, by the bank of Hooghly exists the Hooghly industrial belt, now seeking oxygen. Two fertiliser units, one food processing unit, two cotton mills, one steel plant and many other small and medium scale units have closed down over the years."

## Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 28 Hooghly is composed of the following segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 188 | Singur | Hooghly | Becharam Manna | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 189 | Chandannagar | Hooghly | Indranil Sen | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 190 | Chunchura | Hooghly | Asit Mazumdar | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 191 | Balagarh (SC) | Hooghly | Manoranjan Byapari | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 192 | Pandua | Hooghly | Ratna De Nag | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 193 | Saptagram | Hooghly | Tapan Dasgupta | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 197 | Dhanekhali (SC) | Hooghly | Ashima Patra | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
Prior to delimitation, Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Chandernagore (assembly constituency no. 182), Singur (assembly constituency no. 183), Haripal (assembly constituency no. 184), Chinsurah (assembly constituency no. 186), Bansberia (assembly constituency no. 193), Polba (assembly constituency no. 190), Dhaniakhali (SC) (assembly constituency no. 191)

## Members of Parliament

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party |
| Hooghly |||||
| First | 1952-57 | Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha |
| Second | 1957-62 | Provat Kar | Communist Party of India |
| Third | 1962-67 | Provat Kar | Communist Party of India |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Indumati Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) | Trinamool Congress |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Locket Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Rachna Banerjee | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Hooghly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rachna Banerjee | 702,744 | 46.31 | 5.31 |
| | BJP | Locket Chatterjee | 625,891 | 41.24 | 4.79 |
| | CPI(M) | Monodip Ghosh | 139,919 | 9.22 | 0.88 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 13,352 | 0.88 | 0.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76,853 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,17,511 | 81.38 | |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | 4.3 | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Hooghly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Locket Chatterjee | 671,448 | 46.03 | +29.66 |
| | AITC | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) | 598,086 | 41.00 | −4.51 |
| | CPI(M) | Pradip Saha | 121,588 | 8.34 | −27.18 |
| | INC | Pratul Chandra Saha | 25,374 | 1.74 | −1.39 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 13,525 | 0.93 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73,362 | 5.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,457,842 | 82.52 | −0.18 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +17.09 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Hooghly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) | 614,312 | 45.54 | −6.83 |
| | CPI(M) | Pradip Saha | 425,228 | 31.52 | −10.84 |
| | BJP | Chandan Mitra | 221,271 | 16.40 | +12.98 |
| | INC | Pritam Ghosh | 42,226 | 3.13 | N/A |
| | CPI(ML)L | Sajal Adhikari | 9,152 | 0.67 | −0.36 |
| | SUCI(C) | Paban Mazumder | 7,682 | 0.56 | |
| | BSP | Vijay Kumar Mahato | 5,519 | 0.40 | −0.45 |
| | RJP | Sanghamitra Mukherjee | 3,766 | 0.27 | |
| | JDP | Shukchand Murmu | 3,197 | 0.23 | −0.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,89,084 | 14.02 | +7.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,48,870 | 82.75 | +0.04 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -3.83 | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Hooghly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) | 5,74,022 | 52.37 | +16.47 |
| | CPI(M) | Rupchand Pal | 4,92,499 | 42.36 | −11.64 |
| | BJP | Dr. Chuni Lal Chakraborty | 39,784 | 3.42 | |
| | JDP | Swapan Murmu | 12,417 | 1.06 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Sajal Adhikari | 12,068 | 1.03 | |
| | Independent | Satya Gopal Dey | 10,119 | 0.87 | |
| | BSP | Suryya Kanta Ray | 9,933 | 0.85 | |
| | Independent | Alok Pathak | 6,908 | 0.59 | |
| | SP | Arabinda Sen | 4,894 | 0.42 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81,523 | 7.01 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,62,646 | 82.71 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Hooghly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Rupchand Pal | 4,96,890 | 54.00 |
| | AITC | Indrani Mukherjee | 3,29,924 | 35.90 |
| | INC | Ashok Kumar Das | 70,173 | 7.60 |
| | JDP | Keshab Chandra Soren | 16,931 | 1.80 |
| | BSP | Matilal Mandal | 11,101 | 1.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166,966 | 18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,19,683 | 79.2 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### General elections 1951-2024

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Year | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party |
| 1951 | Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee | | Hindu Mahasabha | Renuka Roy | | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Provat Kar | | Communist Party of India | Sachindra Chowdhury | | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Provat Kar | | Communist Party of India | Nirmal Kumar Sen | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | P.K. Palit | | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Phani Ghosh | | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Bishnu Charan Banerjee | | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Santimohan Roy | | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Indumati Bhattacharya | | Indian National Congress | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Umasankar Halder | | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Umasankar Halder | | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gouri Sankar Banerjee | | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Tapan Dasgupta | | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Tapan Dasgupta | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Indrani Mukherjee | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2009 | Ratna De Nag | | Trinamool Congress | Rupchand Pal | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2014 | Ratna De Nag | | Trinamool Congress | Pradip Saha | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2019 | Locket Chatterjee | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ratna De Nag | | Trinamool Congress |
| 2024 | Rachna Banerjee | | Trinamool Congress | Locket Chatterjee | | Bharatiya Janata Party |