# Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency

Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes. It was once known as the ' Red Fort ' (্লাল গড় ) of CPI(M) for the party's long standing dominance over it for decades.
* Communist Party of India (10times) (66.66%)
* All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (20%)
* All India Forward Bloc (1 time) (6.66%)
* "'Janata Party"' (1 time) (6.66%)

## Overview

In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.

## 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. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 196 | Haripal | Hooghly | Karabi Manna | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 198 | Tarakeswar | Hooghly | Ramendu Sinharay | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 199 | Pursurah | Hooghly | Biman Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 200 | Arambagh (SC) | Hooghly | Madhusudan Bag | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 201 | Goghat (SC) | Hooghly | Biswanath Karak | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 202 | Khanakul | Hooghly | Sushanta Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 232 | Chandrakona (SC) | Paschim Medinipur | Arup Dhara | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
Prior to delimitation, Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)

## Members of Parliament

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Arambagh | Amiyanath Bose | All India Forward Bloc |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Arambagh | Manoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Arambagh | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Arambagh | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Arambagh | Sakti Mohan Malik | Communist Party of India |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Arambagh | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Arambagh | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Arambagh | Mitali Bag | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Arambagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Mitali Bag | 712,587 | 45.71 | 1.57 |
| | BJP | Arup Kanti Digar | 706,188 | 45.30 | 1.24 |
| | CPI(M) | Biplab Kumar Moitra | 92,502 | 5.93 | 0.90 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 18,031 | 1.16 | 0.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,399 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,559,079 | 82.62 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arambagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Aparupa Poddar | 649,929 | 44.14 | −10.79 |
| | BJP | Tapan Kumar Roy | 648,787 | 44.06 | +32.45 |
| | CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 100,520 | 6.83 | −22.68 |
| | INC | Jyoti Kumari Das | 25,128 | 1.71 | −0.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 20,495 | 1.39 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,142 | 0.07 | −25.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,471,981 | 83.44 | −1.67 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,764,726 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -21.62 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Arambagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) | 7,48,764 | 54.94 | New |
| | CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 4,01,919 | 29.51 | −25.29 |
| | BJP | Madhusudan Bag | 1,58,480 | 11.63 | +6.66 |
| | INC | Sambhu Nath Malik | 27,872 | 2.04 | −34.81 |
| | JDP | Ganesh Bag | 7,062 | 0.51 | −1.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,46,845 | 25.46 | +8.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,61,934 | 85.11 | +0.53 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +42.64 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Arambagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 6,30,454 | 54.80 | −22.99 |
| | INC | Sambhu Nath Malik | 4,28,696 | 36.85 | +29.76 |
| | BJP | Murari Bera | 57,903 | 4.97 | −10.78 |
| | BSP | Parimal Biswas | 24,762 | 2.12 | N/A |
| | JDP | Subir Kumar Majhi | 21,722 | 1.86 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,01,558 | 17.32 | −44.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,63,337 | 84.58 | +3.34 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -22.99 | |

### General elections 1967-2009

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | | Runner-up |
| | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party |
| 1967 | Amiyanath Bose | All India Forward Bloc | Sachin Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Manoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Santi Mohan Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Santi Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Janata Party |
| 1984 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gopal Das Nag | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sheikh Hasan Imam | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Monoranjan Hazra | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Chunilal Chakraborty | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Swapan Kumar Nandi | Bharatiya Janata Party |