Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)


Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat from 2009 general elections.

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. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:
Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Rajnagar , Suri, Mahammad Bazar, Rampurhat, Hansan , Nalhati and Murarai.

Members of Parliament

.* In 1951 and 1957, Birbhum had dual seats.

Election results

[17th Lok Sabha]: [2019 [Indian general election|2019 General Elections]]

General election 2014

2009 results

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951 and 1957 Birbhum had dual seats. It had single seats in other years, Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951503,41033.04Arun Kumar Chanda23.19Congress
Kamal Krishna Das21.80CongressNitya Narayan Bandopadhyay17.94Hindu Mahasabha
1957737,91342.85Kamal Krishna Das32.49Congress
Anil Kumar Chanda26.80CongressManmatha Nath Das22.91Hindu Mahasabha
1962180,91638.28Sisir Kumar Saha43.15CongressMrityunjay Manadal24.40Forward Bloc
1967242,68652.04S.K.Saha36.27CongressG.Bauri22.31Forward Bloc
1971215,72043.86Gadadhar Saha39.59CPIKanai Saha35.47Congress
1977288.12052.08Gadadhar Saha49.00CPIBirendaban Saha38.04INC
1980441,81067.18Gadadhar Saha51.91CPIBadal Chandra Bagdi42.48INC
1984563,39074.98Gadadhar Saha50.32CPIBadal Bagdi47.88INC
1989692,22076.28Dr. Ram Chandra Dome50.88CPIBadal Bagdi41.77INC
1991692,51075.21Dr. Ram Chandra Dome49.71CPISubhendu Mondal25.47INC
1996827,37083.18Dr. Ram Chandra Dome50.35CPIMamata Saha36.48INC
1998789,91076.83Dr. Ram Chandra Dome69.07CPIDr. Madan Lal Choudhury28.23BJP
1999734,17070.33Dr. Ram Chandra Dome51.65CPIDr. Madan Lal Choudhury29.93BJP
2004724, 09070.31Dr. Ram Chandra Dome51.42CPIGopal Chadra Das24.95INC