Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)


Hooghly is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly 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 Marxixt 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:
Prior to delimitation, Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Chandernagore, Singur, Haripal, Chinsurah, Bansberia, Polba, Dhaniakhali

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

General election 2004

General elections 1951-2019

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerRunner-up-
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Nirmal Chandra ChatterjeeAkhil Bharatiya Hindu MahasabhaRenuka RoyIndian National Congress
1957Provat KarCommunist Party of IndiaSachindra ChosdhuryIndian National Congress
1962Provat KarCommunist Party of IndiaNirmal Kumar SenIndian National Congress
1967Bejoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India P.K.PalitIndian National Congress
1972Bejoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India Phani GhoshIndian National Congress
1977Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India Bishnu Charan BanerjeeIndian National Congress
1980Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Santimohan RoyIndian National Congress
1984Indumati BhattacharyaIndian National CongressRupchand PalCommunist Party of India
1989Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Umasankar HalderIndian National Congress
1991Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Umasankar HalderIndian National Congress
1996Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Gouri Sankar BanerjeeIndian National Congress
1998Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Tapan DasguptaTrinamool Congress
1999Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Tapan DasguptaTrinamool Congress
2004Rupchand PalCommunist Party of India Indrani MukherjeeTrinamool Congress
2009Dr. Ratna De Trinamool CongressRupchand PalCommunist party of India
2014Dr. Ratna De Trinamool CongressPradip SahaCommunist party of India
2019Locket ChatterjeeBharatiya Janata PartyDr. Ratna De Trinamool Congress