Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)


Malda was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Malda in West Bengal. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda ceased to exist from 2009 and two new ones came into being: Maldaha Uttar and Maldaha Dakshin.

Assembly segments

Malda Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda parliamentary constituency will cease to exist and current constituent assembly segments will be part of either of the two new ones: Maldaha Uttar or Maldaha Dakshin.

Members of Parliament

For MPs from the area in subsequent years see Maldaha Uttar and Maldaha Dakshin

Election results

By-election 2006

A by-election was held in this constituency in 13 September 2006 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury. In the by-election, Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI by 84,391 votes.

General election 2004

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerRunner-up-
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Surendra Mohan GhoshIndian National CongressAmarendra Krishna BhaduriIndependent
1957Renuka RayIndian National CongressS.RahamanIndependent
1962Renuka RayIndian National CongressHaji Abdus SattarIndependent
1967U.RoyIndian National CongressS.K.MisraIndependent
1971Dinesh Chandra JoarderCommunist Party of India Uma RoyIndian National Congress
1977Dinesh Chandra JoardarCommunist Party of India Pranab MukherjeeIndian National Congress
1980A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress Dinesh Chandra JoarderCommunist Party of India
1984A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressDinesh Chandra JoarderCommunist Party of India
1989A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressSunil SenCommunist Party of India
1991A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressSailen SarkarCommunist Party of India
1996A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressSailen SarkarCommunist Party of India
1998A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressJiban MaitraCommunist Party of India
1999A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressSailen SarkarCommunist Party of India
2004A. B. A. Ghani Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressPranab DasCommunist Party of India
Bye Polls 2006Abu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryIndian National CongressSailen SarkarCommunist Party of India