Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency)


Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. This constituency was in the state of West Bengal. This constituency was reserved for Scheduled castes over certain periods.

Assembly segments

In 2004, Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Nabadwip parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; most of the assembly segments of this constituency are part of new Ranaghat.

Members of Parliament

For MPs from this area in subsequent years see Ranaghat.

Election results

General election 2004

Bye election 2003

The Bye Election occurred on 5 June 2003 Due To Death of Sitting MP Ananda Mohan Biswas on 3 February 2003.
Alakesh Das of CPI Defeated Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress,The Son of Ananda Mohan Biswas.

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951, there were two constituencies = Santipur and Nabadwip. From 1957 it was Nabadwip only. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951 160,93843.33Arun Chandra Guha49.98INCBimal Kumar Chatterjee16.31RCPI
195115902541.65Lakshmi Kanta Maitra57.52INCKumaresh Chandra32.66Independent
1957219,06453.53Ila Pal Choudhury61.21INCKumaresh Chandra38.79Independent
1962301,17954.96Haripada Chattopadhyay52.56IndependentIla Pal Choudhuri47.74INC
1967364,59972.36P.R.Thakur61.24Bangla CongressJ.C.Biswas38.76INC
1971391,65968Bibha Ghosh46.88CPIPromotha Ranjan Thakur44.06Congress
19773,71,93058.30Bibha Ghosh 53.80CPI Nitaipada Sarkar29.49CPI
19805,62,49078.29Bibha Ghosh 54.69CPI Ananda Mohan Biswas39.54Congress
19846,95,77081.23Bibha Ghosh 49.97CPI Apurba Lal Mazumdar48.99Congress
19899,18,06085.30Asim Bala51.86CPI Ananda Mohan Biswas46.03Congress
19919,12,20083.37Asim Bala46.66CPI Apurba Lal Mazumdar39.24Congress
199611,35,00086.89Asim Bala46.98CPI Protap Kanti Roy43.47Congress
199810,89,65083.92Asim Bala43.04CPI Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas39.22Trinamool Congress
199910,14,38076.83Ananda Mohan Biswas45.84Trinamool CongressAsim Bala41.93CPI
Bye Election, 200310,69,77981.60Alakesh Das48.13CPI Abir Ranjan Biswas39.29Trinamool Congress
200411,77,77084.76Alakesh Das47.56CPI Nilima Nag 46.71Trinamool Congress