Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency

Calcutta North East
Calcutta North East
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	As of 2004:; Entally; Beliaghata; Sealdah; Vidyasagar; Burtola; Maniktola; Belgachia West
Established	1951
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543

delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009.^[1]

Assembly segments

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Entally (assembly constituency no. 153)
Beliaghata (assembly constituency no. 155)
Sealdah (assembly constituency no. 156)
Vidyasagar (assembly constituency no. 157)
Burtola (assembly constituency no. 158)
Maniktola (assembly constituency no. 159)
Belgachia West (assembly constituency no. 160)

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party	Refs	Notes
1952	Meghnad Saha	Revolutionary Socialist Party	^[3]^[4]
1956^	Mohit Mitra	Communist Party of India	^[4]
1957	Hirendranath Mukherjee		^[5]	Constituency merged with Calcutta Central
1962			^[6]	Calcutta Central (Lok Sabha) constituency
1967			^[7]	Reestablishment of Calcutta North East
1971			^[8]
1977	Pratap Chandra Chunder	Janata Party	^[9]
1980	Sunil Maitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	^[10]
1984	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress	^[11]
1989			^[12]
1991			^[13]
1996			^[14]
1998		All India Trinamool Congress	^[15]
1999		All India Trinamool Congress	^[16]
2004	Mohammed Salim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	^[17]

^By poll

Election results

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim	284,427	49.90
	AITC	Ajit Kumar Panja	210,647	37.10
	INC	Indira Mukherjee	56,449	9.09
	Independent	Ajit Kumar Panja	4,792	3.05
	Independent	Pintu Kundu	4,180	7.09
	Independent	Debojyoti Basu	2,625	7.09
	BSP	Chandra Prakash Dubey	2,226	7.09
	Independent	Mahua Roy	1,311	7.09
	Independent	Angshuman Paul	1,308	7.09
	Independent	Imtiaz Ahmed	918	7.09
Margin of victory			73,780	10.0
Turnout			5,68,885	81.24
	AITC		Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ajit Kumar Panja	297,491	45.17
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim	255,917	38.86
	INC	Tapas Roy	84,516	12.83
	Independent	Sukhen Dolui	5,282	0.80
	BSP	Bali Karan Kori	4,448	7.09	0.68
	Independent	Mohammed Salim	3,893	0.59
	SP	Md. Ghaus Ali	3,267	0.50
	Independent	Ashim Kumar Saha	2,143	0.33
	Independent	Samar Das	1,674	0.25
Margin of victory			41,574	(6.3%)
Turnout			8,05,121	66.96
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ajit Kumar Panja	310,361	47.10%
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Chatterjee	245,489	37.26%
	INC	Sadhan Pandey	94,024	14.27%
	Independent	Ajit Das	1,986	0.30%
	Independent	Sharad Kumar Singh	1,725	0.26%	0.68
	Independent	Feroz Ahmed	1,368	0.21%
	Independent	Swapan Sarkar	1,278	0.19%
	Independent	Brij Bhusan Sharma	925	0.14%
	Independent	Anjali Rakshit	769	0.12%
	Independent	Tarapada Halder	572	0.09%
	Independent	Md. Shahid Iqbal	435	0.07%
Margin of victory			64,872	(9.7%)
Turnout			6,58,932	73.45%
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ajit Kumar Panja	335,855	51.98%
	CPI(M)	Dipen Ghosh	270,870	41.93%
	BJP	Subhas Maitra	33,246	5.15%
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Sarkar	2,094	0.32%
	Independent	Hari Narayan Ray	998	0.15%
	AIIC(T)	Salil Kumar Tiwari	616	0.10%
	Independent	Uday Pratap Singh	611	0.09%
	Independent	Subhas Dhar	541	0.08%
	Independent	Radheshyam Yadav	429	0.07%
	Independent	Jayanta Bhowmick	292	0.05%
	Independent	Mohanlal Agarwal	278	0.04%
	Independent	Achintya Jana	235	0.04%
Margin of victory			64,985	(9.8%)
Turnout			6,46,065	72.79%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ajit Kumar Panja	276,399	49.52%
	JD	Pratap Chandra Chunder	204,943	36.72%
	BJP	Dibakar Kundu	55,064	9.87%
	JP	Hrishikesh Dubey	7,360	1.32%
	Independent	Sukumar Biswas	5,074	0.91%
	ABJS	Anima Basu	3,624	0.65%
	Independent	Anath Baran Bhowal	1,792	0.32%
	Independent	Ajit Chowdhury	1,050	0.19%
	Independent	Madhav Upadhyay	653	0.12%
	Independent	Barun Goswami	489	0.09%
	Independent	Gopichand Prasad	487	0.09%
	SHS	Hijal Prakash Chatterjee	455	0.08%
	Doordarshi Party	Chhedi Lal Jalan	274	0.05%
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Sarkar	269	0.05%
	Independent	Achintya Jana	188	0.03%
Margin of victory			71,456	(12.5%)
Turnout			5,58,121	66.82%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ajit Kumar Panja	305,237	51.59%
	CPI(M)	Satyasadhan Chakraborty	277,608	46.92%
	BJP	Sibu Chakraborty	2,572	0.43%
	JP	Pradip Guha Roy	1,220	0.21%
	Independent	Sudhindra Chandra	1,154	0.20%
	ABJS	Sukumar Biswas	1,076	0.18%
	Independent	Harizan Santal	930	0.16%
	Independent	Ajit Ghosh	909	0.15%
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Sarkar	529	0.09%
	Independent	Achinta Jana	421	0.07%
Margin of victory			27,629	(4.6%)
Turnout			5,91,656	72.71%
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ajit Kumar Panja	284,324	57.11%
	CPI(M)	Sunil Maitra	195,748	39.32%
	JP	Nirmalendu Dey	5,488	1.10%
	IUML	Mohammed Samsuddin	3,591	0.72%
	Independent	Kanailal Choudhury	2,085	0.42%
	ABJS	Amalendu Roy	1,623	0.33%
	Independent	Rajesh Gupta	1,155	0.23%
	Independent	Rabindranath Dasgupta	1,088	0.22%
	Independent	Kanailal Bose	760	0.15%
	Independent	Nilima Nandy	738	0.15%
	Independent	Dhirendranath Chatterjee	690	0.14%
	Independent	Rabin Mukherjee	586	0.12%
Margin of victory			88,576	(17.4%)
Turnout			4,97,876	71.75%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sunil Maitra	187,952	47.95%
	INC(I)	Ajit Kumar Panja	160,882	41.05%
	JP	Pratap Chandra Chunder	32,832	8.38%
	INC(U)	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	5,142	1.31%
	Independent	Mubarak Mazdoor	879	0.22%
	ABJS	Ritendra Nath Ghosh	856	0.22%
	Independent	Md. Nasim Ali Azad	817	0.21%
	Independent	Sk. Noyimuddin	745	0.19%
	Independent	Rameshwar Agarwal	728	0.19%
	Independent	Panchanan Mondal	615	0.16%
	Independent	Karuna Nidhan Roy	518	0.13%
Margin of victory			27,069	(6.8%)
Turnout			3,91,964	55.04%
	CPI(M) gain from BLD		Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BLD	Pratap Chandra Chunder	237,787	67.53%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	108,028	30.68%
	Independent	Rizawan Ahmed	4,392	1.25%
	Independent	Arun Kumar De	1,934	0.55%
Margin of victory			1,29,759
Turnout			3,52,141	56.29%
	BLD gain from CPI		Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	113,230	40.34
	CPI(M)	Piyus Kanti Dasgupta	110,939	39.53
	INC(O)	Balai Chandra Paul	56,490	20.13
Margin of victory			2,309
Turnout			2,80,659	54.27%
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	130,600	37.83
	INC	Balai Chandra Pal	116,457	33.73
	CPI(M)	Amalendu Bhushan Chakraborty	98,193	28.44
Margin of victory			14,153
Turnout			3,45,250	64.53
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	154,772	58.22
	INC	Balai Chandra Paul	111,082	41.78
Margin of victory			43,692
Turnout			2,65,854	66.84%
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Calcutta Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	135,308	65.04
	INC	Nalinikrishna Sanyal	68,403	32.88
	Independent	Satish Chandra Roy	4,227	2.08
Margin of victory			76,905
Turnout			2,08,047	52.57
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1952

1952 Indian general election
: Calcutta North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Hirendranath Mukherjee	71,970	50.28%
	INC	Bejoy Bihari Mukherjee	36,180	25.28%
	ABHM	Debendra Nath Mukherjee	14,505	10.13%
	RSP	Tarapada Lahiri	5,801	4.05%
	Independent	Pramatha Nath Banerjee	4,809	3.36%
	Independent	Jiban Lal Chatterjee	3,625	2.53%
	Independent	Paresh Chandra Chatterjee	2,519	1.76%
	Independent	Kedar Nath Chatterjee	2,403	1.68%
	Independent	Manmohan Bhattacharjee	1,320	0.92%
Margin of victory			35,790
Turnout			1,43,132	38.12
	CPI win (new seat)

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Hirendra Nath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Bejoy Behari Mukherjee	Indian National Congress
1957	Hirendranath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Nalinakshya Sanyal	Indian National Congress
1962	Hirendra Nath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Balai Chandra Pal	Indian National Congress
1967	Hirendra Nath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Balai Chandra Pal	Indian National Congress
1971	Hirendra Nath Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Piyus Kanti Dasgupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977	Pratap Chandra Chunder	Bharatiya Lok Dal	Hirendranath Mukerjee	Communist Party of India
1980	Sunil Maitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress	Sunil Maitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress	Satyasadhan Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress	Pratap Chandra Chunder	Janata Dal
1996	Ajit Kumar Panja	Indian National Congress	Dipen Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998	Ajit Kumar Panja	Trinamool Congress	Prasanta Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1999	Ajit Kumar Panja	All India Trinamool Congress	Mohammad Salim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004	Mohammad Salim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ajit Kumar Panja	All India Trinamool Congress

In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central

References

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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^ "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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^ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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[2] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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