Serampore Lok Sabha constituency explained

Serampore^[2] (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Serampore-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district.

Overview

Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency.

According to The Hindu, Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.^[3]

Vidhan Sabha segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments:^[4]

Constituency number	Name	District	Party (2021 Assembly Election Winner)	Party (Leading in 2024 Lok Sabha)
183	Jagatballavpur	Howrah	TMC	TMC
184	Domjur		TMC	TMC
185	Uttarpara	Hooghly	TMC	CPI(M)
186	Serampore		TMC	TMC
187	Champdani		TMC	TMC
194	Chanditala		TMC	BJP
197			TMC	ISF

Members of Parliament

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	Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya		Sachindra Chaudhuri	[5]
1957	Jitendra Nath Lahiri		Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya	[6]
1962	Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya		Jitendra Nath Lahiri	[7]
1967	Bimal Kanti Ghosh		Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya	[8]
1971	Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya		Jadu Gopal Sen	[9] [10]
1977
1980		Gopal Das Nag	[11]
1981-by	Ajit Bag		Bimal Kanti Ghosh
1984	Bimal Kanti Ghosh		Ajit Bag	[12]
1989	Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury		Bimal Kanti Ghosh	[13] [14]
1991
1996	Pradip Bhattacharya		Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury	[15] [16] [17]
1998	Akbar Ali Khondkar
1999
2004	Santasri Chatterjee		Akbar Ali Khandoker	[18]
2009	Kalyan Banerjee		Santasri Chatterjee
2014		Tirthankar Roy
2019		Debjit Sarkar
2024[19]			Kabir Shankar Bose

Election results

By-election 1981

A by-election was held in this constituency in 1981 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Dinen Bhattacharya.In the by-election, Ajit Bag of CPIM defeated his nearest rival S.M Roy of Congress by 96,549 votes.

General election 1980

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Election Commission of India

External links

• Sreerampur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

22.75°N 88.34°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
2. Web site: Srerampur, Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency Summary Results of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Elections - 2009 in Srerampur . www.electionsinindia.com. 5 October 2016.
3. News: Non-Bengali voters could prove crucial in final phase. The Hindu . 10 May 2014 . The Hindu, 11 May 2014 . 13 June 2014 .
4. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission.
6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission.
7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission.
8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission.
9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission.
10. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
11. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
12. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
13. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
14. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
15. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
16. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
17. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
18. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. 25 May 2014. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
19. Web site: Election Commission of India . General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 27 - Srerampur (West Bengal) .