Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency centres on the city of Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. It was an open seat before 2009, but now it is reserved for scheduled castes. It was once known as the ' Red Fort ' (লালগড়) of CPI(M) for the party's long standing dominance over it for decades.
Overview
In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin in Lok Sabha polls in the country.
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. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:
# Name District MemberParty2024 Lead196HaripalArambaghMadhumita Ghosh 198TarakeswarSantu Pan199PursurahBiman Ghosh200Arambagh (SC)Hemanta Bag201Goghat (SC)Prasanta Digar202KhanakulSusanta Ghosh232Chandrakona (SC)Paschim MedinipurSukanta Dolui
Prior to delimitation, Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1967Amiyanath Bose1971Manoranjan Hazra1977Prafulla Chandra Sen1980Bijoy Krishna Modak1984Anil Basu1989199119961998199920042009Sakti Mohan Malik2014Aparupa Poddar2019 2024Mitali Bag
Election results General election 2024
General election 2019
General election 2014
General election 2009
General elections 1967-2009 Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below: YearWinnerRunner-upCandidatePartyCandidateParty1967Amiyanath Bose All India Forward BlocSachin ChoudhuryIndian National Congress1971Manoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Santi Mohan RayIndian National Congress1977Prafulla Chandra SenBharatiya Lok DalSanti Mohan RoyIndian National Congress1980Bijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Prafulla Chandra SenJanata Party1984Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Gopal Das NagIndian National Congress1989Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sheikh Hasan ImamIndian National Congress1991Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sheikh Hasan ImamIndian National Congress1996Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Monoranjan HazraIndian National Congress1998Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Chunilal ChakrabortyBharatiya Janata Party1999Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Chunilal ChakrabortyBharatiya Janata Party2004Anil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Swapan Kumar NandiBharatiya Janata Party
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
External links Arambagh lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details