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: Nabadwip (assembly constituency no. 77) Shantipur (assembly constituency no. 78) Hanskhali (SC) (assembly constituency no. 79) Ranaghat East (SC) (assembly constituency no. 80) Ranaghat West (assembly constituency no. 81) Chakdaha (assembly constituency no. 82) Haringhata (assembly constituency no. 83)
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 Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of Parliament Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party affiliationFirst1952-57Lakshmi Kanta MaitraIndian National CongressSecond1957-62Ila Pal ChoudhuryIndian National CongressThird1962-67Haripada ChattopadhyayIndependent Fourth1967-71P.R.ThakurBangla CongressFifth 1971-77Bibha GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Sixth1977-80Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist) Seventh1980-84Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Eighth1984-89Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ninth1989-91Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Tenth1991-96Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Eleventh1996-98Asim Bala Communist Party of India (Marxist) Twelfth1998-99Asim BalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Thirteenth1999-04Ananda Mohan BiswasTrinamool Congress By election, 20032003-04Alakesh DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Fourteenth2004-09Alakesh DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) For MPs from this area in subsequent years see Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency.
Election results 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(M) 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%ageParty1951 (Santipur)160,93843.33Arun Chandra Guha49.98INCBimal Kumar Chatterjee16.31RCPI1951(Nabadwip)15902541.65Lakshmi Kanta Maitra57.52INCKumaresh Chandra32.66Independent1957219,06453.53Ila Pal Choudhury61.21INCKumaresh Chandra38.79Independent1962301,17954.96Haripada Chattopadhyay52.56IndependentIla Pal Choudhuri47.74INC1967364,59972.36P.R.Thakur61.24Bangla CongressJ.C.Biswas38.76INC1971391,65968Bibha Ghosh46.88CPI(M)Promotha Ranjan Thakur44.06Congress19773,71,93058.30Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)53.80CPI (M)Nitaipada Sarkar29.49CPI19805,62,49078.29Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)54.69CPI (M)Ananda Mohan Biswas39.54Congress19846,95,77081.23Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)49.97CPI (M)Apurba Lal Mazumdar48.99Congress19899,18,06085.30Asim Bala51.86CPI (M)Ananda Mohan Biswas46.03Congress19919,12,20083.37Asim Bala46.66CPI (M)Apurba Lal Mazumdar39.24Congress199611,35,00086.89Asim Bala46.98CPI (M)Protap Kanti Roy43.47Congress199810,89,65083.92Asim Bala43.04CPI (M)Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas39.22Trinamool Congress199910,14,38076.83Ananda Mohan Biswas45.84Trinamool CongressAsim Bala41.93CPI (M)Bye Election, 200310,69,77981.60Alakesh Das48.13CPI (M)Abir Ranjan Biswas39.29Trinamool Congress200411,77,77084.76Alakesh Das47.56CPI (M)Nilima Nag (Mallick)46.71Trinamool Congress
See also Nabadwip List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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