Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes from 1962 to 2004, but was declared a free seat in 2009 general elections.
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. 42 Birbhum is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009: # Name District MemberParty2024 Lead284Dubrajpur (SC)BirbhumAnup Kumar Saha 285SuriJagannath Chattopadhyay289Sainthia (SC)Krishna Kanta Saha291RampurhatDhruba Saha292HansanFayezul Haque293NalhatiRajendra Prasad Singh294MuraraiMosarraf Hossain
Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Rajnagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287), Suri (assembly constituency no. 288), Mohammad Bazar (assembly constituency no. 289), Rampurhat (assembly constituency no. 291), Hansan (SC) (assembly constituency no. 292), Nalhati (assembly constituency no. 293) and Murarai (assembly constituency no. 294).
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1952Kamal Krishna DasAnil Kumar Chanda1957Kamal Krishna DasAnil Kumar Chanda1962Sisir Kumar Saha19671971Gadadhar Saha1977198019841989Ram Chandra Dome199119961998199920042009Satabdi Roy2014201920242026
Election results
2024
2019
2014
2009
2004
1999
1998
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1951
Notes
See also Birbhum district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References