Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Birbhum WB-42
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Birbhum Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Dubrajpur Suri Sainthia Rampurhat Hansan Nalhati Murarai
Established	1951
Total electors	18,57,022
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Satabdi Roy
Party	AITC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
284	Dubrajpur (SC)	Birbhum	Anup Kumar Saha		Bharatiya Janata Party		Trinamool Congress
285	Suri		Bikash Roy Chowdhury		Trinamool Congress
289	Sainthia (SC)		Nilabati Saha
291	Rampurhat		Ashish Banerjee
292	Hansan		Ashok Kumar Chattopadhyay
293	Nalhati		Rajendra Prasad Singh
294	Murarai		Mosarraf Hossain

Prior to delimitation, Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]Rajnagar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 287), Suri (assembly constituency no. 288), Mahammad 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

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party
First*	1952-57	Birbhum	Kamal Krishna Das		Indian National Congress[3]
			Anil Kumar Chanda[3]
Second*	1957-62		Anil Kumar Chanda[4]
			Kamal Krishna Das[4]
Third	1962-67		Sisir Kumar Das[5]
Fourth	1967-71	[6]
Fifth	1971-77		Gadadhar Saha		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Sixth	1977-80	[8]
Seventh	1980-84	[9]
Eighth	1984-89	[10]
Ninth	1989-91		Dr. Ram Chandra Dome[11]
Tenth	1991-96	[12]
Eleventh	1996-98	[13]
Twelfth	1998-99	[14]
Thirteenth	1999-04	[15]
Fourteenth	2004-09	[16]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Satabdi Roy		Trinamool Congress[17]
Sixteenth	2014-19	[18]
Seventeenth	2019-24
Seventeenth	2024-present

.* In 1951 and 1957, Birbhum had dual seats.

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Birbhum^[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satabdi Roy	717,961	47.00	1.87
	BJP	Debtanu Bhattacharya	5,20,311	34.06	4.93
	INC	Milton Rashid	2,26,260	14.81	9.60
	NOTA	None of the above	14,093	0.92	0.07
Majority			1,97,650	12.94	6.75
Turnout			15,27,432	82.25	3.09
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Birbhum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satabdi Roy	654,070	45.13	+7.32
	BJP	Dudh Kumar Mondal	565,153	38.99	+20.52
	CPI(M)	Dr. Rezaul Karim	96,763	6.68	−24.14
	INC	Imam Hossain	75,451	5.21	−5.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,307	0.85	N/A
Majority			89,711	6.19
Turnout			14,50,108	85.34
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Birbhum^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satabdi Roy	4,60,568	36.09	−11.72
	CPI(M)	Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi	3,93,305	30.82	−10.95
	BJP	Joy Banerjee	2,35,753	18.47	+13.85
	INC	Syed Siraj Jimmi	1,32,084	10.35	N/A
	JMM	Shibratan Sharma	7,989	0.62	+0.47
	SP	Prasanta Roy	7,194	0.56	−1.12
Majority			67,263	5.27	−0.77
Turnout			12,75,819	85.33
	AITC hold		Swing	+2.49

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Birbhum^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satabdi Roy	4,86,553	47.82
	CPI(M)	Braja Mukherjee	4,25,034	41.77
	BJP	Tapas Mukherjee	47,068	4.62
	SP	Asgar Ali	17,177	1.68
	BSP	Radheshyam Singh	13,388	1.31
	JMM	Shib Ratan Sharma	1,591	0.15
Majority			61,519	6.04
Turnout			10,17,493	83.27
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General elections 1951-2004

In 1951 and 1957 Birbhum had dual seats. It had single seats in other years, Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Voters	Voter Turnout	Winner			Runners up
		%age	Candidate	%age	Party	Candidate	%age	Party
1951	503,410	33.04	Arun Kumar Chanda	23.19	Congress
			Kamal Krishna Das	21.80	Congress	Nitya Narayan Bandopadhyay	17.94	Hindu Mahasabha[3]
1957	737,913	42.85	Kamal Krishna Das	32.49	Congress
			Anil Kumar Chanda	26.80	Congress	Manmatha Nath Das	22.91	Hindu Mahasabha[4]
1962	180,916	38.28	Sisir Kumar Saha	43.15	Congress	Mrityunjay Manadal	24.40	Forward Bloc[5]
1967	242,686	52.04	S.K.Saha	36.27	Congress	G.Bauri	22.31	Forward Bloc[6]
1971	215,720	43.86	Gadadhar Saha	39.59	CPI(M)	Kanai Saha	35.47	Congress[7]
1977	288.120	52.08	Gadadhar Saha	49.00	CPI(M)	Birendaban Saha	38.04	INC[8]
1980	441,810	67.18	Gadadhar Saha	51.91	CPI(M)	Badal Chandra Bagdi	42.48	INC(I)[9]
1984	563,390	74.98	Gadadhar Saha	50.32	CPI(M)	Badal Bagdi	47.88	INC[10]
1989	692,220	76.28	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	50.88	CPI(M)	Badal Bagdi	41.77	INC[11]
1991	692,510	75.21	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	49.71	CPI(M)	Subhendu Mondal	25.47	INC[12]
1996	827,370	83.18	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	50.35	CPI(M)	Mamata Saha	36.48	INC[13]
1998	789,910	76.83	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	69.07	CPI(M)	Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury	28.23	BJP[14]
1999	734,170	70.33	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	51.65	CPI(M)	Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury	29.93	BJP[15]
2004	724, 090	70.31	Dr. Ram Chandra Dome	51.42	CPI(M)	Gopal Chadra Das	24.95	INC[16]

See also

• Birbhum district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha