Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency

Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Bishnupur WB-37
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Barjora Onda Bishnupur Katulpur Indas Sonamukhi Khandaghosh
Established	1962
Total electors	17,54,268[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Saumitra Khan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
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. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
253	Barjora	Bankura	Alok Mukherjee		AITC		BJP
254	Onda		Amarnath Shakha		BJP
255	Bishnupur		Tanmay Ghosh[a]		AITC
256	Katulpur (SC)		Harakali Protiher[b]
257	Indas (SC)		Nirmal Kumar Dhara		BJP		AITC
258	Sonamukhi (SC)		Dibakar Gharami				BJP
259	Khandaghosh (SC)	Purba Bardhaman	Nabin Chandra Bag		AITC		AITC

Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 244), Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 245), Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246), Indpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247), Vishnupur (assembly constituency no. 253), Kotulpur (assembly constituency no. 254) and Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255).

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Third	1962-67	Pashupati Mandal		Indian National Congress[4]
Fourth	1967-71[5]
Fifth	1971-77	Ajit Kumar Saha		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
Sixth	1977-80[7]
Seventh	1980-84[8]
Eighth	1984-89[9]
Ninth	1989-91	Sukhendu Khan[10]
Tenth	1991-96[11]
Eleventh	1996-98	Sandhya Bauri[12]
Twelfth	1998-99[13]
Thirteenth	1999-04[14]
Fourteenth	2004-09	Susmita Bauri[15]
Fifteenth	2009-14[16]
Sixteenth	2014-19	Saumitra Khan		Trinamool Congress[17]
Seventeenth	2019-24			Bharatiya Janata Party
Eighteenth	2024-29

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bishnupur^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saumitra Khan	680,130	44.93	1.32
	AITC	Sujata Mondal	6,74,563	44.56	3.81
	CPI(M)	Shital Koiborto	1,05,411	6.96	0.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,132	1.26	0.24
Majority			5,567	0.37	5.13
Turnout			15,13,872	86.30	1.04
Registered electors			17,54,268
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saumitra Khan	657,019	46.25	+32.14
	AITC	Shyamal Santra	578,972	40.75	−4.75
	CPI(M)	Sunil Khan	102,615	7.22	−26.55
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	17,932	1.26	−0.86
	BMP	Basudeb Sikari	7,816	0.95	+0.34
	SUCI(C)	Ajit Kumar Bauri	11,225	0.79	+0.41
	Independent	Tarani Roy	11,070	0.78	+0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	14,436	1.02	−0.62
Majority			78,047	5.50
Turnout			14,21,191	87.34
Registered electors			16,27,199
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+18.45

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bishnupur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Saumitra Khan	578,870	45.50	+6.45
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	459,185	33.73	−17.59
	BJP	Dr. Jayanta Mondal	179,530	14.11	+10.14
	INC	Narayan Chandra Khan	27,054	2.12	N/A
	BSP	Jagadananda Roy	10,127	0.79	−0.04
	BMP	Joydeb Bauri	7,816	0.61	N/A
	Independent	Tarani Roy	6,854	0.53	N/A
	Independent	Dinesh Lohar	6,820	0.53	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Sadananda Mandal	4,886	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	20,928	1.64	N/A
Majority			1,49,685	11.77	−0.50
Turnout			1,272,070	86.72	+1.56
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Bishnupur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	541,075	51.92	−12.96
	AITC	Seuli Saha	411,709	39.05	+15.91
	BJP	Jayanta Mondal	41,908	3.97	N/A
	JMM	Tapas Das	21,634	2.02	N/A
	Independent	Uma Kanta Bhakat	17,727	1.68	N/A
	Independent	Uttam Bouri	11,280	1.07	N/A
	BSP	Manik Bauri	8,816	0.83	−0.48
Majority			129,366	12.27	−28.87
Turnout			1,054,188	85.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-12.96

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Bishnupur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susmita Bauri	518,507	64.28
	AITC	Janardan Saha	186,678	23.14
	INC	Achintya Majhi	61,793	7.66
	Independent	Sraban Mondal	29,009	3.59
	BSP	Ajoy Bauri	10,637	1.31
Majority			3,31,829	41.14
Turnout			8,06,624
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General elections 1962-2004

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
1962	214,661	45.63	Pashupati Mandal	52.94	Indian National Congress	Biswanath Bauri	27.54	Communist Party of India[4]
1967	315,034	60.58	Pashupati Mandal	49.12	Indian National Congress	M.M.Mallick	35.45	Bangla Congress[5]
1971	316,885	50.14	Ajit Kumar Saha	33.29	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Guru Pada Khan	32.46	Indian National Congress[6]
1977	376,330	62.60	Ajit Kumar Saha	67.30	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gour Chandra Lohar	31.39	Indian National Congress[7]
1980	527,720	76.18	Ajit Kumar Saha	58.27	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Tulsi Das Mandal	36.81	Indian National Congress (I)[8]
1984	613,200	80.50	Ajit Kumar Saha	54.77	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Gour Chandra Lohar	42.17	Indian National Congress[9]
1989	744,880	82.12	Sukhendu Khan	59.78	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Jayanta Kumar Mallick	34.20	Indian National Congress[10]
1991	738, 610	78.99	Sukhendu Khan	58.57	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sadhan Majhi	32.18	Indian National Congress[11]
1996	851,260	84.13	Sandhya Bauri	58.14	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ashis Rajak	25.99	Indian National Congress[12]
1998	862,530	81.06	Sandhya Bauri	56.79	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Purnima Lohar	36.28	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
1999	846,340	78.96	Sandhya Bauri	57.89	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Adhibas Duley	36.13	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2004	806,910	76.64	Susmita Bauri	64.28	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Janardan Saha	23.14	All India Trinamool Congress[15]

In 1951 and 1957 Bankura Lok Sabha constituency, then covering the Bishnupur area also, had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Bishnupur lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Notes

1. Tanmay Ghosh was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 30 August 2021, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
2. Harakali Protiher was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 27 October 2023, he defected to the Trinamool Congress