In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Barrackpore Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arjun Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 471490 | 0 | 1504 | 472994 | 42.82 | Winner |
| Dinesh Trivedi | All India Trinamool Congress | 457870 | 0 | 267 | 458137 | 41.48 | 1st Runner-up |
| Gargi Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 117354 | 0 | 102 | 117456 | 10.63 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Md. Alam | Indian National Congress | 15784 | 0 | 32 | 15816 | 1.43 | 3rd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 12711 | 0 | 20 | 12731 | 1.15 | 4th Runner-up |
| Ramu Mandi | Independent | 8135 | 0 | 1 | 8136 | 0.74 | 5th Runner-up |
| Tapash Sarkar | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3823 | 0 | 15 | 3838 | 0.35 | 6th Runner-up |
| Sourav Singh | Independent | 3533 | 0 | 1 | 3534 | 0.32 | 7th Runner-up |
| Md. Shyead Ahamed | Independent | 2982 | 0 | 2 | 2984 | 0.27 | 8th Runner-up |
| Shampa Sil | Independent | 2270 | 0 | 1 | 2271 | 0.21 | 9th Runner-up |
| Ganesh Das | Independent | 1705 | 0 | 0 | 1705 | 0.15 | 10th Runner-up |
| Pradip Chaudhuri | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 1629 | 0 | 3 | 1632 | 0.15 | 11th Runner-up |
| Gopal Raut | Independent | 1041 | 0 | 1 | 1042 | 0.09 | 12th Runner-up |
| Krishanpal Balmiki | Independent | 858 | 0 | 0 | 858 | 0.08 | 13th Runner-up |
| Kundan Singh | Independent | 712 | 0 | 1 | 713 | 0.06 | 14th Runner-up |
| Uday Veer Choudhury | Independent | 670 | 0 | 0 | 670 | 0.06 | 15th Runner-up |
One of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of the state of West Bengal, Barrackpur (or Barrackpore) is a city in the North 24 Parganas district of the State. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Barrackpur Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 15) were 1,081,237 of which 488,163 are females and 593,074 are males. It was formed prior to the elections of the year 1951 and comprises of seven segments. The city of Barrackpore lies on the eastern bank of the river Ganga. It is located about 24 kms from Kolkata and is located in the Ganges-Brahamaputra delta region of the state. It stands at an elevation of 15 m and covers an area of over 25 sq km.
The city has a population of over 150,000 with around 8% of the population under the age of six. About 53% of the population is male and the sex ratio is 886 females for every 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Barrackpore is 81% and the city is considered to be an important military center and is home to the oldest cantonment in India and Police Training academy in West Bengal. Barrackpore has always been the center for small scale cottage and handicrafts. Primary industries in the area are of jute and agriculture. This city is also famous for the oldest water treatment plant. National Highways NH-34 and NH-35, and some major State Highways connect the city to several major towns and cities.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Barrackpore parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Barrackpore constituency is Shri Dinesh Trivedi of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | Barrackpore | GEN | Dinesh Trivedi | M | AITC | 479206 | Subhashini Ali | M | CPM | 272433 |
| 2009 | 15 | Barrackpore | GEN | Trivedi,Shri Dinesh | M | AITC | 428699 | Tarit Baran Topdar | M | CPM | 372675 |
| 2004 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Baran Topdar | M | CPM | 443048 | Arjun Singh | M | AITC | 277977 |
| 1999 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Baran Topdar | M | CPM | 399269 | Jayanta Bhattacharya | M | AITC | 358494 |
| 1998 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Baran Topdar | M | CPM | 383054 | Adhikary Tarun | M | WBTC | 355097 |
| 1996 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Baran Topdar | M | CPM | 399466 | Ghosal Debi | M | INC | 348572 |
| 1991 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Barban Topdar | M | CPM | 324025 | Devi Ghoshal | M | INC | 264173 |
| 1989 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Tarit Baran Topder | M | CPM | 364424 | Debi Ghosal | M | INC | 327333 |
| 1984 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Debi Ghosal | M | INC | 323483 | Mohammed Amin | M | CPM | 269814 |
| 1980 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Mahammed Ismail | M | CPM | 266698 | Devi Ghosal | M | INC(I) | 162773 |
| 1977 | 19 | Barrackpore | GEN | Sougata Roy | M | INC | 295551 | Mahammad Ismail | M | CPM | 154537 |
| 1971 | 18 | Barrackpore | GEN | Md. Ismail | M | CPM | 284590 | Renu Chakraborty | M | CPI | 200815 |
| 1967 | 18 | Barrackpore | GEN | M. Ismail | M | CPM | 162231 | R. Chakraborty | M | CPI | 136319 |
| 1962 | 11 | Barrackpore | GEN | Renu Chakraborty | F | CPI | 228318 | Ram Dhari Singh | M | INC | 133894 |
| 1957 | 26 | Barrackpore | GEN | Bimal Coomar Ghose | M | PSP | 132906 | Labanya Prova Dutta | M | INC | 87879 |
| 1951 | 21 | Barrackpore | GEN | Das Ramananda | M | INC | 81585 | Ghosh Debprasad | M | BJS | 30081 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Barrackpore parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amdanga | Bijpur | Naihati |
| Bhatpara | Jagatdal | Noapara |
| Barrackpur | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019