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.
Birbhum Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satabdi Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | 653426 | 0 | 651 | 654077 | 45.13 | Winner |
| Dudh Kumar Mondal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 563715 | 0 | 1438 | 565153 | 38.99 | 1st Runner-up |
| Karim Rezaul | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 96673 | 0 | 90 | 96763 | 6.68 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Imam Hossain | Indian National Congress | 75451 | 0 | 95 | 75546 | 5.21 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Ahamed Faruk | Rashtravadi Janata Party | 15171 | 0 | 0 | 15171 | 1.05 | 4th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 12307 | 0 | 11 | 12318 | 0.85 | 5th Runner-up |
| Prabir Mukhopadhyay | Bahujan Samaj Party | 9459 | 0 | 8 | 9467 | 0.65 | 6th Runner-up |
| Md. Firoj Ali | Bharatiya National Janta Dal | 9400 | 0 | 0 | 9400 | 0.65 | 7th Runner-up |
| Ayesha Khatun | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 5995 | 0 | 5 | 6000 | 0.41 | 8th Runner-up |
| Chittaranjan Hansda | Independent | 5526 | 0 | 2 | 5528 | 0.38 | 9th Runner-up |
One of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of the state of West Bengal, Birbhum city belongs to the Birbhum District. The Birbhum Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 42) consists of 1,221,893 number of electorates in totality, of these 636,373 are males and 585,520 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests. This Lok Sabha Constituency was formed prior to the 1951 elections and comprises of seven assembly segments of which 2 are reserved for SC. Prior to 2009 elections, this seat was reserved for the SC category only. Birbhum is an administrative unit of West Bengal with its headquarters located in Suri and Birbhum. It is located on the eastern side of the state of Jharkhand. The district is often referred to as the land of red soil and is 190 km away from Kolkata. It stands at an average elevation of 56 m and covers an area of over 4,500 sq km.
Birbhum has a population of over 3,502,000 of which around 22% lives in urban areas. About 52% of the population is male and the sex ratio is around 956 females for every 1000 males. The average literacy rate is around 70%. Birbhum is the home of world renowned Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan which was established by Rabindranath Tagore. It is recognized for its cottage and textile industries. Birbhum is well connected to cities around the state by trains and the Panagarh-Morgram Highway runs through the area which connects it to NH-2 at Panagarh and with NH-34 at Morgram.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Birbhum Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Birbhum 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 Birbhum constituency is Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner/Current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 42 | Birbhum | GEN | Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) | F | AITC | 460568 | Dr. Elahi Kamre Muhammad | M | CPM | 393305 |
| 2009 | 42 | Birbhum | GEN | Roy,Smt. Satabdi | F | AITC | 486553 | Braja Mukherjee | M | CPM | 425034 |
| 2004 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Ram Chandra Dome | M | CPM | 372294 | Gopal Chandra Das | M | INC | 180682 |
| 1999 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Ram Chandra Dome | M | CPM | 373687 | Dr. Madan Lal Choudhury | M | BJP | 216531 |
| 1998 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Dome Ram Chandra | M | CPM | 380314 | Dr Madan Lal Choudhury | M | BJP | 218802 |
| 1996 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Ramchandra Dome | M | CPM | 402893 | Mamata Saha | M | INC | 291873 |
| 1991 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Dome Ramchandra | M | CPM | 334307 | Subhendu Mondal | M | INC | 171276 |
| 1989 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Dome Ramchandra | M | CPM | 345898 | Badal Bagdi | M | INC | 283949 |
| 1984 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Gadahar Saha | M | CPM | 278155 | Badal Bagdi | M | INC | 264674 |
| 1980 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Gadadhar Saha | M | CPM | 223756 | Badal Chandra Bagdi | M | INC(I) | 183093 |
| 1977 | 42 | Birbhum | (SC) | Gadadhar Saha | M | CPM | 136517 | Birendaban Saha | M | INC | 105968 |
| 1971 | 40 | Birbhum | (SC) | Gadadhar Saha | M | CPM | 80712 | Kanai Saha | M | INC | 72327 |
| 1967 | 40 | Birbhum | (SC) | S. K. Saha | M | INC | 83696 | G. Bauri | M | FBL | 51479 |
| 1962 | 36 | Birbhum | (SC) | Sisir Kumar Saha | M | INC | 74573 | Mrityunjay Mandal | M | FB | 42169 |
| 1957 | 7 | Birbhum | GEN | Kamal Krishna Das | M | INC | 239745 | Manmatha Nath Das | M | HMS | 169045 |
| 1957 | 7 | Birbhum | GEN | Anil Kumar Chanda | M | INC | 197747 | Nitya Narayan Banerjee | M | HMS | 131376 |
| 1951 | 4 | Birbhum | GEN | Anil Kumar Chanda | M | INC | 116734 | Nitya Narayan Bandopadhyaya | M | HMS | 90311 |
| 1951 | 4 | Birbhum | GEN | Kamal Krishna Das | M | INC | 109722 | Mihir Lal Chattopadhyaya | M | KMPP | 58904 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Birbhum Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Birbhum parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dubrajpur (SC) | Suri | Sainthia (SC) |
| Rampurhat | Hansan | Nalhati |
| Murarai | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019