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| 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 | |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.
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. 37 Bishnupur (SC) is composed of the following segments:[2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party (2021 Assembly Election Winner) |
Party (Leading in 2024 Lok Sabha) |
Party (MLA Political Party in 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Barjora | None | Bankura | TMC | BJP | TMC |
| 254 | Onda | None | Bankura | BJP | BJP | BJP |
| 255 | Bishnupur | None | Bankura | BJP | BJP | TMC |
| 256 | Katulpur | SC | Bankura | BJP | BJP | TMC |
| 257 | Indas | SC | Bankura | BJP | TMC | BJP |
| 258 | Sonamukhi | SC | Bankura | BJP | BJP | BJP |
| 259 | Khandaghosh | SC | Purba Bardhaman | TMC | TMC | TMC |
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 | ||
| Seventeenth | 2024-29 | |||
Election results
General election 2024
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |