BARASAT
Constituency no. 17 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BARASAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 1999
Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
AITC
won 5 of 16
Margin, 1999
96,900
9.40% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
FBLSaral Deb
- Votes
- 4,21,620
- Vote share
- 40.88%
- Behind by
- 96,900
Electors
13,03,217
Total votes polled
10,31,285
Valid votes
10,31,285
NOTA votes
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Turnout
79.1%
Full result, 1999
9 candidates · 10,31,285 valid votes
Dr.Ranjit Kumar PanjaAITCwon
5,18,520
50.3%
Saral DebFBL
4,21,620
40.9%
Ghosal DebiINC
76,751
7.4%
Manoj HowladerBSP
8,874
0.9%
Sankar GhoshIND
2,878
0.3%
Panchu Gopal MundaAMB
1,236
0.1%
Mostafijur RahamanIND
650
0.1%
Jagat Narayan SrivastavaIND
581
0.1%
Shyamal Chandra DasIND
175
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR | AITC | 6,92,010 | 45.15% | SWAPAN MAJUMDER | 1,14,189 |
| 2019 | Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar | AITC | 6,48,444 | 46.47% | Mrinal Kanti Debnath | 1,10,169 |
| 2014 | DR. KAKALI GHOSHDOSTIDAR | AITC | 5,25,387 | 41.39% | DR. MORTOZA HOSSAIN | 1,73,141 |
| 2009 | KAKALI GHOSH DASTIDAR | AITC | 5,22,530 | 50.95% | SUDIN CHATTOPADHYAY | 1,22,901 |
| 2004 | Subrata Bose | AIFB | 5,20,384 | 45.13% | Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja | 12,160 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above