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, 2019
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
AITC
won 5 of 16
Margin, 2019
1,10,169
7.89% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
BJPMrinal Kanti Debnath
- Votes
- 5,38,275
- Vote share
- 38.57%
- Behind by
- 1,10,169
Electors
17,18,252
Total votes polled
13,95,429
Valid votes
13,95,429
NOTA votes
17,779
1.27% of votes polled
Turnout
81.2%
Full result, 2019
12 candidates · 13,95,429 valid votes
Dr. Kakoli GhoshdastidarAITCwon
6,48,444
46.5%
Mrinal Kanti DebnathBJP
5,38,275
38.6%
Haripada BiswasAIFB
1,24,068
8.9%
Subrata DuttaINC
37,277
2.7%
Sukumar BalaBSP
9,748
0.7%
Mrinal Kanti BhattacharjeeIND
5,602
0.4%
Saurav BasuRAJSP
4,428
0.3%
Bani ChakrabortySHS
3,119
0.2%
Debasish BiswasAMB
2,349
0.2%
Tushar GhoshSUCIC
1,756
0.1%
Oli Mahammad MallickCPM
1,307
0.1%
Dipankar BaidyaRJNP
1,277
0.1%
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
