BARRACKPORE
Constituency no. 15 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Winner, 2019
ARJUN SINGH
BJP
Elections held
15
1962–2019
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 15
Margin, 2019
14,857
1.35% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
AITCDINESH TRIVEDI
- Votes
- 4,58,137
- Vote share
- 41.48%
- Behind by
- 14,857
Electors
14,36,431
Total votes polled
11,04,517
Valid votes
11,04,517
NOTA votes
12,731
1.15% of votes polled
Turnout
76.9%
Full result, 2019
15 candidates · 11,04,517 valid votes
ARJUN SINGHBJPwon
4,72,994
42.8%
DINESH TRIVEDIAITC
4,58,137
41.5%
GARGI CHATTERJEECPM
1,17,456
10.6%
MD. ALAMINC
15,816
1.4%
RAMU MANDIIND
8,136
0.7%
Tapash SarkarBSP
3,838
0.3%
Sourav SinghIND
3,534
0.3%
MD. SHYEAD AHAMEDIND
2,984
0.3%
SHAMPA SILIND
2,271
0.2%
GANESH DASIND
1,705
0.1%
Pradip ChaudhuriSUCIC
1,632
0.1%
GOPAL RAUTIND
1,042
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ARJUN SINGH | BJP | 4,72,994 | 42.82% | DINESH TRIVEDI | 14,857 |
| 2014 | DINESH TRIVEDI | AITC | 4,79,206 | 45.59% | SUBHASHINI ALI | 2,06,773 |
| 2009 | DINESH TRIVEDI | AITC | 4,28,699 | 49.28% | TARIT BARAN TOPDAR | 56,024 |
| 2004 | Tarit Baran Topdar | CPM | 4,43,048 | 55.77% | Arjun Singh | 1,65,071 |
| 1999 | Tarit Baran Topdar | CPM | 3,99,269 | 48.06% | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 40,775 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BARRACKPORE constituency in 2019?
ARJUN SINGH (BJP) won BARRACKPORE in 2019, by a margin of 14,857 votes.
Which party has won BARRACKPORE the most times?
CPM, with 9 of the 15 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BARRACKPORE gone to the polls?
15 times, from 1962 to 2019.
Who has won BARRACKPORE the most times?
DINESH TRIVEDI, with 2 wins between 2009 and 2014.
