BARRACKPORE
Constituency no. 15 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Winner, 1999
Tarit Baran Topdar
CPM
Elections held
15
1962–2019
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 15
Margin, 1999
40,775
4.91% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
AITCJayanta Bhattacharya
- Votes
- 3,58,494
- Vote share
- 43.15%
- Behind by
- 40,775
Electors
10,40,220
Total votes polled
8,30,719
Valid votes
8,30,719
NOTA votes
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Turnout
79.9%
Full result, 1999
10 candidates · 8,30,719 valid votes
Tarit Baran TopdarCPMwon
3,99,269
48.1%
Jayanta BhattacharyaAITC
3,58,494
43.1%
Ashok SuklaINC
59,732
7.2%
Parimal Kanti RayBSP
3,498
0.4%
Anupam DuttaIND
3,373
0.4%
Meena PalCPI(ML)(L)
2,186
0.3%
Ashoke BairiaIND
1,606
0.2%
Swapan BiswasIND
1,153
0.1%
Rayazuddin AhmedNCP
716
0.1%
Nirmal Gopal ChatterjeeIND
692
0.1%
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.
