BERHAMPORE
Constituency no. 10 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BERHAMPORE. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 1999
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
INC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
RSP
won 7 of 11
Margin, 1999
95,391
10.30% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
RSPPramothes Mukherjee
- Votes
- 3,38,682
- Vote share
- 36.56%
- Behind by
- 95,391
Electors
12,12,554
Total votes polled
9,26,375
Valid votes
9,26,375
NOTA votes
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Turnout
76.4%
Full result, 1999
11 candidates · 9,26,375 valid votes
Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINCwon
4,34,073
46.9%
Pramothes MukherjeeRSP
3,38,682
36.6%
Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi BagchiBJP
1,34,569
14.5%
Jyotirmoy ThakurIND
8,948
1.0%
Nurul IslamMUL
3,618
0.4%
Siddhartha ChatterjeeIND
2,679
0.3%
Sunil Kumar MandalBSP
1,066
0.1%
Kanan Kumar SahaIND
911
0.1%
Sadhan RoyIND
881
0.1%
Santosh MajhiIND
745
0.1%
Anarul Haque MalithaIND
203
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | INC | 5,08,095 | 51.24% | Pramothes Mukherjee | 98,901 |
| 1999 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | INC | 4,34,073 | 46.86% | Pramothes Mukherjee | 95,391 |
| 1998 | PROMOTHES MUKHERJEE | RSP | 3,85,979 | 44.46% | COLONEL (RETD) SABYASACHI BAGCHI | 1,23,369 |
| 1996 | PRAMOTHES MUKHERJEE | RSP | 4,49,656 | 48.77% | SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR RAY | 44,357 |
| 1991 | NANI BHATACHARYYA | RSP | 3,45,678 | 43.57% | KUMAR DIPTI SENGUPTA | 79,209 |
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 BERHAMPORE constituency in 2004?
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (INC) won BERHAMPORE in 2004, by a margin of 98,901 votes.
Which party has won BERHAMPORE the most times?
RSP, with 7 of the 11 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has BERHAMPORE gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1967 to 2004.
Who has won BERHAMPORE the most times?
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, with 2 wins between 1999 and 2004.
