BOLPUR
Constituency no. 41 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BOLPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 1999
Somnath Chatterjee
CPM
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 11 of 14
Margin, 1999
1,86,389
23.84% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
AITCSuniti Chattaraj
- Votes
- 2,77,810
- Vote share
- 35.53%
- Behind by
- 1,86,389
Electors
10,37,427
Total votes polled
7,81,954
Valid votes
7,81,954
NOTA votes
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Turnout
75.4%
Full result, 1999
4 candidates · 7,81,954 valid votes
Somnath ChatterjeeCPMwon
4,64,199
59.4%
Suniti ChattarajAITC
2,77,810
35.5%
Dr. Susil BanerjeeINC
37,093
4.7%
NazmaJP
2,852
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ASIT KUMAR MAL | AITC | 8,55,633 | 55.98% | PIYA SAHA | 3,27,253 |
| 2019 | ASIT KUMAR MAL | AITC | 6,99,171 | 47.85% | DAS RAMPRASAD | 1,06,402 |
| 2014 | ANUPAM HAZRA | AITC | 6,30,693 | 48.34% | DOME RAMCHANDRA | 2,36,112 |
| 2009 | DOCTOR RAM CHANDRA DOME | CPM | 5,38,383 | 49.91% | ASIT KUMAR MAL | 1,26,882 |
| 2004 | Chatterjee Somnath | CPM | 5,04,836 | 65.56% | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | 3,10,305 |
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 BOLPUR constituency in 2024?
ASIT KUMAR MAL (AITC) won BOLPUR in 2024, by a margin of 3,27,253 votes.
Which party has won BOLPUR the most times?
CPM, with 11 of the 14 wins recorded since 1971.
How many times has BOLPUR gone to the polls?
14 times, from 1971 to 2024.
Who has won BOLPUR the most times?
SARADISH ROY, with 4 wins between 1971 and 1984.
