CALCUTTA NORTH EAST
Constituency no. 22 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 1996
AJIT KUMAR PANJA
INC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1996
64,985
10.06% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
CPMDIPEN GHOSH
- Votes
- 2,70,870
- Vote share
- 41.93%
- Behind by
- 64,985
Electors
9,07,284
Total votes polled
6,46,065
Valid votes
6,46,065
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.2%
Full result, 1996
12 candidates · 6,46,065 valid votes
AJIT KUMAR PANJAINCwon
3,35,855
52.0%
DIPEN GHOSHCPM
2,70,870
41.9%
SUBHAS MAITRABJP
33,246
5.2%
TAPAN KUMAR SARKARIND
2,094
0.3%
HARI NARAYAN RAYIND
998
0.1%
TIWARI SALIL KUMARAIICT
616
0.1%
UDAI PRATAP SINGHIND
611
0.1%
SUBHAS DHARIND
541
0.1%
RADHESHYAM YADAVIND
429
0.1%
JAYANTA BHOWMICKIND
292
0.1%
AGARWAL MOHANLALIND
278
0.0%
ACHINTA JANAIND
235
0.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Md. Salim | CPM | 2,84,427 | 50.00% | Ajit Kumar Panja (250, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700 006) | 73,780 |
| 1999 | Ajit Kumar Panja | AITC | 2,97,491 | 45.17% | Md. Salim | 41,574 |
| 1998 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | WBTC | 3,10,361 | 47.10% | PRASANTA CHATTERJEE | 64,872 |
| 1996 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | INC | 3,35,855 | 51.98% | DIPEN GHOSH | 64,985 |
| 1991 | AJIT KUMAR PANJA | INC | 2,76,399 | 49.52% | PRATAP CHANDRA | 71,456 |
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 CALCUTTA NORTH EAST constituency in 2004?
Md. Salim (CPM) won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST in 2004, by a margin of 73,780 votes.
Which party has won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST the most times?
INC, with 4 of the 11 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has CALCUTTA NORTH EAST gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1967 to 2004.
Who has won CALCUTTA NORTH EAST the most times?
AJIT KUMAR PANJA, with 5 wins between 1984 and 1998.
