In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Bolpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asit Kumar Mal | All India Trinamool Congress | 698441 | 0 | 730 | 699171 | 47.85 | Winner |
| Das Ramprasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 591445 | 0 | 1324 | 592769 | 40.57 | 1st Runner-up |
| Ram Chandra Dome | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 91831 | 0 | 133 | 91964 | 6.29 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Abhijit Saha | Indian National Congress | 30005 | 0 | 107 | 30112 | 2.06 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Simanta Mondal | Rashtravadi Janata Party | 17010 | 0 | 3 | 17013 | 1.16 | 4th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 12265 | 0 | 13 | 12278 | 0.84 | 5th Runner-up |
| Das Samiran | Bahujan Samaj Party | 9156 | 0 | 9 | 9165 | 0.63 | 6th Runner-up |
| Bijoy Dolui | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 8796 | 0 | 1 | 8797 | 0.6 | 7th Runner-up |
Bolpur Lok Sabha is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of the West Bengal which came into existence in 1967 and has six Vidhan Sabha segments. 1,307,730 is the total electorate count in the Bolpur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 41). Out of these 675,489 number of electorates are males and the remaining 632,241 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It is reserved for the SC category and has 1,307,800 voters. Bolpur belongs to the Birbhum District and lies at a distance of 145 km and has a average altitude of 58 m. It is most famous for being close to the Visva Bharati University. The municipality of Bolpur has 19 wards.
As per the 2011 India census data, the total population of the district of Birbhum stands at over 3,500,000 making it the 84th most populated district of the country. It has a population density of 771 people per sq km and over 2001-2011; the district has had a population growth rate of about 17%. The sex ratio of the area is 956 females per 1000 males and about 11% of the population is under the age of six. The average literacy rate is 70%. Hindus have a 65% majority followed by 33% Muslims. About 30% of the population belongs to the SC category and about 7% belongs to the ST category. Bengali, Hindi and English are the common languages here. The Panagarh-Morgam Highway passes through the area.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Bolpur Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Bolpur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Bolpur constituency is Anupam Hazra of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 41 | Bolpur | (SC) | Anupam Hazra | M | AITC | 630693 | Dome Ramchandra | M | CPM | 394581 |
| 2009 | 41 | Bolpur | (SC) | Dome,Dr. Ram Chandra | M | CPM | 538383 | Asit Kumar Mal | M | INC | 411501 |
| 2004 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Chatterjee Somnath | M | CPM | 504836 | Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji | M | AITC | 194531 |
| 1999 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Somnath Chatterjee | M | CPM | 464199 | Suniti Chattaraj | M | AITC | 277810 |
| 1998 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Somnath Chatterjee | M | CPM | 470645 | Gour Hari Chandra | M | WBTC | 219553 |
| 1996 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Somnath Chatterjee | M | CPM | 471549 | Sunil Das | M | INC | 217903 |
| 1991 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Chatterjee Somnath | M | CPM | 394496 | Jivan Mukhopadhyay | M | IND | 167872 |
| 1989 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Chatterjee Somnath | M | CPM | 421483 | Sachinandan Sau | M | INC | 257890 |
| 1985 | Bye Pol | Bolpur | GEN | S.Chatterjee | M | CPM | 339078 | S.S.Ray | M | INC | 240079 |
| 1984 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Saradish Roy | M | CPM | 317749 | Nihar Dutta | M | INC | 256818 |
| 1980 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Saradish Roy | M | CPM | 264798 | Pranab Kumar Mukherjee | M | INC(I) | 196169 |
| 1977 | 41 | Bolpur | GEN | Saradish Roy | M | CPM | 128963 | Durga Banerjee | M | CPI | 93012 |
| 1971 | 39 | Bolpur | GEN | Saradish Roy | M | CPM | 115591 | Phulrenu Guha | M | INC | 78966 |
| 1967 | 39 | Bolpur | GEN | A. K. Chanda | M | INC | 131761 | S. Roy | M | CPM | 118129 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Bolpur Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Bolpur parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ketugram | Mangalkot | Ausgram (SC) |
| Bolpur | Nanoor (SC) | Labhpur |
| Mayureswar | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019