Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Kolkata Uttar is among the Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. The state has 42 parliamentary seats. The Kolkata Uttar seat contains seven Assembly segments together with Chowrangee, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala and Kashipur-Belgachhia. The constituency is a common seat and never reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the Congress are the primary events within the constituency. Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the Trinamool chief and shut aide of Mamata Banerjee, represented the Kolkata Uttar constituency thrice in a row in 2009, 2014 and 2019. He gained the seat twice in 1998 and 1999 when it was generally known as the Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency.
Kolkata Uttar Constituency Demographic Profile
As per information from the Election Commission, there have been 14,44,082 voters within the Kolkata Uttar constituency through the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Out of this, 7,94,526 voters had been male and 6,49,541 had been feminine voters. 15 voters belonged to the third gender. 1,160 had been postal votes within the constituency. The variety of service voters in Kolkata Uttar in 2019 was 264 (251 had been males and 13 had been girls).
In 2014, the entire variety of voters within the Kolkata Uttar constituency was 14,33,985. Out of this, 7,97,437 voters had been male and 6,36,542 had been feminine voters. 6 voters on this constituency belonged to the ‘others’ class. There had been 1,365 postal votes within the constituency. The variety of service voters in Kolkata Uttar in 2014 was 201 (127 had been males and solely 74 had been girls).
Kolkata Uttar 2019 and 2014 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Trinamool Congress chief Sudip Bandyopadhyay gained the Kolkata Uttar seat for the third time in a row with a margin of 1,27,095 votes. He was polled 4,74,891 votes with a vote share of 49.95%. He defeated BJP chief Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha who received 3,47,796 votes (36.59%). CPM’s Kaninika Bose (Ghosh) stood third with 71,080 votes (7.48%). The complete variety of legitimate votes polled was 9,50,613.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Trinamool Congress chief Sudip Bandyopadhyay gained the Kolkata Uttar seat for the second time in a row. He was polled 3,43,687 votes with a vote share of 35.94%. BJP candidate Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha received 2,47,461 votes (25.88%) and was the runner-up. Bandyopadhyay defeated Sinha by a margin of 96,226 votes. The complete variety of legitimate votes polled on this constituency was 9,55,778. CPM candidate Rupa Bagchi got here third with 1,96,053 votes (20.50%) and Congress candidate Somendra Nath Mitra was within the fourth place with 1,30,783 votes (13.68%).
Kolkata Uttar Past Winners
- Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC): 2014
- Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC): 2009
Northern elements of Kolkata in subsequent years merged in to Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency after 2008.
- Sudhangshu Seal (CPM): 2004
- Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC): 1999
- Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC): 1998
- Debi Prasad Pal (Congress): 1996
- Debi Prasad Pal (Congress): 1991
- Debi Prasad Pal (Congress): 1989
- Ashoke Kumar Sen (Congress): 1984
- Ashoke Kumar Sen (Congress): 1980
- Bijoy Singh Nahar (BLD): 1977
NOTA (None of the Above)
In 2019, 6,736 voters (0.71%) opted for NOTA within the Kolkata Uttar constituency. In 2014, 9,103 voters (0.95%) opted for NOTA within the Kolkata Uttar constituency.
Kolkata Uttar Voter Turnout
The complete variety of legitimate votes polled through the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections was 9,50,613 or 65.83%.
In 2014, the entire variety of legitimate votes on this Lok Sabha seat was 9,55,778 or 66.65%.
Kolkata Uttar Poll Dates
In 2019, the voting befell on May 19 within the Kolkata Uttar constituency.
In 2014, the voting was held on May 12 in Kolkata Uttar.
Kolkata Uttar Result Dates
In 2019, the consequence was introduced on May 23.
In 2014, the consequence was introduced on May 16.
Number of Polling Stations
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, there have been 1,862 polling stations within the Kolkata Uttar constituency.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, there have been 1,859 polling stations within the Kolkata Uttar constituency.
