Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. The constituency centres on Barasat in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the

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in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following

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segments from 2009:

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General elections 2014

General election 2009

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Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C), previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India and "Socialist Unity Centre", is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shib ...

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

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Forward bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party ...

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Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

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General elections 1957-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

References

External links

Barasat lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barasat Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Politics of North 24 Parganas district