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Lok Sabha constituency 17· General seat

Barasat Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Barasat? — Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR (AITC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 1,14,189 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR

AITC
Margin: 1,14,189Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Barasat

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDARAITCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Swapan Majumder (BJP)Margin1,14,189
  2. 2019May 2019Dr. Kakoli GhoshdastidarAITCLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Mrinal Kanti Debnath (BJP)Margin1,10,169

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR

AITCComfortable win

votes

6,92,010

Margin

1,14,189(7.5%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR · AITCSwapan Majumder · BJP
6,92,0105,77,821
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR✓ WinnerAITC6,92,01045.15%
  2. 2Swapan MajumderBJP5,77,82137.7%
  3. 3Tapas BanerjeeAll India Secular FrontDeposit lost1,21,4407.92%
  4. 4Sanjib ChattopadhyayAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost1,00,0006.52%
  5. 5NOTA17,8921.17%
  6. 6Smritikana HaoladarBSPDeposit lost5,7870.38%
See all candidates (+7)
  1. 7Saifuddin MondalINDDeposit lost3,8270.25%
  2. 8Swapan MajumdarINDDeposit lost3,0850.2%
  3. 9S Mukhtar AhmedINDDeposit lost2,6470.17%
  4. 10Sefali DeyBharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha PartyDeposit lost2,2520.15%
  5. 11Sadhan GhoshSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost2,0470.13%
  6. 12Bikash SarkarMulnibasi Party of IndiaDeposit lost1,9290.13%
  7. 13Mohanlal AdhikaryINDDeposit lost1,8640.12%
Total votes15,32,601

Deposit lost: 10 of 12 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
19,07,604

incl. service voters

Votes cast
15,34,562

incl. 7,029 postal

Turnout
80.44%
Polling stations
1,991

Turnout of men and women

Women78.1%

7,39,124 of 9,46,577 voted on EVMs

Men82%

7,88,383 of 9,60,962 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 65; 26 voted.

  • Candidates12 (3 women)
  • Lost deposit10
  • NOTA17,892
  • Valid votes15,14,709

Women candidates: Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR, Smritikana Haoladar, Sefali Dey — a woman won this seat.

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar (AITC)Full result ▾
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar✓ WinnerAITC6,48,44446.47%
  2. 2Mrinal Kanti DebnathBJP5,38,27538.57%
  3. 3Haripada BiswasAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost1,24,0688.89%
See all candidates (+10)
  1. 4Subrata DuttaINCDeposit lost37,2772.67%
  2. 5NOTA17,7791.27%
  3. 6Sukumar BalaBSPDeposit lost9,7480.7%
  4. 7Mrinal Kanti BhattacharjeeINDDeposit lost5,6020.4%
  5. 8Saurav BasuRashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha PartyDeposit lost4,4280.32%
  6. 9Bani ChakrabortyShiv SenaDeposit lost3,1190.22%
  7. 10Debasish BiswasAmra BangaleeDeposit lost2,3490.17%
  8. 11Tushar GhoshSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost1,7560.13%
  9. 12Oli Mahammad MallickCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarDeposit lost1,3070.09%
  10. 13Dipankar BaidyaRashtriya Janasachetan Party (R.J.P.)Deposit lost1,2770.09%
Total votes13,95,429

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Barasat?

Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR (AITC) won Barasat in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 6,92,010 votes.

What was the winning margin in Barasat?

Dr. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR defeated Swapan Majumder (BJP) by 1,14,189 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Barasat?

2019: Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar (AITC)

What was the turnout in Barasat in 2024?

80.44% — 15,34,562 of 19,07,604 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 78.1%, men's 82%.

How many voters does Barasat have?

19,07,604 electors at the 2024 election — 9,60,962 men, 9,46,577 women, 65 third gender (service voters included), and 1,991 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer