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Hooghly Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Hooghly? — Rachna Banerjee (AITC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 76,853 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Rachna Banerjee

AITC
Margin: 76,853Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Hooghly

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • AITC 1
  • BJP 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Rachna BanerjeeAITCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Locket Chatterjee (BJP)Margin76,853
  2. 2019May 2019Locket ChatterjeeBJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Dr. Ratna De (Nag) (AITC)Margin73,362

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Rachna Banerjee

AITCComfortable win

votes

7,02,744

Margin

76,853(5.1%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Rachna Banerjee · AITCLocket Chatterjee · BJP
7,02,7446,25,891
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1Rachna Banerjee✓ WinnerAITC7,02,74446.31%
  2. 2Locket ChatterjeeBJP6,25,89141.24%
  3. 3Manadip GhoshCPI(M)Deposit lost1,39,9199.22%
  4. 4NOTA13,3520.88%
  5. 5Surajit HembramINDDeposit lost9,2680.61%
  6. 6Samim Ali MollickINDDeposit lost6,5670.43%
See all candidates (+7)
  1. 7Jamini BharBSPDeposit lost4,7180.31%
  2. 8Ajanta SarkarBharatiya National Janata DalDeposit lost3,6390.24%
  3. 9Sk KamaluddinINDDeposit lost2,7660.18%
  4. 10Sanchita BeraINDDeposit lost2,6490.17%
  5. 11Paban MazumderSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost2,3800.16%
  6. 12Pradip PalBharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha PartyDeposit lost2,2200.15%
  7. 13Mrinal Kanti DasINDDeposit lost1,3980.09%
Total votes15,17,511

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
18,60,103

incl. service voters

Votes cast
15,18,072

incl. 6,124 postal

Turnout
81.61%
Polling stations
2,048

Turnout of men and women

Women81.4%

7,59,787 of 9,32,921 voted on EVMs

Men81.1%

7,52,136 of 9,27,118 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 64; 25 voted.

  • Candidates12 (4 women)
  • Lost deposit10
  • NOTA13,352
  • Valid votes15,04,159

Women candidates: Rachna Banerjee, Locket Chatterjee, Ajanta Sarkar, Sanchita Bera — a woman won this seat.

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Locket Chatterjee (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (10)votes
  1. 1Locket Chatterjee✓ WinnerBJP6,71,44846.06%
  2. 2Dr. Ratna De (Nag)AITC5,98,08641.03%
  3. 3Pradip SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarDeposit lost1,21,5888.34%
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  1. 4Pratul Chandra SahaINCDeposit lost25,3741.74%
  2. 5NOTA13,5250.93%
  3. 6Bhaskar GhoshSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost8,0820.55%
  4. 7Sajal AdhikariCPI(ML)LDeposit lost8,0120.55%
  5. 8Vijay Kumar MahatoBSPDeposit lost5,1380.35%
  6. 9Noor Hossain MondalINDDeposit lost3,5090.24%
  7. 10Dulal Ch. HembramINDDeposit lost3,0800.21%
Total votes14,57,842

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Hooghly?

Rachna Banerjee (AITC) won Hooghly in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 7,02,744 votes.

What was the winning margin in Hooghly?

Rachna Banerjee defeated Locket Chatterjee (BJP) by 76,853 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Hooghly?

2019: Locket Chatterjee (BJP)

What was the turnout in Hooghly in 2024?

81.61% — 15,18,072 of 18,60,103 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 81.4%, men's 81.1%.

How many voters does Hooghly have?

18,60,103 electors at the 2024 election — 9,27,118 men, 9,32,921 women, 64 third gender (service voters included), and 2,048 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