Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency

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Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uluberia in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 26 Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency are in Howrah district.

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal – 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 26 Uluberia is composed of the following segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
176 Uluberia Purba None Howrah
177 Uluberia Uttar SC Howrah
178 Uluberia Dakshin None Howrah
179 Shyampur None Howrah
180 Bagnan None Howrah
181 Amta None Howrah
182 Udaynarayanpur None Howrah

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party
First 1952-57 Satyaban Roy Indian National Congress
Second 1957-62 Aurobindo Ghosal Marxist Forward Bloc
Third 1962-67 Purnendu Khan Indian National Congress
Fourth 1967-71 J. K. Mondal
Fifth 1971-77 Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India
Sixth 1977-80 Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya
Seventh 1980-84 Hannan Mollah
Eighth 1984-89 Hannan Mollah
Ninth 1989-91 Hannan Mollah
Tenth 1991-96 Hannan Mollah
Eleventh 1996-98 Hannan Mollah
Twelfth 1998-99 Hannan Mollah
Thirteenth 1999-04 Hannan Mollah
Fourteenth 2004-09 Hannan Mollah
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sultan Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress
Sixteenth 2014-2017 Sultan Ahmed
2018-19 Sajda Ahmed
Seventeenth 2019-incumbent Sajda Ahmed

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Uluberia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sajda Ahmed
BJP Arun Uday Pal Chaudhary
INC Azahar Mollick
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Uluberia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sajda Ahmed 694,945 53.00 Decrease 8.00
BJP Joy Banerjee 479,586 36.58 Increase13.25
CPI(M) Maksuda Khatun 81,314 6.20 Decrease 11.04
INC Shoma Ranishri Roy 27,568 2.10 Increase 0.26
Independent Durgadas Hajra 6,770 0.52 Increase 0.52
NOTA None of the above 9,399 0.72 Increase 0.01
Majority 215,359
Turnout 1,311,120 81.18
AITC hold Swing Decrease 8.00

By election 2018

Bye-election, 2018: Uluberia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sajda Ahmed 7,67,556 61.00 +12.88
BJP Anupam Mallik 2,93,046 23.29 +11.73
CPI(M) Sabiruddin Molla 1,38,892 11.04 -20.11
INC S. K. Maddassar Hossain Warsi 23,109 1.84 -3.87
Independent Tapas Mondal 7,682 0.61
Indian Unity Centre Simal Saren 5,383 0.43
Independent Kamal Krishna Mallick 4,566 0.36
Independent Sanjib Karmakar 3,684 0.29
Independent Amal Barman 2,560 0.20
NOTA None of the Above 11,757 0.93
Majority 4,74,510 37.71
Turnout 12,58,303 79.74 -2.13
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Uluberia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sultan Ahmed 5,70,785 48.12 -2.8
CPI(M) Sabiruddin Molla 3,69,563 31.15 -9.97
BJP Ranjit Kishore Mahanty 1,37,137 11.56 +7.36
INC Asit Mitra 67,826 5.71
Indian Unity Centre Abul Quasem 6,607 0.55
AIUDF Hasan Nawaj 5,709 0.48 -0.63
Independent Dilip Kumar Hait 3,947 0.33
BSP Rekha Das 3,918 0.33 -0.43
Independent Susanta Kumar Dalui 2,990 0.25
SUCI(C) Minati Sarkar 2,902 0.24
Independent Ramesh Dhara 2,529 0.21
Independent Ashis Kumar Das 2,437 0.20
BMP Sujata Dutta 1,400 0.11
Majority 2,01,222 16.97
Turnout 11,86,027 81.87
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Uluberia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sultan Ahmed 5,14,193 50.92
CPI(M) Hannan Mollah 4,15,257 41.12
BJP Rahul Chakrabarty 42,434 4.20
AUDF Kazi Nabab 11,238 1.11
BSP Narendra Nath Mandal 7,714 0.76
Independent Sekh Aorangjeb 6,475 0.64
Independent Swapan Das 6,005 0.59
RDMP Rabin Dolui 3,362 0.33
Independent Ashish Das 3,141 0.31
Majority 98,936 9.80
Turnout 10,09,819 80.68
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Uluberia
CPI(M) Hannan Mollah 424,749
AITC Rajib Banerjee 272,634
INC Kazi Abdul Rajjak 124,326
IJP Snehanshu Maity 8,785
RJP Dilip Kumar Palit 6,687
BSP Sandhya Mandal 6,677
LJP Bharat Chandra Manna 4,030
Independent Baidyanath Choudhury 3,658
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority 152,115
Turnout 1,009,820 80.68
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951 Satyaban Roy Indian National Congress Aurobindo Ghosal Marxist Forward Bloc[2]
1957 Aurobindo Ghosal Marxist Forward Bloc Kalobaran Ghosh Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Purnendu Khan Indian National Congress Aurobindo Ghosal All India Forward Bloc[4]
1967 J.K.Mondal Indian National Congress Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971 Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Murari Mohan Manna Indian National Congress)[6]
1977 Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress[7]
1980 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ardhendu Hazra Indian National Congress (I)[8]
1984 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Anwar Ali Sheikh Indian National Congress[9]
1989 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Anwar Ali Sheikh Indian National Congress[10]
1991 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Minati Adhikari Indian National Congress[11]
1996 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Minati Adhikari Indian National Congress[12]
1998 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saradindu Biswas Trinamool Congress[13]
1999 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudipta Roy All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2004 Hannan Mollah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajib Bannerjee All India Trinamool Congress[15]