Serampore (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Serampore-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district.
Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency.
According to The Hindu, Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.
Vidhan Sabha segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency No. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments:
Constituency number
Name
Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
District
183
Jagatballavpur
None
Howrah
184
Domjur
None
Howrah
185
Uttarpara
None
Hooghly
186
Serampore
None
Hooghly
187
Champdani
None
Hooghly
194
Chanditala
None
Hooghly
195
Jangipara
None
Hooghly
Prior to delimitation Serampore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Jagatballavpur (assembly constituency no. 167), Panchla (assembly constituency no. 168), Jangipara (assembly constituency no. 177), Chanditala (assembly constituency no. 178), Uttarpara (assembly constituency no. 179), Sreerampur(assembly constituency no. 180), Champdani (assembly constituency no. 181)
Members of Parliament
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
Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya
Communist Party of India
Sachindra Chaudhuri
Indian National Congress
1957
Jitendra Nath Lahiri
Indian National Congress
Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyaya
Communist Party of India
1962
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya
Communist Party of India
Jitendra Nath Lahiri
Indian National Congress
1967
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jadu Gopal Sen
Communist Party of India
1977
1980
Gopal Das Nag
Indian National Congress
1981-by
Ajit Bag
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
1984
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
Ajit Bag
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
1991
1996
Pradip Bhattacharya
Indian National Congress
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998
Akbar Ali Khondkar
Trinamool Congress
1999
2004
Santasri Chatterjee
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Akbar Ali Khandoker
Trinamool Congress
2009
Kalyan Banerjee
Trinamool Congress
Santasri Chatterjee
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014
Tirthankar Roy
2019
Debjit Sarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results
General election 2024
2024 Indian general election: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
CPI(M)
Dipsita Dhar
BJP
Kabir Shankar Bose
NOTA
None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from
Swing
General election 2019
2019 Indian general election: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
637,707
45.50
+5.6
BJP
Debjit Sarkar
539,171
38.47
+16.08
CPI(M)
Tirthankar Roy
152,281
10.8
-17.22
INC
Debabrata Biswas
32,509
2.32
-4.35
Majority
98,536
Turnout
1,402,259
78.54
AITC hold
Swing
General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Srerampur
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
514,933
39.90
-12.78
CPI(M)
Tirthankar Roy
362,407
28.08
-11.91
BJP
Bappi Lahiri
287,712
22.29
+18.74
INC
Abdul Mannan
86,099
6.67
N/A
Independent
Dr. Somnath Ghosh
6,613
0.51
N/A
BSP
Raju Dey Sarkar
4,277
0.33
N/A
Indian Unity Centre
Nasiruddin Mir
4,240
0.32
N/A
WPOI
Manasa Sen
3,406
0.26
N/A
SUCI(C)
Md. Shahnawaz
2,698
0.20
N/A
Independent
Kailash Naskar
2,674
0.20
N/A
Majority
1,52,526
11.81
-0.87
Turnout
12,90,433
79.46
+1.97
AITC hold
Swing
-12.78
General election 2009
General Election, 2009: Srerampur
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
569,725
53.48
+17.14
CPI(M)
Santasri Chatterjee
432,535
39.99
+2.63
BJP
Debabrata Chowdhury
38,476
3.55
N/A
Independent
Sekh Soleman
14,252
1.31
N/A
AIUDF
Pradip Ghosh
11,803
1.09
N/A
BSP
Rakesh Kumar Gautam
7,245
0.66
+0.08
Independent
Amitava Bhattacharya
3,758
0.34
N/A
Independent
Chiranjit Naskar
3,648
0.33
N/A
Majority
137,190
12.68
Turnout
10,81,442
77.51
AITC gain from CPI(M)
Swing
General election 2004
General Election, 2004: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
CPI(M)
Santasri Chatterjee
404,082
37.36
AITC
Akbar Ali Khandoker
384,395
35.54
INC
Kesto Mukherjee
125,020
11.56
Independent
Sukumar Malik
9,808
0.90
BSP
Sabitri Das
6,370
0.58
RPI(A)
Dilip Bhattacharya
5,400
0.49
Independent
Avash Munshi
3,664
0.33
Independent
Bidyut Raut
3,021
0.27
SP
Indradeo Ray
2,845
0.26
JD(S)
Suresh Nayek
1,640
0.15
Majority
19,687
1.84
Turnout
10,81,402
77.49
CPI(M) gain from AITC
Swing
General election 1999
General Election, 1999: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
AITC
Akbar Ali Khandoker
411,406
45.10 %
CPI(M)
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
384,642
39.90 %
INC
Pradip Bhattacharya
133,155
14.60 %
Independent
Goutam Pyne
1,609
0.20%
Independent
Harun Rashid Mullick
1,494
0.20 %
Majority
27,764
5.2%
Turnout
9,25,995
69.9%
AITC hold
Swing
General election 1998
General Election, 1998: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Trinamool Congress
Akbar Ali Khandoker
439,269
44.70 %
CPI(M)
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
394,658
40.10 %
INC
Pradip Bhattacharya
143,999
14.70 %
Lok Shakti
Ashoke Roy
4,064
0.40%
Independent
Gopal Sarkar
1,252
0.10 %
Majority
44,611
4.5%
Turnout
9,98,052
76.3%
Trinamool Congress gain from INC
Swing
General election 1996
General Election, 1996: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Pradip Bhattacharya
449,205
45.30 %
CPI(M)
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
443,745
44.80 %
BJP
Debabrata Chowdhary
60,122
6.10 %
AIIC(T)
Swaraj Gopal Mukherjee
9,600
1.00%
BSP
Sharad Goutam
2,673
0.30%
Independent
Gopal Sarkar
1,199
0.10 %
Independent
Asit Kumar Mukhopadhyay
807
0.10 %
Majority
5,463
0.6 %
Turnout
9,90,773
79.3%
INC gain from CPI(M)
Swing
General election 1991
General Election, 1991: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
CPI(M)
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
366,535
46.20 %
INC
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
322,038
40.60 %
BJP
Dwarka Prasad Thirani
91,289
11.50 %
Independent
Prasantasankar Ghatak
3,285
0.40 %
Independent
Gautam Banerjee
2,831
0.30 %
BSP
Samir Kumar Mitra
2,795
0.30 %
Independent
Milan Mookherjee
1,491
0.20 %
Independent
Prem Nath Thakur
1,149
0.10 %
Independent
Deb Kumar Dutta
1,024
0.10 %
Independent
Indrajit Seal
801
0.10 %
Majority
44,497
5.5%
Turnout
8,10,618
72.3%
CPI(M) hold
Swing
General election 1989
General Election, 1989: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
CPI(M)
Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
426,994
52.69 %
INC
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
360,536
44.80 %
BJP
Dwarka Prasad Thirani
11,530
1.40%
Independent
Kairi Bisarjan
2,967
0.40 %
Independent
Amar Chowdhury
1,928
0.20 %
Doordarshi Party
Bharshi Sharma
1,336
0.20 %
Majority
66,458
8.1%
Turnout
8,20,770
77.0%
CPI(M) hold
Swing
General election 1984
General Election, 1984: Serampore
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
INC
Bimal Kanti Ghosh
338,152
51.50 %
CPI(M)
Ajit Bag
307,921
46.90 %
Independent
Amar Chowdhury
2,960
0.40%
Independent (politician)
Dwarka Thirani
2,936
0.40 %
Independent
Bisarjan Prasad Koiri
2,689
0.40 %
Independent
Prem Nath Thakur
1,906
0.30 %
Majority
30,231
4.5%
Turnout
6,71,287
76.7%
INC gain from CPI(M)
Swing
By-election 1981
A by-election was held in this constituency in 1981 which was necessitated by the Death of sitting MP Dinen Bhattacharya.In the by-election, Ajit Bag of CPIM defeated his nearest rival S.M Roy of Congress by 96,549 votes.
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 1981: Serampore constituency
