Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kolkata Uttar
Existence	2009-present
Reservation	SC
Current MP	Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Party	AITMC
Elected Year	2014
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,433,985^[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Chowranghee Entally Beleghata Jorasanko Shyampukur Maniktala Kashipur Belgachhia

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কলকাতা উত্তর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on the northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Kolkata district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Assembly segments

Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 24) is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Chowranghee (assembly constituency no. 162)
Entally (assembly constituency no. 163)
Beleghata (assembly constituency no. 164)
Jorasanko (assembly constituency no. 165)
Shyampukur (assembly constituency no. 166)
Maniktala (assembly constituency no. 167)
Kashipur Belgachhia (assembly constituency no. 168)

Members of Parliament

Key

AITMC

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress
	2014	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress

For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in previous years see Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Kolkata Uttar(SC)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITMC	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	3,13,687	35.94	-16.56
	BJP	Rahul Sinha	2,47,461	25.88	+21.66
	CPI(M)	Rupa Bagchi	2,26,053	20.50	-19.55
	INC	Somendra Nath Mitra	1,30,783	13.68	+13.68
	Independent	Sanjoy Saha	4,808	0.50
	AAP	Alok Chaturvedi	4,399	0.46
	Independent	Dr. Devendra Pandey	4,168
	Independent	Saumen Mitra	3752
	BSP	Phul Chand Ram	3752
	Independent	Kalipada Jana	1860
	Independent	Kaushik Biswas	1810
	Independent	Debajyoti Sengupta	1435
	Independent	Rathindra Nath Roy	1149
	IUML	Md. Ibrahim Khan	749
	RJP	Tarun Mukherjee	708
	Gareeb Aadmi Party	S.M.Habibullah	660
	Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch	Mitul Kumar Singh	548
	Independent	Sunirmal Basu	548
Majority			96,006	10.04	-2.41
Turnout			9,55,778	66.65	-18.80
	AITMC hold		Swing	-16.55

Indian general election, 2014
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha

General election 2009

General Election, 2009:Calcutta North(SC)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITMC	Sudip Banerjee	4,75,646	52.50
	CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim	3,51,368	40.05
	BJP	Tathagata Roy	37,044	4.22
	Independent	Sultan Osman	9,155	0.67
	BSP	Sharad Kumar Singh	5,666	0.65
	Independent	Sandipan Biswas	3,231	0.24
	Independent	Kumodh Narayan Chowdhury	2,916	0.16
	LJP	Avinash Kumar Agarwal	2,268	0.26
	Independent	Satish Vyas	1,791	0.13
	IUML	Md. Kasim	1,130	0.13
	Independent	Amitabha Sen	1,120	0.13
	Independent	Kanchan Kumar Sarkar	984	0.11
	Independent	Balaram Saha	782	0.09
Majority			1,09,278	12.45
Turnout			10,48,827	85.45
	AITMC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
↑ "General Election to the Lok Sabha Trends & Results 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
↑ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-25.

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal

Before Delimitation	Cooch Behar Alipurduars Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Raiganj Balurghat Malda Jangipur Murshidabad Berhampore Krishnagar Nabadwip Barasat Basirhat Joynagar Mathurapur Diamond Harbour Jadavpur Barrackpore Dum Dum Calcutta North West Calcutta North East Calcutta South Howrah Uluberia Serampore Hooghly Arambagh Panskura Tamluk Contai Midnapore Jhargram Purulia Bankura Vishnupur Durgapur Asansol Burdwan Katwa Bolpur Birbhum

After Delimitation	Cooch Behar Alipurduars Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Raiganj Balurghat Maldaha Uttar Maldaha Dakshin Jangipur Baharampur Murshidabad Krishnanagar Ranaghat Bangaon Barrackpur Dum Dum Barasat Basirhat Jaynagar Mathurapur Diamond Harbour Jadavpur Kolkata Dakshin Kolkata Uttar Howrah Uluberia Sreerampur Hooghly Arambag Tamluk Kanthi Ghatal Jhargram Medinipur Purulia Bankura Bishnupur Bardhaman Purba Bardhaman-Durgapur Asansol Bolpur Birbhum

Electoral constituencies in Kolkata

Lok Sabha constituencies	Kolkata Dakshin Kolkata Uttar

Former Lok Sabha constituencies	Calcutta North West Calcutta North East

Vidhan Sabha contituencies	Kolkata Port Bhabanipur Rashbehari Ballygunge Chowrangee Entally Beleghata Jorasanko Shyampukur Maniktala Kashipur-Belgachia

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Belgachia East Belgachia West Cossipur Jorabagan Bara Bazar Bowbazar Taltola Sealdah Vidyasagar Burtola

Coordinates: 22°35′06″N 88°21′29″E / 22.585°N 88.358°E / 22.585; 88.358

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