Barasat is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South East Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Barasat Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 85.79%. There are 15,12,792 voters of which 7,74,305 are male and 7,38,463 are female and 24 voters of the third gender.
Kakali Ghoshdostidar of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating AIFB. TMC polled 5,25,387 of the total of 12,69,331 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Barasat goes to the polls in the 7st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 19, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 83.96%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 17 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,12,792 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,74,305 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,38,463 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 83.96% | 83.62% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,73,141 | 1,22,901 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.64% | 11.98% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 83.96% | 83.62% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,73,141 | 1,22,901 |
| Margin of Victory % | 13.64% | 11.98% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 648084 | 46.47% | Dr. Kakoli GhoshdastidarWinner |
| BJP | 538101 | 38.58% | Mrinal Kanti Debnath |
| AIFB | 123974 | 8.89% | Haripada Biswas |
| INC | 37271 | 2.67% | Subrata Dutta |
| NOTA | 17769 | 1.27% | Nota |
| BSP | 9740 | 0.70% | Sukumar Bala |
| IND | 5601 | 0.40% | Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharjee |
| RJASP | 4425 | 0.32% | Saurav Basu |
| SHS | 3116 | 0.22% | Bani Chakraborty |
| AMB | 2348 | 0.17% | Debasish Biswas |
| SUCI | 1754 | 0.13% | Tushar Ghosh |
| CPI(ML)(R) | 1306 | 0.09% | Oli Mahammad Mallick |
| RJCP | 1277 | 0.09% | Dipankar Baidya |
