Hooghly is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South West Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Hooghly Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 81.04%. There are 16,30,042 voters of which 8,36,584 are male and 7,93,445 are female and 13 voters of the third gender.
Ratna De (Nag) of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPM. TMC polled 6,14,312 of the total of 13,48,870 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Hooghly goes to the polls in the 5st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, May 6, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 82.88%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 28 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 16,30,042 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,36,584 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,93,445 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 82.88% | 82.72% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,89,084 | 81,523 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.02% | 7.01% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 82.88% | 82.72% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,89,084 | 81,523 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.02% | 7.01% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 671448 | 46.06% | Locket ChatterjeeWinner |
| AITC | 598086 | 41.03% | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) |
| CPI(M) | 121588 | 8.34% | Pradip Saha |
| INC | 25374 | 1.74% | Pratul Chandra Saha |
| Nota | 13525 | 0.93% | Nota |
| SUCI | 8082 | 0.55% | Bhaskar Ghosh |
| CPI(ML)(L) | 8012 | 0.55% | Sajal Adhikari |
| BSP | 5138 | 0.35% | Vijay Kumar Mahato |
| IND | 3509 | 0.24% | Noor Hossain Mondal |
| IND | 3080 | 0.21% | Dulal Ch. Hembram |
