Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency)


Calcutta North East was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009.

Assembly segments

Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

Election results

General election 2004

General election 1999

General election 1998

General election 1996

General election 1991

General election 1989

General election 1984

General election 1980

General election 1977

General election 1971

General election 1967

General election 1962

General election 1957

General election 1952

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerRunner-up-
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaBejoy Behari MukherjeeIndian National Congress
1957Hirendranath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaNalinakshya SanyalIndian National Congress
1962Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaBalai Chandra PalIndian National Congress
1967Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaBalai Chandra PalIndian National Congress
1971Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaPiyus Kanti DasguptaCommunist Party of India
1977Pratap Chandra ChunderBharatiya Lok DalHirendranath MukerjeeCommunist Party of India
1980Sunil MaitraCommunist Party of India Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National Congress
1984Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressSunil MaitraCommunist Party of India
1989Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressSatyasadhan ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India
1991Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressPratap Chandra ChunderJanata Dal
1996Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National CongressDipen GhoshCommunist Party of India
1998Ajit Kumar PanjaTrinamool CongressPrasanta ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India
1999Ajit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool CongressMohammad SalimCommunist Party of India
2004Mohammad SalimCommunist Party of India Ajit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool Congress

In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central