Baharampur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of Baharampur Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for Baharampur was held in Phase 4 on 13 May.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in Baharampur are Pathan Yusuf (TMC), DR.Nirmal Kumar Saha(BJP) and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury(Congress).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, TMC's Pathan Yusuf has won This Lok Sabha Seat in Baharampur seat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Baharampur seat was won by Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, while TMC candidate Apurba Sarkar (David) had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, Baharampur constituency was won by Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and TMC candidate Indranil Sen was the runner-up.
Not many leaders have won a single Lok Sabha seat for five times in a row. That’s what makes Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s hold over Baharampur remarkable. But this time, the Congress heavyweight’s sway in the constituency is at risk from its INDIA alliance partner Trinamool Congress. The TMC has decided to field former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan against Chowdhury, which is a tactical move to divide the decisive muslim votes in Baharampur.
Assembly seats that fall under Baharampur parliamentary constituency include Burwan, Kandi, Baharampur, Bharatpur, Rejinagar, Beldanga, Nowda.
Baharampur is one of the Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal.
West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024
With 42 seats in Lok Sabha, West Bengal has the third-highest seat count in the lower house. The voting on these seats in 2024 Lok Sabha polls were held across seven phases between 19 April and 1 June.
Out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the state’s ruling party All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) is contesting all of them. Although the party is part of the INDIA bloc, it could not reach a consensus seat-sharing deal with other INDIA parties in the state. Therefore, Congress and left parties have formed an alliance in West Bengal, under which Congress fielded its candidate on 13 seats, CPI(M) on 23 seats, RSP on three seats, CPI on two seats each and AIFB on one seat. BJP, which has emerged as a significant force in the West Bengal over the past few years, is contesting on all 42 seats alone.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections saw BJP's rise in the West Bengal where it bagged 18 seats. TMC remained the top party with 22 seats. While left parties could not win any seat, Congress could win only two seats. In the previous Lok Sabha elections of 2014, TMC swept the state with 34 seats. Congress won in four constituencies, while BJP and CPI(M) won two seats each.
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