Lok Sabha Election 2024 : Barasat is a Lok Sabha constituency of North 24 Parganas district of the state of West Bengal. It is also the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). When the first general elections were held in the country in 1952, Barasat Lok Sabha seat was known as Shantipur Lok Sabha seat. At that time Congress candidate Arun Chandra Guha had won the elections and reached the Lok Sabha. In 1989, it became Barasat Lok Sabha seat. When Shantipur was a Lok Sabha seat, only candidates from Congress, Forward Bloc and CPI(M) have been winning on this seat. In 1989, Chitta Basu of Forward Bloc won the elections from here. Even in the elections held in 1991 and 1996, Chitta Basu kept winning from here.
Trinamool Congress opened its account for the first time in 1998
In the 1998 elections, the picture of Barasat parliamentary seat changed and Trinamool Congress opened its account here for the first time. Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja of Trinamool Congress won consecutive elections in 1998 and 1999. After this this area became the stronghold of Trinamool Congress. But in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Subrata Bose of Forward Bloc won the election from here. In 2009, Trinamool Congress had fielded Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from here. Ghosh led Trinamool to victory by securing 50.96 percent votes. Sudin Chattopadhyay of Forward Bloc came second. He was able to get 38.97 percent votes. BJP’s Bratin Sengupta stood third here. He got only 5.39 percent votes.
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Forward Bloc’s vote decreased by more than 11 percent
In 2014, Trinamool again gave ticket to Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. She also won. He got 41.39 percent votes. However, Trinamool’s votes decreased by 9.56 percent in this election. Murtaza Hussain of Forward Bloc got 27.75 percent votes. The vote of Forward Bloc decreased by more than 11 percent. Whereas BJP had fielded magician PC Sarkar Jr. in this election. But he stood third. BJP’s vote increased by 17.97 percent in this election. The magician government got 23.37 percent votes. In the elections held in 2019, Kakoli Ghosh once again scored a hat-trick by winning the election on Trinamool ticket.
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Trinamool got 46.47 percent votes in 2019
This time Trinamool has again fielded him. In 2019, Trinamool got 46.47 percent votes from here. Trinamool’s vote increased by 5.08 percent. The special thing about this election was that BJP reached second place here. Dr. Mrinal Kanti Devnath of BJP got 38.57 percent votes. BJP’s vote increased by 15.02 percent. The vote of Forward Bloc decreased by about 19 percent. BJP has reached a position to challenge this seat. This time BJP is ready to give a tough challenge here.
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BJP is giving special emphasis on Barasat, emphasis is being given on the issue of Sandeshkhali.
In the Lok Sabha elections, especially for Bengal, BJP is giving special emphasis on the issue of Sandeshkhali. How much importance BJP is giving to Barasat seat, it can be understood from the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also held a meeting here. He held a meeting in the Kachhari grounds of Barasat. About 90 percent of the attendance in the meeting was of women. This meeting was organized under BJP’s ‘Nari Vandana’ agenda. In his statement, the Prime Minister mentioned distinguished women like Rasmani, Pritilata Wadekar, Kalpana Dutt, Matangini Hazra. Raising the issue of Sandeshkhali, he said that the insult to women power in Sandeshkhali will not be accepted. This issue will not be limited to Sandeshkhali only. There will be a storm of Sandeshkhali in entire Bengal.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has a long association with controversies
Trinamool candidate Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from Barasat Lok Sabha constituency has become MP by winning the elections from this seat for three consecutive times. However, he has a long association with controversies. Many times she remains in the headlines with her statements. It is noteworthy that Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has studied medicine from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. He has done PG in Obstetric Ultrasound from King’s College London. Her husband Sudarshan Ghosh is Dastidar. He is also a doctor by profession. Talking about Kakoli’s social life, he has worked for the health of the people living in slums. She also came into controversy when she made controversial remarks on the Park Street gang rape case of Kolkata. He had said that Delhi gangrape and Park Street case cannot be compared. In the Park Street case, he had raised questions regarding the female victim.
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Questions are being raised within the party regarding BJP candidate Swapan Majumdar.
Bongaon South MLA Swapan Majumdar has been made the BJP candidate from Barasat Lok Sabha constituency this time. But questions are being raised within the party regarding his candidature. Some local leaders have written a letter to the Election Commission complaining against the party candidate. With this, Trinamool Congress has also got a weapon to attack. BJP leaders have made serious allegations against Majumdar. This includes his conviction in a narcotics case in 2017 to alleged misrepresentation of his assets in his affidavit. He was also accused of deliberately not giving important information in the affidavit. Party leaders have also requested the EC to form a committee to investigate the matter. However, Majumdar claimed that he was implicated in this case. Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh: From wife to grandson are busy in election campaign
Left Front changes candidate for Barasat Lok Sabha constituency
Just a week ago, the Left Front had announced its candidate for Barasat Lok Sabha seat. Prabir Ghosh of Forward Bloc was made the candidate. But only after the announcement of the candidate, Prabir was accused of being close to BJP. Only after this the discussion of changing the candidate started. Ultimately, proving the discussions correct, the Left Front changed its candidate from Barasat Lok Sabha constituency. In place of Prabir Ghosh, Forward Bloc’s North 24 Parganas district secretary and State Secretary group member Sanjeev Chattopadhyay has been made the candidate. Sanjeev has been councilor thrice from ward number 16 of Barasat municipality. He was also the Vice Chairman of Barasat Municipality. It is noteworthy that as soon as the name of Prabir Ghosh was announced as the Left Front candidate in Barasat, allegations of his closeness with the teachers organization of BJP were raised. On the basis of the allegations, a meeting of the Morcha was held and in that meeting itself the decision to change the candidate was taken.
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BJP has continuously strengthened its position
Barasat. Talking about Barasat Lok Sabha constituency, traditionally BJP was never in a strong position here. But in the last few years the party has continuously improved its position. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Bratin Sengupta was in third place. He got only 5.39 percent of the total votes. He got only 55 thousand votes. There was a slight improvement in the position of BJP in 2014. This time the party had made magician, PC Sarkar Jr. its candidate. PC Sarkar Junior also came third but got 2.96 lakh votes. The vote percentage also increased by about 18 percent and he got 23.37 percent of the total votes. BJP improved its position significantly in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. BJP candidate Mrinal Kanti Debnath came second. He got 5.38 lakh votes. He got 38.57 percent of the total votes.
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