Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Barasat (West Bengal) was won by Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 109,983 votes over Mrinal Kanti Debnath. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Barasat, West Bengal, from 1957 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1957–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1957
Arun Chandra Guha
Indian National Congress
139,783
51.1%
Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta (Communist Party of India)
6,041 (2.2 pts)
1962
Arun Chandra Guha
Indian National Congress
188,398
50.2%
Bhowani Sankar Sengupta (Communist Party of India)
46,803 (12.5 pts)
1967
R. N. Sen
Communist Party of India
143,883
40.8%
A. C. Guha (Indian National Congress)
32,571 (9.2 pts)
1971
Ranendra Nath Sen
Communist Party of India
111,806
33.3%
Hemanta Gangopadhyay (CPI (Marxist))
9,239 (2.8 pts)
1977
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
203,694
56.2%
Ranen Sen (Communist Party of India)
115,794 (31.9 pts)
1980
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
297,758
53.0%
Harasit Ghosh (Congress (I))
93,920 (16.7 pts)
1984
Tarun Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
343,184
49.5%
Chitta Basu (All India Forward Bloc)
12,612 (1.8 pts)
1989
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
448,543
50.5%
Tarun Kanti Ghosh (Indian National Congress)
55,369 (6.2 pts)
1991
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
382,896
43.6%
Ashok Krishna Dutt (Indian National Congress)
44,421 (5.1 pts)
1996
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
484,474
46.2%
Ranjit Kumar Panja (Indian National Congress)
35,347 (3.4 pts)
1998
Dr Ranjit Kumar Panja
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
499,181
47.1%
Chitra Ghosh (All India Forward Bloc)
66,707 (6.3 pts)
1999
Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja
All India Trinamool Congress
518,520
50.3%
Saral Deb (All India Forward Bloc)
96,900 (9.4 pts)
2004
Subrata Bose
AIFB
520,384
45.1%
Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja (All India Trinamool Congress)
12,160 (1.1 pts)
2009
Kakali Ghosh Dastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
522,530
51.0%
Sudin Chattopadhyay (AIFB)
122,901 (12.0 pts)
2014
Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar
All India Trinamool Congress
525,387
41.4%
Dr. Mortoza Hossain (AIFB)
173,141 (13.6 pts)
2019
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
648,084
47.1%
Mrinal Kanti Debnath (Bharatiya Janata Party)
109,983 (8.0 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1957
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arun Chandra Guha
Indian National Congress
139,783
51.1%
Bhowani Sankar Sen Gupta
Communist Party of India
133,742
48.9%
B. Roy
Independent
0
0.0%
1962
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arun Chandra Guha
Indian National Congress
188,398
50.2%
Bhowani Sankar Sengupta
Communist Party of India
141,595
37.7%
Vibekananda Biswas
Independent
45,551
12.1%
1967
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. N. Sen
Communist Party of India
143,883
40.8%
A. C. Guha
Indian National Congress
111,312
31.6%
J. N. Mondal
RPI
84,644
24.0%
K. B. Roy
Independent
12,481
3.5%
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ranendra Nath Sen
Communist Party of India
111,806
33.3%
Hemanta Gangopadhyay
CPI (Marxist)
102,567
30.5%
C. F. Ali
Independent
65,000
19.4%
Dijesh Chandra Chatterjee
BAC
35,176
10.5%
Amarendra Nath Bhattacharjee
Congress (O)
21,309
6.3%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
203,694
56.2%
Ranen Sen
Communist Party of India
87,900
24.2%
Shyamal Chattterjee
Independent
49,611
13.7%
C.F.Ali
Independent
18,366
5.1%
A.F.M. Badiazzaman
Independent
2,612
0.7%
Swapan Kumar Chakraborty
Independent
558
0.2%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
297,758
53.0%
Harasit Ghosh
Congress (I)
203,838
36.3%
Ashoke Krishna Dutta
Janata Party
35,226
6.3%
Saugta Roy
Congress (U)
14,628
2.6%
Naredra Kumar Mallick
Independent
3,572
0.6%
Upendra Nath Halder
Independent
3,276
0.6%
Swapan Kumar Chakraborty
Independent
1,288
0.2%
Nurjahan Begum
Independent
982
0.2%
Ananga Mohan Ash
Independent
946
0.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tarun Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
343,184
49.5%
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
330,572
47.6%
Alhaz Abdus Sailam
Indian Union Muslim League
9,933
1.4%
Nripendra Nath Ghosh
Independent
4,381
0.6%
Jagannath Biswas
Independent
4,098
0.6%
Iftakhar Rehman (Benu)
Independent
858
0.1%
Subash Sarkar
Independent
829
0.1%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
448,543
50.5%
Tarun Kanti Ghosh
Indian National Congress
393,174
44.3%
Sasadhar Biswas
Bharatiya Janata Party
17,547
2.0%
Pratul Ray
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,420
1.3%
Sk Md. Hafizul Islam
Independent
8,756
1.0%
Harun-Or-Rashid
MIM
4,886
0.6%
Bisweswar Mandol
Independent
1,472
0.2%
Nripen Ghosh
Independent
1,442
0.2%
Baban Singh
DDP
686
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
382,896
43.6%
Ashok Krishna Dutt
Indian National Congress
338,475
38.5%
Harasit Ghosh
Bharatiya Janata Party
123,429
14.1%
Md. Shadot Ali
Indian Union Muslim League
9,230
1.1%
Nakul Malik
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,684
0.9%
Abdul Kashim
Independent
5,093
0.6%
Utpal Choudhury
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
4,458
0.5%
Tapan Biswas
Independent
2,904
0.3%
Pradip Poddar
Independent
2,057
0.2%
Santalal Harijan
DDP
1,379
0.2%
Tushar Gautam
Independent
674
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chitta Basu
All India Forward Bloc
484,474
46.2%
Ranjit Kumar Panja
Indian National Congress
449,127
42.9%
Jatindra Nath Biswas
Bharatiya Janata Party
65,722
6.3%
Manoj Howladar
Bahujan Samaj Party
20,814
2.0%
Arun Majhi
Independent
7,986
0.8%
Moklukar Rahman
Indian Union Muslim League
7,304
0.7%
Achyut Chatterjee
Shiv Sena
5,040
0.5%
Ashoke Mukherjee
Independent
4,799
0.5%
Abdul Gaffar
INL
1,855
0.2%
Banamali Das
Independent
719
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr Ranjit Kumar Panja
West Bengal Trinamool Congress
499,181
47.1%
Chitra Ghosh
All India Forward Bloc
432,474
40.8%
Quazi Abdul Gaffar
Indian National Congress
113,115
10.7%
Manoj Howlader
Bahujan Samaj Party
11,202
1.1%
Chapala Bhakta (Bharati)
TRMRPPI
2,503
0.2%
Suprokash Mukhopadhyay
Independent
709
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja
All India Trinamool Congress
518,520
50.3%
Saral Deb
All India Forward Bloc
421,620
40.9%
Ghosal Debi
Indian National Congress
76,751
7.4%
Manoj Howlader
Bahujan Samaj Party
8,874
0.9%
Sankar Ghosh
Independent
2,878
0.3%
Panchu Gopal Munda
AMB
1,236
0.1%
Mostafijur Rahaman
Independent
650
0.1%
Jagat Narayan Srivastava
Independent
581
0.1%
Shyamal Chandra Das
Independent
175
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Subrata Bose
AIFB
520,384
45.1%
Dr. Ranjit Kumar Panja
All India Trinamool Congress
508,224
44.1%
Prabir Banerjee
Indian National Congress
61,014
5.3%
Dulal Chandra Das
Bahujan Samaj Party
24,367
2.1%
Waliur Rahaman
Samajwadi Party
12,132
1.1%
Sampatia Munda
Independent
7,932
0.7%
Sankar Ghosh
Independent
6,156
0.5%
Anjan Adhikary
Independent
6,031
0.5%
Arun Basu
Independent
3,869
0.3%
Kabi Roy
SAP
3,051
0.3%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kakali Ghosh Dastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
522,530
51.0%
Sudin Chattopadhyay
AIFB
399,629
39.0%
Bratin Sengupta
Bharatiya Janata Party
55,353
5.4%
Arun Kumar Biswas
Bahujan Samaj Party
18,381
1.8%
Dr. Bhaskar Ghosh
AUDF
9,161
0.9%
Kumari Kamala Das
Independent
7,527
0.7%
Subrata Bose
Independent
6,913
0.7%
Waliur Rahaman
Indian Union Muslim League
6,045
0.6%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar
All India Trinamool Congress
525,387
41.4%
Dr. Mortoza Hossain
AIFB
352,246
27.8%
P.C. Sorcar Junior
Bharatiya Janata Party
296,608
23.4%
Riju Ghosal
Indian National Congress
40,660
3.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
12,700
1.0%
Sukumar Bala
Bahujan Samaj Party
12,178
1.0%
Morttaja Hosen
Independent
6,911
0.5%
Md. Rafikul Islam
WPOI
6,895
0.5%
Shri Kaushik Das Gupta
Independent
6,375
0.5%
Kalyan Basak
Independent
4,122
0.3%
Paresh Chandra Ghosh
SUCI(C)
2,439
0.2%
Bikash Hazra
BMP
1,478
0.1%
Sukla Bhuimali
CPI(ML)RS
1,332
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
648,084
47.1%
Mrinal Kanti Debnath
Bharatiya Janata Party
538,101
39.1%
Haripada Biswas
AIFB
123,974
9.0%
Subrata Dutta
Indian National Congress
37,271
2.7%
Sukumar Bala
Bahujan Samaj Party
9,740
0.7%
Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharjee
Independent
5,601
0.4%
Saurav Basu
RJSP
4,425
0.3%
Bani Chakraborty
Shiv Sena
3,116
0.2%
Debasish Biswas
AB
2,348
0.2%
Tushar Ghosh
SUCI(C)
1,754
0.1%
Oli Mahammad Mallick
CPI(ML)RS
1,306
0.1%
Dipankar Baidya
RJP(RJP)
1,277
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Barasat has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, All India Forward Bloc, West Bengal Trinamool Congress, All India Trinamool Congress, AIFB.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Barasat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar (All India Trinamool Congress) won Barasat, West Bengal, in 2019 with 648,084 votes (47.1%), a margin of 109,983 votes over Mrinal Kanti Debnath.
Which parties have won Barasat since 1957?
Since 1957, Barasat has been won by: AIFB, All India Forward Bloc, All India Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, West Bengal Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Barasat?
The closest result on record for Barasat was 2004, when AIFB beat All India Trinamool Congress by just 12,160 votes (1.1 percentage points).