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Barrackpore, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Barrackpore (West Bengal) was won by Arjun Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 14,857 votes over Dinesh Trivedi. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Barrackpore, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Das Ramananda Indian National Congress 81,585 51.2% Ghosh Debprasad (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 51,504 (32.4 pts)
1957 Bimal Coomar Ghose Praja Socialist Party 132,906 55.0% Labanya Prova Dutta (Indian National Congress) 45,027 (18.6 pts)
1962 Renu Chakraborty Communist Party of India 228,318 57.6% Ram Dhari Singh (Indian National Congress) 94,424 (23.8 pts)
1967 M. Ismail CPI (Marxist) 162,231 39.2% R. Chakraborty (Communist Party of India) 25,912 (6.2 pts)
1971 Md. Ismail CPI (Marxist) 284,590 56.3% Renu Chakraborty (Communist Party of India) 83,775 (16.6 pts)
1977 Sougata Roy Indian National Congress 295,551 64.6% Mahammad Ismail (CPI (Marxist)) 141,014 (30.8 pts)
1980 Mahammed Ismail CPI (Marxist) 266,698 56.7% Devi Ghosal (Congress (I)) 103,925 (22.1 pts)
1984 Debi Ghosal Indian National Congress 323,483 53.5% Mohammed Amin (CPI (Marxist)) 53,669 (8.9 pts)
1989 Tarit Baran Topder CPI (Marxist) 364,424 50.6% Debi Ghosal (Indian National Congress) 37,091 (5.1 pts)
1991 Tarit Barban Topdar CPI (Marxist) 324,025 47.6% Devi Ghoshal (Indian National Congress) 59,852 (8.8 pts)
1996 Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 399,466 49.5% Ghosal Debi (Indian National Congress) 50,894 (6.3 pts)
1998 Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 383,054 46.0% Adhikary Tarun (West Bengal Trinamool Congress) 27,957 (3.4 pts)
1999 Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 399,269 48.1% Jayanta Bhattacharya (All India Trinamool Congress) 40,775 (4.9 pts)
2004 Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 443,048 55.8% Arjun Singh (All India Trinamool Congress) 165,071 (20.8 pts)
2009 Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 428,699 49.3% Tarit Baran Topdar (CPI (Marxist)) 56,024 (6.4 pts)
2014 Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 479,206 45.6% Subhashini Ali (CPI (Marxist)) 206,773 (19.7 pts)
2019 Arjun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 472,994 43.3% Dinesh Trivedi (All India Trinamool Congress) 14,857 (1.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Das Ramananda Indian National Congress 81,585 51.2%
Ghosh Debprasad Bharatiya Jana Sangh 30,081 18.9%
Roy Sudha BPI 25,792 16.2%
Bhattacharyya Srijiva RRP 8,515 5.3%
Ghosh Phani Independent 5,215 3.3%
Roy Anil FBL(RG) 4,535 2.8%
Chopra Acharaj Lall Independent 2,036 1.3%
Bakshi Satyaranjan Independent 1,448 0.9%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bimal Coomar Ghose Praja Socialist Party 132,906 55.0%
Labanya Prova Dutta Indian National Congress 87,879 36.4%
Raghunath Prasad Singh Independent 13,943 5.8%
Narendra Nath Das Gupta Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7,019 2.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Renu Chakraborty Communist Party of India 228,318 57.6%
Ram Dhari Singh Indian National Congress 133,894 33.8%
Sibnath Banerjee Praja Socialist Party 20,257 5.1%
Biswanath Dubey Independent 9,871 2.5%
Sachindranath Chatterjee Swatantra Party 4,302 1.1%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Ismail CPI (Marxist) 162,231 39.2%
R. Chakraborty Communist Party of India 136,319 32.9%
R. Das Indian National Congress 115,779 27.9%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Md. Ismail CPI (Marxist) 284,590 56.3%
Renu Chakraborty Communist Party of India 200,815 39.7%
Jagannath Panday Congress (O) 20,195 4.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sougata Roy Indian National Congress 295,551 64.6%
Mahammad Ismail CPI (Marxist) 154,537 33.8%
Ranjit Kumar Bhattacharjee Independent 7,431 1.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahammed Ismail CPI (Marxist) 266,698 56.7%
Devi Ghosal Congress (I) 162,773 34.6%
Ramjit Ram Janata Party 25,734 5.5%
Rabi Sankar Pandey Janata Party (Secular) 12,271 2.6%
Bijoy Narayan Misra Independent 2,763 0.6%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Debi Ghosal Indian National Congress 323,483 53.5%
Mohammed Amin CPI (Marxist) 269,814 44.6%
Naresh Sarkar Independent 5,752 1.0%
Kalyanbrota Roy Bharatiya Janata Party 3,438 0.6%
Bijay Narayan Mishra Independent 1,889 0.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Baran Topder CPI (Marxist) 364,424 50.6%
Debi Ghosal Indian National Congress 327,333 45.4%
Tripti Ratan Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party 13,944 1.9%
Parimal Kanti Ray Bahujan Samaj Party 7,485 1.0%
Nripen Chowdhury Independent 2,402 0.3%
Ranjit Kundu Independent 2,379 0.3%
Paramanand Gour DDP 1,090 0.2%
Md. Abdul Goffar Independent 1,004 0.1%
Ramananda Biswas Independent 748 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Barban Topdar CPI (Marxist) 324,025 47.6%
Devi Ghoshal Indian National Congress 264,173 38.8%
Sushil Kumar Sanyal Bharatiya Janata Party 72,882 10.7%
Parimal Kanti Ray Bahujan Samaj Party 5,708 0.8%
Sanat Datta Independent 2,725 0.4%
Ramjeet Ram Janata Party 2,483 0.4%
Siraji Ghosh Independent 1,964 0.3%
Dipak Chandra Bose Independent 1,615 0.2%
Ram Shanker Pandey Independent 1,469 0.2%
Paramanand Gour DDP 1,443 0.2%
Paraneswar Mondal Independent 1,357 0.2%
Satya Naraiyan Sarkar Independent 874 0.1%
Sunil Kumar Roy Independent 536 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 399,466 49.5%
Ghosal Debi Indian National Congress 348,572 43.2%
Asis Ranjan Das Bharatiya Janata Party 47,884 5.9%
Tapan Koley Independent 3,491 0.4%
Sibaji Ghosh Independent 1,715 0.2%
Sachindra Nath Das Independent 1,538 0.2%
Parameshwar Mandal Independent 1,121 0.1%
Satya Narayan Sarkar Independent 1,091 0.1%
Narayan Kumar Sarkar Independent 1,020 0.1%
Satya Narayan Singh Independent 469 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 383,054 46.0%
Adhikary Tarun West Bengal Trinamool Congress 355,097 42.6%
Lal Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 82,741 9.9%
Parimal Kanti Ray Bahujan Samaj Party 7,059 0.8%
Meena Pal CPI (ML) Liberation 3,315 0.4%
Pradip Pal Independent 888 0.1%
Narayan Poddar Independent 457 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 399,269 48.1%
Jayanta Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress 358,494 43.2%
Ashok Sukla Indian National Congress 59,732 7.2%
Parimal Kanti Ray Bahujan Samaj Party 3,498 0.4%
Anupam Dutta Independent 3,373 0.4%
Meena Pal CPI (ML) Liberation 2,186 0.3%
Ashoke Bairia Independent 1,606 0.2%
Swapan Biswas Independent 1,153 0.1%
Rayazuddin Ahmed Nationalist Congress Party 716 0.1%
Nirmal Gopal Chatterjee Independent 692 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 443,048 55.8%
Arjun Singh All India Trinamool Congress 277,977 35.0%
Debi Ghosal Indian National Congress 43,750 5.5%
Subrata Biswas Independent 9,072 1.1%
Chapala Majumder Bahujan Samaj Party 6,473 0.8%
Tarkeshwar Singh Independent 3,920 0.5%
Amal Kumar Sen Independent 3,071 0.4%
Dinesh Kumar Sharma Independent 1,927 0.2%
Arjun Prasad Singh Independent 1,875 0.2%
Tapan Sinha Independent 1,466 0.2%
Arjun Bag Independent 947 0.1%
Ganesh Das Independent 900 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 428,699 49.3%
Tarit Baran Topdar CPI (Marxist) 372,675 42.8%
Prabhakar Tewari Bharatiya Janata Party 30,970 3.6%
Ashok Sonkar Bahujan Samaj Party 9,359 1.1%
Sree Rabi Shankar Paul Independent 7,111 0.8%
Binod Kumar Singh Independent 5,169 0.6%
Subrata Sengupta CPI (ML) Liberation 5,071 0.6%
Dharmendra Singh Independent 4,720 0.5%
Dinesh Kumar Sharma Independent 3,322 0.4%
Gopal Raut Independent 2,872 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 479,206 45.6%
Subhashini Ali CPI (Marxist) 272,433 25.9%
Rumesh Kumar Handa Bharatiya Janata Party 230,401 21.9%
Samrat Topadar Indian National Congress 30,491 2.9%
None Of The Above Independent 10,979 1.0%
Tapas Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 5,458 0.5%
Dina Shankar Singh Independent 5,036 0.5%
Omprakash Rajbhar CPI (ML) Liberation 4,416 0.4%
Om Prakash Shaw Independent 3,555 0.3%
Girish Chandra Singh Independent 3,132 0.3%
Pradip Chaudhuri SUCI(C) 2,200 0.2%
Sharmistha Choudhury CPI(ML)RS 2,036 0.2%
Mihir Biswas Aam Aadmi Party 1,787 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arjun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 472,994 43.3%
Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 458,137 42.0%
Gargi Chatterjee CPI (Marxist) 117,456 10.8%
Md. Alam Indian National Congress 15,816 1.4%
Ramu Mandi Independent 8,136 0.7%
Tapash Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 3,838 0.4%
Sourav Singh Independent 3,534 0.3%
Md. Shyead Ahamed Independent 2,984 0.3%
Shampa Sil Independent 2,271 0.2%
Ganesh Das Independent 1,705 0.2%
Pradip Chaudhuri SUCI(C) 1,632 0.1%
Gopal Raut Independent 1,042 0.1%
Krishanpal Balmiki Independent 858 0.1%
Kundan Singh Independent 713 0.1%
Uday Veer Choudhury Independent 670 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 32.4 pts 1957: Praja Socialist Party margin 18.6 pts 1962: Communist Party of India margin 23.8 pts 1967: CPI (Marxist) margin 6.2 pts 1971: CPI (Marxist) margin 16.6 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 30.8 pts 1980: CPI (Marxist) margin 22.1 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 8.9 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 5.1 pts 1991: CPI (Marxist) margin 8.8 pts 1996: CPI (Marxist) margin 6.3 pts 1998: CPI (Marxist) margin 3.4 pts 1999: CPI (Marxist) margin 4.9 pts 2004: CPI (Marxist) margin 20.8 pts 2009: All India Trinamool Congress margin 6.4 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 19.7 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.4 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Barrackpore has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Communist Party of India, CPI (Marxist), All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Barrackpore in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Arjun Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Barrackpore, West Bengal, in 2019 with 472,994 votes (43.3%), a margin of 14,857 votes over Dinesh Trivedi.

Which parties have won Barrackpore since 1951?

Since 1951, Barrackpore has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Barrackpore?

The closest result on record for Barrackpore was 2019, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat All India Trinamool Congress by just 14,857 votes (1.4 percentage points).

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