Berhampore, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Berhampore (West Bengal) was won by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Indian National Congress) at the 2009 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 186,977 votes over Pramothes Mukherjee. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Berhampore, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2009.
Full Election History, 1951–2009
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1951
Tridib Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
82,579
46.2%
A. K. M. Zakariah (Independent)
28,393 (15.9 pts)
1957
Tridib Chowdhuri
Independent
133,477
50.7%
Nazrul Haque Khandoker (Independent)
14,482 (5.5 pts)
1962
Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
159,119
54.7%
Khondekar Nazrul Haque (Indian National Congress)
27,489 (9.4 pts)
1967
T. Chaudhuri
Independent
155,789
49.4%
D. Sinha (Indian National Congress)
8,628 (2.7 pts)
1971
Tridib Choudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
75,316
25.4%
Karim Rezaul (Indian National Congress)
10,757 (3.6 pts)
1977
Tridip Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
204,809
53.8%
Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Indian National Congress)
102,180 (26.9 pts)
1980
Tridib Chaudhari
Revolutionary Socialist Party
307,328
57.4%
Jagadish Sinha (Congress (I))
92,269 (17.2 pts)
1984
Atish Chandra Sinha
Indian National Congress
317,011
48.6%
Tridib Chaudhuri (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
3,047 (0.5 pts)
1989
Mani Bhattacharya
Revolutionary Socialist Party
376,064
48.3%
Sankar Das Paul (Indian National Congress)
62,796 (8.1 pts)
1991
Nani Bhatacharyya
Revolutionary Socialist Party
345,678
43.6%
Kumar Dipti Sengupta (Indian National Congress)
79,209 (10.0 pts)
1996
Pramothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
449,656
48.8%
Siddhartha Shankar Ray (Indian National Congress)
44,357 (4.8 pts)
1998
Promothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
385,979
44.5%
Colonel (Retd) Sabyasachi Bagchi (Bharatiya Janata Party)
123,369 (14.2 pts)
1999
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
434,073
46.9%
Pramothes Mukherjee (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
95,391 (10.3 pts)
2004
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
508,095
51.2%
Pramothes Mukherjee (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
98,901 (10.0 pts)
2009
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
541,920
56.9%
Pramothes Mukherjee (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
186,977 (19.6 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1951
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridib Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
82,579
46.2%
A. K. M. Zakariah
Independent
54,186
30.3%
Nalinaksha Sanyal
Indian National Congress
23,273
13.0%
Jagadish Chandra Sinha
Independent
8,530
4.8%
Patitpaban Misra
Independent
5,436
3.0%
Ashutosh Bhattacheryya
Independent
4,869
2.7%
1957
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridib Chowdhuri
Independent
133,477
50.7%
Nazrul Haque Khandoker
Independent
118,995
45.2%
Birendra Kumar Majumdar
Independent
10,689
4.1%
1962
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
159,119
54.7%
Khondekar Nazrul Haque
Indian National Congress
131,630
45.3%
1967
Candidate Party Votes Share
T. Chaudhuri
Independent
155,789
49.4%
D. Sinha
Indian National Congress
147,161
46.6%
C. B. A. A. Fazal
Independent
6,702
2.1%
A. A. Hossain
Independent
5,939
1.9%
1971
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridib Choudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
75,316
25.4%
Karim Rezaul
Indian National Congress
64,559
21.8%
Khondkar Nazrul Haque
Independent
58,262
19.7%
Santosh Kumar Bhattacharyya
CPI (Marxist)
45,177
15.2%
Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh
Independent
30,752
10.4%
Ajit Kumar Moitra
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
22,179
7.5%
1977
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridip Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
204,809
53.8%
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
Indian National Congress
102,629
27.0%
Anisur Rahaman Khuda Bakhsh
Independent
63,104
16.6%
Mahasin Ali
Independent
5,706
1.5%
Abdul Halim
Independent
4,339
1.1%
1980
Candidate Party Votes Share
Tridib Chaudhari
Revolutionary Socialist Party
307,328
57.4%
Jagadish Sinha
Congress (I)
215,059
40.2%
Azizur Rahman
Congress (U)
12,732
2.4%
1984
Candidate Party Votes Share
Atish Chandra Sinha
Indian National Congress
317,011
48.6%
Tridib Chaudhuri
Revolutionary Socialist Party
313,964
48.1%
Pranav Kumar Banjerjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
14,452
2.2%
Abdul Baten Jalal Ahmed
Indian Union Muslim League
2,897
0.4%
Mokaddim Shaikh
LKD
2,785
0.4%
Chittaranjan Sarkar
Independent
1,507
0.2%
1989
Candidate Party Votes Share
Mani Bhattacharya
Revolutionary Socialist Party
376,064
48.3%
Sankar Das Paul
Indian National Congress
313,268
40.2%
Pranab Kumar Bandyopadhayay
Bharatiya Janata Party
58,801
7.5%
Shaikh Abdul Bari
Independent
22,650
2.9%
Mokaddim Shaikh
Indian Union Muslim League
4,445
0.6%
Roy Amiya Kumar
Independent
1,615
0.2%
S. K. Golam Mahabu
Independent
1,453
0.2%
Chittaranjan Sarkar
AMB
883
0.1%
1991
Candidate Party Votes Share
Nani Bhatacharyya
Revolutionary Socialist Party
345,678
43.6%
Kumar Dipti Sengupta
Indian National Congress
266,469
33.6%
Pranab Kumar Banerjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
160,467
20.2%
Haji Idrish Hossain
Independent
5,664
0.7%
Kunal Biswas
Independent
3,927
0.5%
Anisur Rahman Khuda Bukhsh
Janata Party
3,870
0.5%
Srikanta Kotal
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,614
0.3%
Sreemohan Thakur
Independent
2,613
0.3%
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
MIM
2,077
0.3%
1996
Candidate Party Votes Share
Pramothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
449,656
48.8%
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Indian National Congress
405,299
44.0%
Subhendu Biswas
Bharatiya Janata Party
56,073
6.1%
Naimul Haque
Independent
2,886
0.3%
Gopal Das
Independent
2,225
0.2%
Badaruddin Amed
Indian Union Muslim League
1,932
0.2%
Haji Md.Idris
PBRML
1,926
0.2%
Chitta Ranjan Sarkar
AMB
1,266
0.1%
Kajal Goon
Independent
813
0.1%
1998
Candidate Party Votes Share
Promothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
385,979
44.5%
Colonel (Retd) Sabyasachi Bagchi
Bharatiya Janata Party
262,610
30.2%
Prodip Mazumder
Indian National Congress
188,985
21.8%
Abdus Sukur
Indian Union Muslim League
29,888
3.4%
Kanan Kumar Saha
Independent
784
0.1%
1999
Candidate Party Votes Share
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
434,073
46.9%
Pramothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
338,682
36.6%
Colonel (Retd.) Sabyasachi Bagchi
Bharatiya Janata Party
134,569
14.5%
Jyotirmoy Thakur
Independent
8,948
1.0%
Nurul Islam
Indian Union Muslim League
3,618
0.4%
Siddhartha Chatterjee
Independent
2,679
0.3%
Sunil Kumar Mandal
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,066
0.1%
Kanan Kumar Saha
Independent
911
0.1%
Sadhan Roy
Independent
881
0.1%
Santosh Majhi
Independent
745
0.1%
Anarul Haque Malitha
Independent
203
0.0%
2004
Candidate Party Votes Share
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
508,095
51.2%
Pramothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
409,194
41.3%
Tapas Kumar Chatterjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
41,490
4.2%
Jyotirmoy Thakur
Independent
9,672
1.0%
Apurba Banerjee
Independent
6,818
0.7%
Sunil Kumar Mondal
Bahujan Samaj Party
5,643
0.6%
Ashim Roy
Independent
3,798
0.4%
Krishna Prosad Biswas
Independent
3,428
0.3%
Ashoke Kumar Singha
Samajwadi Party
3,377
0.3%
2009
Candidate Party Votes Share
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
541,920
56.9%
Pramothes Mukherjee
Revolutionary Socialist Party
354,943
37.3%
Bidyut Kumar Halder
Bharatiya Janata Party
27,619
2.9%
Baidya Nath Mondal
Independent
9,195
1.0%
Kushadhwaj Bala(Kush Bala)
Bahujan Samaj Party
8,587
0.9%
Ghosh Babu Saw
RPI(A)
3,823
0.4%
Ashoke Kumar Singha
Samajwadi Party
3,076
0.3%
Rabindra Nath Roy
RDMP
3,050
0.3%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
1951: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 15.9 pts 1957: Independent margin 5.5 pts 1962: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 9.4 pts 1967: Independent margin 2.7 pts 1971: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 3.6 pts 1977: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 26.9 pts 1980: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 17.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 0.5 pts 1989: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 8.1 pts 1991: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 10.0 pts 1996: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 4.8 pts 1998: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 14.2 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 10.3 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 10.0 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 19.6 pts 1951
1957
1962
1967
1971
1977
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
Trend
Berhampore has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Revolutionary Socialist Party, Independent, Indian National Congress.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Berhampore in the 2009 Lok Sabha election?
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Indian National Congress) won Berhampore, West Bengal, in 2009 with 541,920 votes (56.9%), a margin of 186,977 votes over Pramothes Mukherjee.
Which parties have won Berhampore since 1951?
Since 1951, Berhampore has been won by: Independent, Indian National Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party.
What was the closest result in Berhampore?
The closest result on record for Berhampore was 1984, when Indian National Congress beat Revolutionary Socialist Party by just 3,047 votes (0.5 percentage points).
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