Joynagar, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Joynagar (West Bengal) was won by Pratima Mondal (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 316,775 votes over Dr. Ashok Kandary. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Joynagar, West Bengal, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Paresh Nath Kayal Indian National Congress 152,372 53.3% Sailendra Nath Haldar (Communist Party of India) 18,771 (6.6 pts)
1967 C. Roy Independent 157,545 44.0% P. Koyal (Indian National Congress) 29,071 (8.1 pts)
1971 Sakti Kumar Sarkar Indian National Congress 158,943 41.6% Nirmal Kumar Sinha (CPI (Marxist)) 74,236 (19.4 pts)
1977 Sakti Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Lok Dal 180,587 48.9% Nirmal Kanti Mondal (Indian National Congress) 60,637 (16.4 pts)
1980 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 236,044 45.7% Gobinda Chandra Naskar (Congress (I)) 48,529 (9.4 pts)
1984 Sant Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 264,406 44.2% Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar (Indian National Congress) 20,449 (3.4 pts)
1989 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 337,611 45.4% Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar (Indian National Congress) 63,807 (8.6 pts)
1991 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 338,408 46.0% Naraiyan Naskar (Indian National Congress) 132,305 (18.0 pts)
1996 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 418,373 48.2% Jogesh Roy (Indian National Congress) 143,927 (16.6 pts)
1998 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 406,745 48.5% Krishnapada Majumdar (Bharatiya Janata Party) 176,061 (21.0 pts)
1999 Sanat Kumar Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party 396,383 49.4% Krishna Pada Majumder (Bharatiya Janata Party) 112,301 (14.0 pts)
2004 Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 450,043 55.8% Asit Baran Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party) 230,521 (28.6 pts)
2009 Dr. Tarun Mondal Independent 446,200 48.7% Nimai Barman (Revolutionary Socialist Party) 53,705 (5.9 pts)
2014 Pratima Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 494,746 31.5% Subhas Naskar (Revolutionary Socialist Party) 108,384 (6.9 pts)
2019 Pratima Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 761,202 56.6% Dr. Ashok Kandary (Bharatiya Janata Party) 316,775 (23.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paresh Nath Kayal Indian National Congress 152,372 53.3%
Sailendra Nath Haldar Communist Party of India 133,601 46.7%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
C. Roy Independent 157,545 44.0%
P. Koyal Indian National Congress 128,474 35.8%
K. P. Naskar Independent 72,420 20.2%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sakti Kumar Sarkar Indian National Congress 158,943 41.6%
Nirmal Kumar Sinha CPI (Marxist) 84,707 22.2%
Chittaranjan Roy SUC 76,423 20.0%
Santosh Kayal Revolutionary Socialist Party 41,001 10.7%
Ranabir Barman Independent 14,305 3.7%
Haripada Mandal BAC 6,604 1.7%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sakti Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Lok Dal 180,587 48.9%
Nirmal Kanti Mondal Indian National Congress 119,950 32.5%
Probodh Purkait SUC 68,646 18.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 236,044 45.7%
Gobinda Chandra Naskar Congress (I) 187,515 36.3%
Rajaram Raymandal SUC 82,645 16.0%
Sakti Kumar Sarkar Janata Party 10,058 1.9%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sant Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 264,406 44.2%
Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress 243,957 40.8%
Rajaram Raymondal SUC 88,147 14.7%
Jagadish Chandra Kirtania Independent 2,045 0.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 337,611 45.4%
Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress 273,804 36.8%
Raja Ram Ray Mandal Independent 114,430 15.4%
Anadi Naskar Bharatiya Janata Party 14,055 1.9%
Radha Gobinda Mondal Independent 1,925 0.3%
Sabita Naskar Bahujan Samaj Party 1,503 0.2%
Jagdish Kirtania AMB 1,057 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 338,408 46.0%
Naraiyan Naskar Indian National Congress 206,103 28.0%
Tarun Naskar Independent 108,152 14.7%
Pradyot Naskar Bharatiya Janata Party 81,293 11.1%
Khitish Chandra Haldher Independent 1,583 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 418,373 48.2%
Jogesh Roy Indian National Congress 274,446 31.6%
Tarun Kanti Naskar Independent 130,571 15.0%
Chandra Kanta Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party 42,300 4.9%
Sakti Kumar Sarkar Independent 2,831 0.3%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 406,745 48.5%
Krishnapada Majumdar Bharatiya Janata Party 230,684 27.5%
Jagat Pada Sanpui Indian National Congress 107,119 12.8%
Tarun Kanti Naskar Independent 94,468 11.3%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party 396,383 49.4%
Krishna Pada Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party 284,082 35.4%
Renu Pada Halder Independent 74,016 9.2%
Jagat Pada Sanpui Indian National Congress 46,173 5.8%
Vivek Sonkar Independent 1,446 0.2%
Subhas Mondal Independent 429 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanat Kumar Mandal Revolutionary Socialist Party 450,043 55.8%
Asit Baran Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 219,522 27.2%
Tarun Kanti Naskar Independent 90,798 11.3%
Sukriti Ranjan Biswas RPI 21,711 2.7%
Sanat Kumar Dhali Independent 14,340 1.8%
Meghnath Halder Bahujan Samaj Party 9,920 1.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Tarun Mondal Independent 446,200 48.7%
Nimai Barman Revolutionary Socialist Party 392,495 42.9%
Nirode Chandra Halder Bharatiya Janata Party 24,608 2.7%
Taranga Mondal AUDF 17,087 1.9%
Shyamal Naskar Independent 10,809 1.2%
Arabinda Halder Bahujan Samaj Party 9,209 1.0%
Shankar Haldar Independent 8,855 1.0%
Tapas Tarafdar RDMP 6,573 0.7%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratima Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 494,746 31.5%
Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party 386,362 24.6%
Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party 386,362 24.6%
Dr. Tarun Mandal SUCI(C) 117,454 7.5%
Krishnapada Majumder Bharatiya Janata Party 113,206 7.2%
Arnab Roy Indian National Congress 38,493 2.4%
Taranga Mondal AIUDF 13,333 0.8%
Maniklal Sardar RJSP 5,908 0.4%
None Of The Above Independent 5,823 0.4%
Subhas Naskar Independent 5,161 0.3%
Ananya Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 2,909 0.2%
Dr. Rabin Naskar BMP 2,657 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratima Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 761,202 56.6%
Dr. Ashok Kandary Bharatiya Janata Party 444,427 33.0%
Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party 67,913 5.0%
Jaykrishna Haldar SUCI(C) 38,261 2.8%
Tapan Mondal Indian National Congress 18,758 1.4%
Sankar Deb Mondal Bahujan Samaj Party 8,533 0.6%
Swapan Kumar Mandal RJP(RJP) 3,298 0.2%
Ashoke Bairagi NDPI 3,267 0.2%

Margin Over Time

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

1962: Indian National Congress margin 6.6 pts 1967: Independent margin 8.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 19.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 16.4 pts 1980: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 9.4 pts 1984: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 3.4 pts 1989: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 8.6 pts 1991: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 18.0 pts 1996: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 16.6 pts 1998: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 21.0 pts 1999: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 14.0 pts 2004: Revolutionary Socialist Party margin 28.6 pts 2009: Independent margin 5.9 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 6.9 pts 2019: All India Trinamool Congress margin 23.5 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Joynagar has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Trinamool Congress.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Joynagar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pratima Mondal (All India Trinamool Congress) won Joynagar, West Bengal, in 2019 with 761,202 votes (56.6%), a margin of 316,775 votes over Dr. Ashok Kandary.

Which parties have won Joynagar since 1962?

Since 1962, Joynagar has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Independent, Indian National Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Joynagar?

The closest result on record for Joynagar was 1984, when Revolutionary Socialist Party beat Indian National Congress by just 20,449 votes (3.4 percentage points).

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