Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1967-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | Reserved for SC |
| Current MP | Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,600,293 |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Haripal Tarakeswar Pursurah Arambag (SC) Goghat (SC) Khanakul Chandrakona (SC) |
Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for scheduled castes.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remains the highest ever victory margin in Lok Saba polls in the country.Narendra Modi of BJP won the Vadodara seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by 570,128 votes.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 29 Arambag, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following assembly segments:
Prior to delimitation Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Tarakeswar (assembly constituency no. 185), Pursurah (assembly constituency no. 192), Khanakul (SC) (assembly constituency no. 193), Arambagh (assembly constituency no. 194), Goghat (SC) (assembly constituency no. 195), Chandrakona (assembly constituency no. 196), Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 197)
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