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Shri Somnath Chatterjee

CPM COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) Former Lok Sabha MP (last: 9th Lok Sabha) Bolpur, West Bengal Born 1929

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Contests
10
Wins
9 (90%)
Seats contested
3
Years
1971–2004

Election record

Every contest linked to Shri Somnath Chatterjee in our constituency results
YearConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
2004
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 504,836 65.6% Won by 310,305
1999
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 464,199 59.4% Won by 186,389
1998
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 470,645 59.6% Won by 251,092
1996
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 471,549 60.5% Won by 253,646
1991
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 394,496 56.6% Won by 226,624
1989
Lok Sabha		 Bolpur
West Bengal		 CPM 421,483 60.4% Won by 163,593
1984
Lok Sabha		 Jadavpur
West Bengal		 CPM 311,958 47.9% Lost (2nd) by 19,660
Winner: Mamata Banerjee (INC)
1980
Lok Sabha		 Jadavpur
West Bengal		 CPM 309,094 60.0% Won by 146,115
1977
Lok Sabha		 Jadavpur
West Bengal		 CPM 236,085 68.0% Won by 138,635
1971
Lok Sabha		 Burdwan
West Bengal		 CPM 203,645 56.7% Won by 64,080

Contests are linked from the constituencies and years in which this person served (winner of that contest, with a name check), plus other contests in the same seats under the same name. Contests elsewhere or under a different spelling may be missing.

Parliamentary terms

  • 9th Lok Sabha (1989)Bolpur, West BengalCPM
  • 7th Lok Sabha (1980)Jadavpur, West BengalCPM
  • 6th Lok Sabha (1977)Jadavpur, West BengalCPM
  • 5th Lok Sabha (1971)Burdwan, West BengalCPM
  • 13th Lok Sabha (1999)Bolpur, West BengalCPM
  • 12th Lok Sabha (1998)Bolpur, West BengalCPM
  • 11th Lok Sabha (1996)Bolpur, West BengalCPM
  • 10th Lok Sabha (1991)Bolpur, West BengalCPM

Terms as listed in the source index.