Mathurapur Lok Sabha Constituency Results 2019 in West Bengal: Choudhury Mohan Jatua of TMC Wins Parliamentary Election
Mathurapur Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal will go to polls in the Seventh Phase on May 19. Here’s all you need to know.
Kolkata, May 23: The results of the Mathurapur Lok Sabha Constituency was declared today. The counting of votes began on the Mathurapur Parliamentary seat in West Bengal at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Choudhury Mohan Jatua of TMC defeated BJP's Shayamaprasad Halder by a margin of 2,03,974 votes.
Voting took place for the Mathurapur seat in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 73.51 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Mathurapur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results
The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from AITC – Choudhary Mohan Jatua. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the Left Front’s CPI(M) candidate – Rinku Naskar. AITC has fielded Choudhary Mohan Jatua again this time from the constituency. To defeat the incumbent MP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, CPI(M) has fielded Dr Sarat Haldar, while Congress has announced Krittibas Sardar as their candidate. BJP has fielded Shyamaprasad Haldar as their candidate. West Bengal Election Results 2019 Live News Updates
As per the ECI website – updated on March 13, 2019 – there are 12,27,376 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 5,91,894 are females while 6,35,482 are males. The average literacy rate of the constituency is 77.51 per cent, and the main occupation is agriculture. The female to male ratio is 928.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for Seventh Phase:
| Announcement and Issue of Press Note | March 10 |
| Issue of Notification | April 22 |
| Last date for filing nomination | April 29 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | April 30 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | May 2 |
| Date Of Poll | May 19 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
| Dates Before Elections Shall be Completed | May 27 |
According to the Election Commission’s briefings, the process of filing nomination for Mathurapur (SC) Lok Sabha elections begun on April 22, which continued till April 29. The scrutiny was done on April 30, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations wad May 2. The polling took place on May 19.
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In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, AITC bagged 34 seats – gaining 15 more than 2009, while CPI(M) could win only two seats – Raiganj and Murshidabad. Congress emerged victorious on four seats, and BJP opened their account from Asansol and Darjeeling. Lok Sabha elections took place in seven phases across the state – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.
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