Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal.While six assembly segments of Arambagh are in Hooghly district, one segment is in Paschim Medinipur district. 

Arambagh registered 83.41 percent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.77 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1762995 while the total voter turnout is 1470464. While in 2014, the constituency registered 85.18 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1598437 while the total voter's turnout was 1361482.

Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) of All India Trinamool Congress, Jyoti Kumari Das of Indian National Congress, Tapan Kumar Ray of Bharatiya Janata Party, Sakti Mohan Malik of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Samir Mitra of Bahujan Samaj Party are few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal. 

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	APARUPA PODDAR (AFRIN ALI)	All India Trinamool Congress
2	JYOTI KUMARI DAS	Indian National Congress
3	TAPAN KUMAR RAY	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	SAKTI MOHAN MALIK	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5	SAMIR MITRA	Bahujan Samaj Party
6	JHANTU LAL PAKRE	Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party
7	PROSANTA MALIK	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
8	BINAY KUMAR MALIK	Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
9	CHITTARANJAN MALLICK	Independent

The Arambagh Lok Sabha Constituency has a total of seven assembly segments - Tarakeswar, Haripal, Pursurah, Arambag (SC), Goghat (SC), Khanakul and Chandrakona (SC). 

This seat cast its vote in the 2019 election on May 6. The results would be declared on May 23.

Aparupa Poddar of ruling Trinamool Congress is the sitting Member of Parliament from this constituency.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Aparupa Poddar aka Afrin Ali of Trinamool Congress won from the seat by getting 748,764 votes.