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

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Bishnupur is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. Voting in Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency in the sixth phase was on May 12 and counting is on May 23.

Compared to 84.95 percent in 2014, this time 80.35 percent polling was recorded in eight seats in West Bengal.

Khan Narayan Chandra of Indian National Congress, Khan Sunil of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Khan Saumitra of Bharatiya Janata Party and Shyamal Santra of All India Trinamool Congress are few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Bishnupur Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

Bishnupur parliamentary constituency comprises of seven assembly segments namely Barjora, Onda, Bishnupur, Katulpur, Indas, Sonamukhi and Khandaghosh. 

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	KHAN NARAYAN CHANDRA	Indian National Congress
2	KHAN SUNIL	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	KHAN SAUMITRA	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	SHYAMAL SANTRA	All India Trinamool Congress
5	AJIT KUMAR BAURI	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
6	JITENDRA NATH ROY	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
7	BASUDEB SIKARI	Bahujan Mukti Party
8	TARANI ROY	Independent
9	SANJIT KHAN	Independent

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Trinamool Congress's Saumitra Khan had won the Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 1,49,685 votes.

Saumitra Khan had bagged 578870 votes as against Communist Party of India Marxist candidate Susmita Bauri who secured 429185 votes.