Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of West Bengal. It was formed in 2008 after the delimitation of constituencies.

73.51 per cent of over 1.49 crore electorate exercised their franchise in West Bengal in the final phase.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay of All India Trinamool Congress, Kaninika Bose (Ghosh) of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Omprakash Prajapati of Bahujan Samaj Party, Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha of Bharatiya Janata Party, Syed Shahid Imam of Indian National Congress and Manas Majumder of Shivsena are few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

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

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	BANDYOPADHYAY SUDIP	All India Trinamool Congress
2	KANINIKA BOSE (GHOSH)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	OMPRAKASH PRAJAPATI	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	RAHUL (BISWAJIT) SINHA	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	SYED SHAHID IMAM	Indian National Congress
6	BIJNAN KUMAR BERA	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
7	JOYDEB DAS	Bharateeya Manavadhikar party
8	MANAS MAJUMDER	Shivsena
9	MANMOHAN GARODIA	Rashtriya Ahinsa Manch
10	MD IMTIAZ KHAN	Bharat Prabhat Party
11	MIR TIPU SULTAN ALI	Party for Democratic Socialism
12	NARESH KR SINGH	Jan Sangh Party
13	RATHINDRA NATH ROY	Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular)
14	RINKU GUPTA	Pyramid Party of India
15	SUBHASH VERMA	Jan Sangharsh Virat Party
16	ANUJIT KUMAR NAN	Independent
17	DEBJIT ROY CHOWDHURY	Independent
18	KALIPADA JANA	Independent
19	PANNA LAL SHAW	Independent
20	SUMANTA BHOWMICK	Independent
21	UTPAL BISWAS	Independent

The Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 24) comprises of seven segments of Vidhan Sabha. They are Chowringhee Entally, Beliaghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala and Kashipur-Belgachhia.

The election in this constituency was held in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19 and the results will be declared on May 23.

Sudip Bandyopadhyay of AITC was elected as the Member of Parliament from this constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Sudip bagged 343687 votes and defeated Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha of the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.