Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: TMC Candidate Bapi Halder Wins In Mathurapur Constituency

Bapi Halder emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 from the Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency with a total of 2,01,057 vote margin. While the BJP candidate Ashok Purkait emerged as the runner up candidate from the Mathurapur constituency.

Bapi Haldar is the TMC’s youth leader of the Sunderben organizational district.  In the past, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) and Congress party dominated the constituency till 2009. In 2009, TMC candidate Choudhury Mohan Jatua shattered the winning streak of the left party and won the elections with a total 54.95% vote share.

In 2009, TMC Choudhury Mohan Jatua secured the Mathurapur Lok Sabha seat while the CPI(M) candidate Animesh Naskar secured 41.55%. While the BJP candidate Binay Kumar Biswas was in the third position with 2.62% votes.

In 2014, the AITC candidate Choudhury Mohan Jatua secured 49.58% and won the Mathurapur seat. The CPI (M) candidate Rinku Naskar secured 38.67% votes. BJP Tapan Naskar secured 5.21% votes.

With 7.2 lakh votes, Mr. Jatua won the 2019 elections handily over BJP candidate Shyama Prasad Halder, who received 5.2 lakh votes, and Dr. Sarat Chandra Halder of the CPI, who received just 92,417 votes.
The Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), includes Vidhan Sabhas that have elected TMC members as their MLAs, including Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar (SC reserved), and Magrahat Paschim.
Given that half of the constituency is made up of Muslims (35.57 percent) and South Asians (30.22 percent), it is anticipated that these minority groups would determine the outcome of the Mathurapur Lok Sabha seat.