Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat is one of the 42 constituencies in West Bengal and was formed before the parliamentary election in 1977.Once dominated by the Left, the Trinamool Congress captured the seat for the first time in 1998 Lok Sabha election. Trinamool’s Krishna Bose won against the Communist Party of India(Marxist) leader Malini Bhattacharya by more than 98,000 votes.Bose continued to win till 2004 when Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) took the Jadavpur seat for one term. The Trinamool has held the Jadavpur parliamentary constituency since 2009 as Kabir Suman won that year and the Sugata Bose in the next Lok Sabha election in 2014. This year, the ruling party in West Bengal has nominated Bengali actor Mimi Chakraborty from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat.Voting in the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat will take place in the last and seventh phase on May 19. The result will be declared on May 23.ALSO READ: All about Lok Sabha elections 2019Here are some of the facts about the seat in the southern neighbourhood of Kolkata, which has Jadavpur University:State: West BengalName of the Lok Sabha constituency: JadavpurDate of voting: May 192019 candidates: Mimi Chakraborty (Trinamool), Anupam Hazra (BJP), Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya (CPI-M)Sitting MP, party: Sugata Bose, Trinamool CongressWinning margin in 2014: 125,203Runner up name, party: Sujan Chakraborty, CPI(M)Number of voters in 2014: 1,272,362Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 79.73%Number of women voters in 2014: 784,305Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,959
