Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 88°49′0″E / 23.06667°N 88.81667°E / 23.06667; 88.81667

Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Bangaon Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bangaon Dakshin is located in West Bengal
Bangaon Dakshin
Bangaon Dakshin
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 88°49′0″E / 23.06667°N 88.81667°E / 23.06667; 88.81667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.96
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year)189,044 (2011)[1]
225,008 (2016)[2]
236,855 (2019)[3]
248,278 (2021)[4]

Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 96 Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bairampur, Chauberia I, Chauberia II, Dighari, Kalupur and Palla gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block, and Chandpara, Dooma, Fulsara, Jaleswar II, Jhaudanga and Ramnagar gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block.[5]

Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[5] Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Bongaon Jiban Ratan Dhar Indian National Congress[7]
1957 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[8]
Manindra Bhusan Biswas Indian National Congress[8]
1962 Jiban Ratan Dhar Indian National Congress [9]
1967 K.Bhowmick Indian National Congress[10]
1969 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[11]
1971 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[12]
1972 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[13]
1977 Ranajit Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
1982 Bhupendranath Seth Indian National Congress[15]
1987 Ranajit Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
1991 Bhupendranath Seth Indian National Congress[17]
1996 Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
2001 Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
2006 Bhupendranath Seth All India Trinamool Congress[20]
2006 Bye election Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress.[21]
2009 Bye election Gopal Seth All India Trinamool Congress.[22][23]
2011 Bangaon Dakshin Surajit Kumar Biswas All India Trinamool Congress[24]
2016 Bangaon Dakshin Surajit Kumar Biswas All India Trinamool Congress[24]
2021 Bangaon Dakshin BJP[25]

Election results[]

2021[]

In the 2021 election, Swapan Majumder of BJP defeated his nearest rival ALO RANI SARKAR of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bangaon Dakshin (SC) constituency[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Swapan Majumder 97828 47.07
AITC ALO RANI SARKAR 95824 46.11
CPI(M) TAPAS KUMAR BISWAS 10069 4.24
SUCI(C) RABINDRA NATH BARAI 953 0.46
BSP PRADIP KUMAR SARKAR 820 0.39
Turnout 207834
BJP gain from AITC Swing {{{swing}}}

2011[]

In the 2011 election, Surajit Kumar Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anuj Baran Sarkar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bangaon Dakshin (SC) constituency[24][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Surajit Kumar Biswas 87,677 53.71
CPI(M) Anuj Baran Sarkar 65,788 40.30
BJP Arun Halder 5,243 3.21
CPI(ML)L Himangshu Biswas 2,561
BSP Rabindra Nath Biswas 1,961
Turnout 163,230 86.63
AITC win (new seat)

1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat[]

In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[22][23]

In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).[21]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[20] Bhupendranath Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and Congress respectively) in 2001[19] and 1996.[18] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.[17] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.[16] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[15] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.[14][28]

1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat[]

Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972,[13] 1971[12] and 1969.[11] K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.[10] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962.[9] In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957.[8] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.[7]

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