Coordinates: 22°43′0″N 88°29′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.48333°E / 22.71667; 88.48333

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Barasat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barasat is located in West Bengal
Barasat
Barasat
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°43′0″N 88°29′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.48333°E / 22.71667; 88.48333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.119
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyBarasat
Electorate (year)208,810 (2011)

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 119 Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barasat municipality and Chhota Jagulia gram panchayat of Barasat I community development block,[1]

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Barasat Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc[3]
1962 Ashok Krishna Dutt Indian National Congress[4]
1967 H.K.Basu All India Forward Bloc [5]
1969 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc [6]
1971 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc[7]
1972 Kanti Rangan Chatterjee Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc[9]
1982 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc[10]
1987 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc[11]
1991 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc[12]
1996 Ashoke Mukherjee Indian National Congress[13]
2001 Ashoke Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Dr. Bithika Mondal All India Forward Bloc[15]
2011 Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[]

2021[]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Barasat constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) 104,431 46.27 -2.17
BJP Sankar Chatterjee 80,648 35.73 +24.78
AIFB Sanjib Chattopadhyay 34,171 15.14 -21.15
NOTA None of the above 2,688 1.19
BSP Sunil Chandra Roy 940 0.42 -0.95
Independent Tarun Dhar 767 0.34
AMB Mohan Lal Adhikari 576 0.26
Independent Amit Kumar Chakraborty 572 0.25
Jan Sangh Party Sudarshan Das 496 0.22
SUCI(C) Kshama Debnath (Panda) 418 0.19
Turnout 225,707 80.73 -2.20
AITC hold Swing

2016[]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Barasat constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) 99,667 48.44 -9.84
AIFB Sanjib Chatterjee 74,668 36.29 +0.55
BJP Dr. Bithika Mandal 22,537 10.95 +7.61
BSP Sunil Chandra Roy 2,827 1.37
Turnout 205,770 82.93
AITC hold Swing

2011[]

In the 2011 election, Chiranjeet of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sanjib Chatterjee of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barasat constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet) 103,954 58.28 +9.46#
AIFB Sanjib Chatterjee 63,743 35.74 -11.02
BJP Tuhin Kumar Mondal 5,957 3.34
BSP Tapan Sarkar 2,302
Independent Bablu Jana 1,584
Samata Party Ramtanay Bhattacharya 823
Turnout 178,363 85.42
AITC gain from AIFB Swing 20.48#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006[]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Saral Deb of Forward Bloc in 2001[14] and 1996.[13] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc defeated Souren Sen of Congress in 1991,[12] Amar Chandar Deb of Congress in 1987,[11] Ashis Kumar Basu of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kanti Ranjan Chattopadhyay in of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972[]

Kanti Rangan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.[8] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6] H.K.Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1967.[5] Ashok Krishna Dutt of Congress won in 1962.[4]Chitta Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barasat seat.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barasat. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. ^ "90 - Barasat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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