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Bijpur Assembly constituency

Bijpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bijpur
Constituency No. 103 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Bijpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarrackpore
Established1951
Total electors158,495
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview edit

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 103 Bijpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kanchrapara municipality and Halisahar municipality.[1]

Bijpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly edit

Election Member Party Affiliation
1951 Bipin Behari Ganguli Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Niranjan Sengupta Communist Party of India[3]
1962 Monoranjan Roy Communist Party of India[4]
1967 Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Kamal Sengupta Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Dr. Nirjharini Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Subhranshu Roy All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 AITC, but later suspended

- joined BJP in 2019

2021 Subodh Adhikary All India Trinamool Congress

Election results edit

2021 edit

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bijpur[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subodh Adhikary 66,625 47.90% -13.68
BJP Subhranshu Roy 53,278 38.30% +27.3
CPI(M) Sukanta Rakshit (Babin) 14,490 10.42% -13.08
Majority 13,347 9.65
Turnout 1,37,869 72.54 +3.03
AITC hold Swing

2016 edit

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bijpur constituency[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subhranshu Roy 76,744 61.58 +10.09
CPI(M) Dr. Rabindra Nath Mukherjee 28,888 23.15 -18.42
BJP Alo Rani Sarkar 13,723 11 +7.19
SUCI(C) Kalipada Debnath 1,714
None of the Above None of the Above 1,483
BSP Krishna Gopal Majhi 1,001
Majority 47,954 38.43
Turnout 1,24,504 69.51 –10.73
AITC hold Swing

2011 edit

In the 2011 elections, SubhransHu Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirjharini Chakraborty of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bijpur constituency[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subhranshu Roy 65,479 51.49 +4.57#
CPI(M) Nirjharini Chakarborty 52,867 41.57 -11.08
BJP Kamala Kanta Chowdhury 4,841 3.81
Independent Ramen Mallick 2,005
BSP Sarat Chandra Biswas 1,982
Turnout 127,174 80.24
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.66%*

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

1977-2006 edit

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Dr. Nirjharini Chakraborty of CPI(M) won the Bijpur seat defeating Kalyani Biswas (Basu) of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[14] Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won defeating Jagadish Das, son of Akul Das, of Trinamool Congress. Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI(M) defeated Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy of Congress in 1996.[13] Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Bimalananda Dutta of Congress in 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Prabir Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982[10] and Jagadish Chandra Das, s/o Akul in 1977.[9][20]

1951-1972 edit

Jagadish Chandra Das, s/o Akul, of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Monoranjan Roy of CPI won in 1962.[4]Niranjan Sengupta of CPI won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References edit

  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. ^ "Bijpur Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE - Bijpur Vidhan Sabha Election Results".
  18. ^ "Bijpur Result 2016". India News. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bijpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  20. ^ "128 - Bijpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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