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Baharampur Assembly constituency

Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Baharampur
Constituency No. 72 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Baharampur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyBaharampur
Established1951
Total electors260,667
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers Baharampur municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]

Baharampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1951 Berhampore Bijoy Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Bijoy Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Sanat Kumar Raha Communist Party of India[4]
1967 S. Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Sanat Kumar Raha Communist Party of India[6]
1971 Sankar Das Paul Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Sankar Das Paul Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Debabrata Bandopadhyay Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982 Debabrata Bandopadhyay Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1987 Debabrata Bandopadhyay Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1991 Sankar Das Paul Indian National Congress[12]
1996 Maya Rani Paul Indian National Congress[13]
2001 Maya Rani Paul Indian National Congress[14]
2006 Manoj Chakraborty Congress-Supported Independent[15]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Baharampur
2011 Baharampur Manoj Chakraborty Indian National Congress[16]
2016 Baharampur Manoj Chakraborty Indian National Congress
2021 Baharampur Subrata Maitra Kanchan Bharatiya Janata Party[17]

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baharampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subrata Maitra 89,340 45.21  35.01
AITC Naru Gopal Mukherjee 62,488 31.62  12.42
INC Manoj Chakraborty 40,167 20.33  48.87
NOTA None of the above 2,525 1.28
Majority 26,852 13.59  36.41
Turnout 1,97,607 75.81  4.39
Registered electors 2,60,667
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Baharampur constituency[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Chakraborty 127,762 69.20%
AITC Dr. Sujata Banerjee 35,489 19.20%
BJP Mala Banerjee 18,805 10.20%
SUCI(C) Kousik Chatterjee 1,727 0.90%
Independent Sujit Kumar Das 881 0.50%
Majority 92,273 50.00%
Turnout 1,84,664 80.20%
INC hold Swing +3.34#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2011

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In the 2011 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarit Brahmachari of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baharampur constituency[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Chakraborty 91,578 54.90 −4.52#
RSP Tarit Brahmachari 48,265 28.93 −7.86
BJP Debasis Sarkar 12,758 7.65
Independent Debjani Saha 8,162 4.89
SDPI Tayebdul Islam 3,787 2.30
IPFB Sujit Kumar Das 1,331 0.80
JD(U) Sunil Kumar Mondal 940 0.60
Majority 43,313 26.0
Turnout 166,821 81.13
INC hold Swing +3.34#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

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In the 2006 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress MP of Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Baharampur constituency[16][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Manoj Chakraborty 94,562 50.60
RSP Amal Karmakar 68,836 36.80
INC Maya Rani Paul 16,596 8.90
Independent Apurba Banerjee 2,834 1.50
Independent Sunil Kumar Mandal 2,737 1.50
Independent Md. Hayatur Rahaman 1,516 0.80
Turnout 187,081 81.13
INC hold Swing +3.34#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Manoj Chakraborty (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Manoj Chakraborty, Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[21] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[22] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of Congress defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001,[14] and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996.[13] Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.[12] Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987[11] and 1982,[10] and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.[9][23]

1951–1972

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Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1969.[6] S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[5] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1962.[4] Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "Adhir beats Cong at home". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  22. ^ Hussain, Alamgir (17 April 2011). "Didi turns up heat on dissidents". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  23. ^ "63 - Berhampore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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