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Balagarh Assembly constituency

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Balagarh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Balagarh
Constituency No. 191 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencyHooghly
Established1951
Total electors207,702
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 191 Balagarh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Balagarh community development block and Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Digsui and Mogra I gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block.[1]

Balagarh Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party
1951 Balagarh Brindaban Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Bejoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India[3]
1962 Brindaban Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress[4]
1967 H.K.Das Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Biren Sarkar Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2007 By election Bhuban Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011 Ashim Kumar Majhi Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Ashim Kumar Majhi Trinamool Congress[18]
2021 Manoranjan Byapari Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manoranjan Byapari 100,364 45.63  1.73
BJP Subhash Chandra Halder 94,580 43  32.81
CPI(M) Mahamaya Mondal 19,766 8.99  29.62
NOTA None of the Above 3,105 1.41  0.49
SUCI(C) Sukdeb Biswas 2,142 0.97 New
Majority 5,784 2.63  6.12
Turnout 2,19,957 84.94  0.65
AITC hold Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Balagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashim Kumar Majhi 96,472 47.36  4.99
CPI(M) Panchu Gopal Mondal 78,635 38.61  2
BJP Subhash Chandra Halder 20,757 10.19  6.81
NOTA None of the Above 3,875 1.9
CPI(ML)L Gautam Mondal 1,718 0.84  0.52
Majority 17,837 8.75  2.99
Turnout 2,03,683 85.59  2.87
AITC hold Swing

2011

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Balagarh[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashim Kumar Majhi 96,254 52.35  8.42
CPI(M) Bhuban Pramanick 74,671 40.61  5.26
BJP Bangshi Rauth 6,223 3.38
Independent Monoj Mistri 3,232
CPI(ML)L Gautam Mondal 2,493
JDP Sanjib Malik 994
Turnout 1,83,867 88.52
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 8.42

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2007 by-election.

1977–2007

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The Balagarh seat fell vacant because of the death of the sitting MLA, Dibakanta Routh. In 2007 by-elections, Bhuban Pramanick of CPI(M) polled 60,101 votes to win the seat. Ashim Majhi of Trinamool Congress secured 51,691 votes, Bangshi Raut of the BJP secured 8,833 votes, Biswanath Malik of Congress secured 5,864 votes and Gautam Mandal of the CPI(ML) secured 4,530 votes.[16]

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dibakanta Routh of CPI (M) won the Balagarh (SC) assembly seat in 2006,[15] 2001[14] and 1996,[13] defeating his nearest rivals, Asim Patra of Trinamool Congress, Lakshmi Parui of Trinamool Congress and Biswanath Malik of Congress, in the respective years. Abinash Pramanik of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991,[12] 1987,[11] 1982[10] and 1977[9] defeating his nearest rivals Biswanath Malik, Gopal Krishna Dhar, Nilmoni Mandal and Gauranga Halder, all of Congress, in the respective years.[20]

1951–1972

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Biren Sarkar of Congress won in 1972.[8] Abinash Pramanik of CPI(M) won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6] H.K.Das of Congress won in 1967.[5] Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress won in 1962.[4] Bejoy Krishna Modak of CPI won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951[2] the Balagarh seat was won by Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ^ a b "CPI(M) retains Balagarh assembly seat". The Hindu News Update Service, 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Balagarh Assembly Election 2016 Latest News & Results". India.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balagarh. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "188 – Balagarh (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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