Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency
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| Bhabanipur | |
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| Constituency No. 159 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| LS constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 206,272 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Mira Dutta Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1962 | Independent | ||
| Constituency renamed as Kalighat | |||
| 1967 | Beva Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sadhan Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Rathin Talukdar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977-2009:Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2011 | Subrata Bakshi | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2011^ | Mamata Banerjee | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||
| 2021^ | Mamata Banerjee | ||
^By poll
Election results
[edit]2021 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 85,263 | 71.90 |  14.19
| |
| BJP | Priyanka Tibrewal | 26,428 | 22.29 |  12.87
| |
| CPI(M) | Shrijeeb Biswas | 4,226 | 3.56 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,453 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 58,835 | 49.61 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | 14.19
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2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sovandeb Chatterjee | 73,505 | 57.71 | 10.04
| |
| BJP | Rudranil Ghosh | 44,786 | 35.16 | 16.03
| |
| INC | Md. Shadab Khan | 5,211 | 4.09 | 25.17
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,570 | 1.23 | 0.56
| |
| BSP | Anita Rajwar | 564 | 0.44 | 0.17
| |
| Majority | 28,719 | 22.55 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,536 | 61.79 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 10.04
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2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 65,520 | 47.67 | 29.79
| |
| INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 40,219 | 29.26 | New | |
| BJP | Chandra Kumar Bose | 26,299 | 19.13 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,461 | 1.79 | New | |
| BSP | Nirmal Kanti Samaddar[14] | 669 | 0.27 | ||
| Majority | 25,301 | 18.41 | 38.62
| ||
| Turnout | 1,37,475 | 66.83 | 22.11
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 29.79
|
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Bye-election, 2011
[edit]The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India.[15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate) | 73,635 | 77.46 | +12.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Nandini Mukherjee | 19,422 | 20.43 | −7.55 | |
| Independent | Sujay Krishna Bhadra | 809 | 0.85 | ||
| Majority | 54,213 | 57.03 | +20.24 | ||
| Turnout | 95,064 | 44.73 | −19.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | +12.69 | |||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subrata Bakshi | 87,903 | 64.77 | ||
| CPI(M) | Narayan Prasad Jain | 37,967 | 27.98 | ||
| BJP | Ram Chandra Jaiswal | 5,078 | 3.74 | ||
| BSP | Dulal Mistri | 1,050 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 49,936 | 36.79 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,741 | 63.78 | |||
| AITC win | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 179. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
