Bagdah Assembly constituency
Bagdah | |
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Constituency No. 94 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | North 24 Parganas |
LS constituency | Bangaon |
Established | 1962 |
Total electors | 277,464 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Vacant[1] | |
Party | TBA |
Bagdah is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview[edit]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 94 Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bagdah community development block and Gangrapota, Sundarpur and Tengra gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.[2]
Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[2] It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1962 | Manindra Bhusan Biswas[4] | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Apurba Lal Majumdar[5][6][7][8][9] | All India Forward Bloc | |
1969 | |||
1971 | |||
1972 | |||
1977 | Kamalakshmi Biswas[10][11] | ||
1982 | |||
1987 | Apurba Lal Majumdar | Indian National Congress[12] | |
1991 | Kamalakshmi Biswas[13] | All India Forward Bloc | |
1996[14] | |||
2001[15] | |||
2006 | Dulal Bar | All India Trinamool Congress | |
2011 | Upendranath Biswas[16] | ||
2016 | Dulal Bar | Indian National Congress | |
2021 | Biswajit Das | All India Trinamool Congress[17][18] |
Election results[edit]
2024 by-election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | |||||
AITC | |||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
2021[edit]
In the 2021 election, Biswajit Das of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated his nearest rival Paritosh Kumar Saha of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). He later switched parties to AITC.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Biswajit Das | 108,111 | 49.41 | +45.03 | |
AITC | Paritosh Kumar Saha | 98,319 | 44.94 | +1.26 | |
INC | Prabir Kirtonia (Bapi) | 8,250 | 3.77 | -45.87 | |
BSP | Santosh Biswas | 2,240 | 1.02 | +0.27 | |
Independent | Pradip Kumar Biswas | 851 | 0.39 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,020 | 0.47 | ||
Turnout | 218,791 | 79.06 | +0.57 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
2016[edit]
In the 2016 election, Dulal Bar of Indian National Congress (INC) defeated his nearest rival Upendra Nath Biswas of AITC.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dulal Bar | 102,026 | 49.64 | ||
AITC | Upendranath Biswas | 89,790 | 43.68 | ||
BSP | Bikash Biswas | 1,532 | 0.75 | ||
BJP | Biva Majumder | 8,987 | 4.38 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,324 | 0.64 | ||
Independent | Harish Chandra Mondal | 792 | 0.39 | ||
Guru Chand Mukti Morcha | Hirak Golder | 581 | 0.28 | ||
RPI(A) | Gautam Malo | 498 | 0.24 | ||
Turnout | 205,546 | 79.63 | |||
INC gain from AITC | Swing |
2011[edit]
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006[edit]
In the 2006 state assembly elections[9] Dulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress won the Bagdah (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc.
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2001[edit]
1977-2006[edit]Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Dulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[15] Kalidas Adhikari of Congress in 1996,[14] and Ram Chandra Bose of Congress in 1991.[13] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress defeated Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1987.[12] Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress in 1982[11] and Independent in 1977.[10][20] 1962-1972[edit]Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1972,[8] 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1962.[4] Prior to that the Bagdah seat did not exist. References[edit]
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