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
Interactive Map Outlining Bijpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarrackpore
Established1952
Total electors158,495
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BijpurBipin Behari GanguliIndian National Congress[2]
1957Niranjan SenguptaCommunist Party of India[3]
1962Monoranjan RoyCommunist Party of India[4]
1967Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Jagadish Chandra DasIndian National Congress[7]
1972Jagadish Chandra DasIndian National Congress[8]
1977Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Kamal Sengupta BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Jagadish Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Dr. Nirjharini ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Subhranshu RoyAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Subhranshu RoyAITC, but later suspended

- joined BJP in 2019

2021Subodh AdhikaryAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bijpur constituency[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bijpur constituency[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC hold Swing

2011

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 % ±%
TMC 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
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 15.66%*

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

1977-2006

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

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
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. "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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