Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Assam, see Bhabanipur, Assam Assembly constituency.
Bhabanipur
Constituency No. 159 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
LS constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Established1951
Total electors206,272
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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

Election Member Party
1952 Mira Dutta Gupta Indian National Congress

[2][3]

1957 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1962 Independent

[4]

Constituency renamed as Kalighat
1967 Beva Mitra Indian National Congress

[5]

1969 Sadhan Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)

[6]

1971 Rathin Talukdar Indian National Congress

[7][8]

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

2021 by-election

Bye-election, 2021: Bhabanipur[9][10][11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 85,263 71.90 Increase14.19
BJP Priyanka Tibrewal 26,428 22.29 Decrease12.87
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 Increase14.19

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chatterjee 73,505 57.71 Increase10.04
BJP Rudranil Ghosh 44,786 35.16 Increase16.03
INC Md. Shadab Khan 5,211 4.09 Decrease25.17
NOTA None of the Above 1,570 1.23 Decrease0.56
BSP Anita Rajwar 564 0.44 Increase0.17
Majority 28,719 22.55
Turnout 1,27,536 61.79
AITC hold Swing Increase10.04

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 65,520 47.67 Decrease29.79
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 Decrease38.62
Turnout 1,37,475 66.83 Increase22.11
AITC hold Swing Decrease29.79

Bye-election, 2011

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]

Bye-election, 2011: Bhabanipur
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

Election box Candidate with Party link|
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
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
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Candidate = Md Arman(Kabir) Votes. = 864


Majority 49,936 36.79
Turnout 1,35,741 63.78
AITC win

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ^ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.