Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Assembly constituency

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Bishnupur
Constituency No. 146 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDiamond Harbour
Established1951
Total electors278,572
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Bishnupur is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview[edit]

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Member Party Affiliation
Bishnupur
1952 Basanta Kumar Mal Indian National Congress[2]
Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India[2]
1957 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India[3]
Rabindranath Roy Communist Party of India[3]
Bishnupur Paschim
1962 Jugal Chandra Santra Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Kashi Nath Adak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Kashi Nath Adak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Sankar Saran Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Subrata Bakshi All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Rathin Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Bishnupur Purba
1962 Santilata Mondal Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Sundar Kumar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Sundar Kumar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Ram Krishna Bar Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Ram Krishna Bar Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Ananda Kumar Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Dilip Mondal All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Bishnupur
2011 Dilip Mondal All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Dilip Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Dilip Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results[edit]

2016[edit]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dilip Mondal 107,129 52.36 -0.99
CPI(M) Aloke Sardar 76,499 37.39 -2.02
BJP Shyamaprasad Halder 14,264 6.97 +3.77
NOTA None of the above 2,402 1.17
BSP Dipankar Gayen 1,594 0.78
Independent Samar Kr. Biswas 1,502 0.73
PDS Uttam Kumar Halder 1,203 0.59
Turnout 204,593 82.24 -3.15
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011[edit]

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Bishnupur[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dilip Mondal 95,912 53.35
CPI(M) Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar 70,862 39.41
BJP Sekhar Naskar 5,745 3.20
Independent Prabhat Kiran Mondal 3,636
PDS Gopinath Naskar 1,735
Turnout 179,791 85.39
AITC win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006[edit]

From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 2006,[15] Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating his nearest rival Dilip Mondal of AITC and Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating his nearest rival Madan Mitra of AITC. Dilip Mondal of AITC won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) and Subrata Bakshi of AITC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar of INC and Sankar Saran Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of INC in 1996.[13] In 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ram Krishna Bar and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, respectively, and Kashi Nath Adak of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar and Shaik Moquebul Haque, both of INC, respectively. In 1982[10] and 1977,[9] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar and Ram Krishna Bar, both of INC, respectively, and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Niranjan Ghosh and Moaue Haque Shaik, both of INC, respectively.[18][19]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972[edit]

From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 1972[8] and 1971,[7] Ram Krishna Bar of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1969[6] and 1967,[5] Sundar Kumar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1962,[4] Santilata Mondal of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Jugal Chandra Santra of INC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1957 and 1952, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,[3] Provash Chandra Roy and Rabindranath Roy, both of CPI, won. In 1952,[2] Basanta Kumar Mal of INC and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI, won.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bishnupur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  18. ^ "110 - Bishnupur Purba (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  19. ^ "111 - Bishnupur Paschim Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.