Jadavpur Assembly constituency
Jadavpur | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Jadavpur Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°29′42″N 88°22′19″E / 22.49500°N 88.37194°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 150 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Electorate (year) | 273,803 (2016) |
Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jadavpur is a neighborhood in Kolkata.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 150 Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]
Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
The ex-Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of the CPI(M) won from this seat 5 times in 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 Assembly Elections, he contested again from this seat while being the Chief Minister of the state, but lost to Manish Gupta of the TMC, by a margin of more than sixteen thousand votes. Manish Gupta served as the Minister for Development and Planning, and later, as the Minister for Power in the newly formed TMC government. However, in 2016, Manish Gupta lost the elections despite his popular image, to Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by a margin of more than fourteen thousand votes. Dr. Sujan Chakraborty is the incumbent MLA.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Jadavpur | Bikesh Chandra Guha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2] |
| 1969 | Bikesh Chandra Guha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3] | |
| 1971 | Dinesh Chandra Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1972 | Dinesh Chandra Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
| 1977 | Dinesh Chandra Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1982 | Sankar Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1987 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1991 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1996 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 2001 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 2006 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 2011 | Manish Gupta | All India Trinamool Congress[13] | |
| 2016 | Sujan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] |
Election results
2016 election
In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal, Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.
[14]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty | 98,977 | 48.47 | +3.71 | |
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 84,035 | 41.15 | -12.16 | |
| BJP | Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray | 13,922 | 6.82 | +5.41 | |
| BSP | Subhas Chandra Naskar | 803 | 0.39 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Shyamal Guha Majumdar | 612 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Rahul Bose | 524 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Pintu Karmakar | 433 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | Sankar Prasad Das | 367 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Patranabish | 251 | 0.12 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the above | 4,093 | 2.00 | +2.00 | |
| Rejected Votes | 193 | ||||
| Majority | 14,942 | ||||
| Turnout | 204,210 | 74.58 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | 15.87 | |||
2011
In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattcharya of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 103,972 | 53.31 | +16.08# | |
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 87,288 | 44.76 | -16.49 | |
| BJP | Dhononjoy Mukherjee | 2,749 | |||
| BSP | Rabindra Nath Choudhury | 693 | |||
| Independent | Siddartha Bhattacharya | 678 | |||
| CPI(ML) | Malay Tewari | 420 | |||
| Independent | Prasenjit Roy | 389 | |||
| Independent | Prabuddha Bhattacharya | 355 | |||
| PDS | Samir Putatundu | 342 | |||
| Independent | Tapan Kumar Das | 158 | |||
| Independent | Asish Ghosh | 156 | |||
| Independent | Debdatta Ghosh | 149 | |||
| Rashtriya Janasachetan Party | Swapan Kumar Mandal | 143 | |||
| Turnout | 195,017 | 77.26 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 33.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Template:Dakshin 24 Parganas 2011 election summary
2006
In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 127,837 | 61.30 | ||
| AITC | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | 69,709 | 33.70 | ||
| INC | Prof. Omprakash Mishra | 7,986 | 2.03 | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Howalder | 3,189 | |||
| Majority | 58,128 | ||||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2001
In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 110,011 | 54.60 | +16.08# | |
| AITC | Madhabi Mukherjee | 80,730 | 40.06 | -16.49 | |
| BJP | Radhesyham Brahmachari | 5,166 | 2.56 | ||
| PDS | Samir Putatundu | 1,798 | 0.89 | ||
| NCP | Asim Datta | 1,438 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Maya Saha | 1,083 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 753 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Babua Dutta | 520 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
1996
In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 108,549 | 55.58 | +16.08# | |
| INC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 72,364 | 37.05 | -16.49 | |
| BJP | Rajat Roy | 11,531 | 5.90 | ||
| BSP | Sandhya Mandal | 1,130 | 0.58 | ||
| CPI(ML) | Dhiresh Goswami | 740 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 440 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Deboshmita Dey | 344 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Haradhan Sarkar | 221 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 80.77 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[12]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[11] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[10] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[9] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[8]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[7] Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[6][19]
1967-1972
Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) won in 1972[5] and 1971.[4] Bikesh Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[3] and 1967.[2] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.
References
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