Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bidhannagar

বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bidhannagar
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.116
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyBarasat
Electorate (year)198,318 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]

Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011BidhannagarSujit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016BidhannagarSujit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2016

The election is scheduled on 25 April 2016 and results will be declared on 19 May 2016.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bidhannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 66,130 42.85 -16.68
INC Arunava Ghosh 59,142 38.32 N/A
BJP Susanta Ranjan Pal 21,735 14.08 +10.13
BSP Ranjan Majumder 1,163 0.75
SHS Ananda Chanda 897 0.58
Independent Manmohan Garodia 771 0.49
SUCI(C) Tarun Kumar Das 533 0.34
Independent Palash Biswas 379 0.24 -0.88
Independent Kunal Majumder 298 0.19
NOTA None of the above 3,255 0.02
Majority 6,988 4.52
Turnout 154,303
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bidhannagar[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 88,642 59.53
CPI (M) Palash Das 52,717 35.40
BJP Ashoke Sarkar 5,877 3.95
Independent Palash Biswas 1,668 1.12
Majority 35,925 24.13
Turnout 148,904 75.08
AITC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 23
Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 16
Forward Bloc 0 3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1
Communist Party of India 1 1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

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, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bidhannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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