Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
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Vidhan Sabha Constituency | |
Bishnupur Location in West Bengal Bishnupur Location in India | |
Coordinates: 22.3812°N 88.2680°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 146 |
Type | Reserved for SC |
Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
Electorate (year) | 210,543 (2011) |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]
- Bishnupur I community development block
- Ashuti I, Ashuti II, Chatta and Rasapunja gram panchayats of Thakurpukur Maheshtala community development block
Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Dilip Mondal | 95,912 | 53.35 | ||
CPI (M) | Sudhin Sinha | 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) |
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 26 | 19 |
Indian National Congress | 0 | 2 |
SUCI(C) | 1 | 1 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 15 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 2 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)
Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |||||||
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Trinamool Congress | 226 | 184 | 154 | 38.93% | ||||||||
Indian National Congress | 66[18] | 42 | 21 | 9.09% | ||||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 40 | 136 | 30.08% | ||||||||
All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 11 | 12 | 4.80% | ||||||||
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 23 | 7 | 13 | 2.96% | ||||||||
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.72% | ||||||||
Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1.84 | ||||||||
Samajwadi Party | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.74% | ||||||||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (C) | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0.44% | ||||||||
Democratic Socialist Party | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.35% | ||||||||
Independents | 2 | 4 | 3.13% | |||||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 289 | 0 | 4.06% | |||||||||
Trinamool and allies | 227 | 192 | ||||||||||
Left Front | 62 | 168 | ||||||||||
Total | 294 | |||||||||||
Turnout: | ||||||||||||
Source: Election Commission of India |
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had two seats. In 2006,[15] Ananda Kumar Biswas 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.[19][20]
Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972
From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha 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
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