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'''Sarvagnanagara,''' commonly known as '''Cox Town''' is a suburb located North in the [[Bangalore Cantonment]],<ref name=Ronnie-Cox>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ronnie|title=Bangalore around the late 1920s ...|url=http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|website=Children of Bangalore|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105113823/http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> named after the last Collector and District Magistrate of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, Alexander Ranken Cox (A R Cox), Indian Civil Services.<ref name=Sage /><ref name=Harshitha-Cox /> It is one of the suburbs which came out of the plan to de-congest thickly populated areas of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] after the bubonic plague. Agricultural fields were converted for this purpose, and town was planned according to modern hygienic standards, with drainage and conservancy conveniences.<ref name=Sage>{{cite book|last1=Pani|first1=Narendar|last2=Radhakrishna|first2=Sindhu|last3=Bhat|first3=Kishor G|title=Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru: Imaginations and Their Times|date=1 August 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132105435|page=180|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dOGAwAAQBAJ&q=a+r+cox+collector+bangalore&pg=PA182|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> Cox Town is bound by the Bangalore-Madras Railway line on the North and East, Wheeler Road in the East and the Ulsoor Polo Ground in the South.<ref name=Sage /> It consists of posh localities like Heerachand Layout and other localities like Sindhi Colony, Jeevanahalli, Doddigunta, and roads such as [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Assaye+Rd,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India/@12.9918549,77.6191694,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae16f2c84e92db:0x383a18da5b1fbe5b Assaye Road], [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Charles+Campbell+Rd,+Cox+Town,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India/@12.9950522,77.6250469,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae16ea55a9b50f:0x59d3af29950ed211 Charles Campbell Road], [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Wheeler+Rd,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India/@12.996014,77.617238,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae16f2597ff1d5:0x185e160385fc97e Wheeler Road], etc. and is adjoining the suburbs of [[Fraser Town, Bangalore|Fraser Town]], [[Clevland Town, Bangalore|Clevland Town]] and [[Cooke Town]], with easy access to the [[Bangalore East Railway Station]], [[Ulsoor]], Lingarajpuram, [[Shivajinagar, Bangalore|Shivaji Nagar]]. Cox Town is a well planned, posh and preferred suburb in the [[Bangalore Cantonment]], created during the [[British Raj]].<ref name=Aarthi>{{cite news|last1=R|first1=Aarthi|title=Cox Town - a posh ward once, now a problem area|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Cox-Town-a-posh-ward-once-now-a-problem-area/articleshow/6508974.cms|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=7 September 2022}}</ref> The residents of Cox Town follow a liberal 'live a let live'attitude, with suburb still retaining much of its green cover, without excessive commercialisation.<ref name=Singla>{{cite news|last1=Singla|first1=Tania|title=Cox Town's managed to retain its community fabric: Biju Cherayath|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/cox-towns-managed-to-retain-its-community-fabric-biju-cherayath/article4885887.ece|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=6 July 2022}}</ref> In 1988, the BBMP renamed Cox Town as Sarvagnanagar, after a 16th-century saint poet.<ref name=Prashanth>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=It's all in the new name|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Its-all-in-the-new-name/articleshow/7976406.cms|access-date=23 December 2014|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=14 April 2022}}</ref> However, the name has not caught on and continues to be popularly known as Cox Town.<ref name=Sakuntala>{{cite web|last1=Narasimhan|first1=Sakuntala|title=Road names change, roads don't|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/print/3473-bbmps-road-neighbourhood-renaming-exercises|website=Citizen Matters|access-date=23 December 2014|ref=14 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=CoxNames>{{cite news|title=What's in a name? Perhaps, the past|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/whats-in-a-name-perhaps-the-past/article3920154.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=21 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore|url=http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com.au/2005/09/road-by-any-other-name-will-not-sound.html|website=Bangalore Buzz|access-date=5 January 2015|date=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Suja />

== Alexander Ranken Cox ==
Alexander Ranken Cox, ICS, was a civil servant of the British [[Madras Presidency]],<ref name=Ayar-Cox>{{cite book|last1=Ayyar|first1=K N Krishnaswami|editor1-last=Cox|editor1-first=Alexander Ranken|title=Statistical Appendix And Supplement To The Revised District Manual (1898) For Coimbatore District . Volume 2|date=1933|publisher=Government Press|location=Madras, British India|url=http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4169169962&searchurl=an%3Ds+r+s+ayyar|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> who served as the Collector of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station<ref name=Sage /> between 1912 and November 1917.<ref name=Harshitha-Cox>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The forgotten leaders of Bangalore|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/the-forgotten-leaders-of-bangalore.html|website=Suttha Muttha|access-date=8 January 2015|date=6 August 2022}}</ref> Cox, was educated at [[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]] and [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], passing the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|ICS]] in 1901 and arrived in India on 31 December 1902.<ref name=Name-Cox>{{cite book|last1=Office of The Secretary of State for India in Council|title=The India List and India Office List for 1905|date=1905|publisher=Harrison and Sons|location=Pall Mall, London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&q=cox&pg=PA81|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> During his tenure at the C&M Station Bangalore, he was successful in continuing the reforms started by the previous collector the C&M Station F J Richards, ICS (after whom Richards Town is named). The C&M Station municipality decided to name the new extension of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] after A R Cox.<ref name=Srinivas-Cox>{{cite web|last1=Srinivas|first1=S|title=Bangalore Cantonment-Its Origin, Growth and Retrocession with Bangalore Town|url=http://karnatakahistory.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/bangalore-cantonment-its-origin-growth.html|access-date=8 January 2015|date=5 May 2022}}</ref> A R Cox also served as the District Collector of the [[Tirunelveli District]] between 21 October 1918 to 7 November 1920,<ref name=Tirunelveli-Cox>{{cite web|title=Tirunelveli District: Roll of Honour|url=http://tirunelveli.nic.in/rollhonour1.html|website=Tirunelveli District|publisher=District Administration, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> the District Collector of the [[Nilgiris District|Niligris]] between 27 October 1928 to 9 March 1931,<ref name=Nilgiris-Cox>{{cite web|title=District Administration: Collectors of the Nilgiris District|url=http://nilgiris.nic.in/dist_admn.html|website=District of the Nilgiris|publisher=District Administration The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India|access-date=8 January 2015|date=25 February 2022}}</ref> Collector of [[Madras]] around 1931,<ref name=Rajaji-Cox>{{cite book|last1=Gandhi|first1=Rajmohan|title=Rajaji: A Life|date=1997|publisher=Penguin Books India|location=New Delhi|isbn=9780140269673|page=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjPHeRd7_UYC&q=a+r+cox+collector&pg=PA131|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> and Member of the Board of Revenue, Madras Presidency in 1931.<ref name=Stoddart-Cox>{{cite book|last1=Stoddart|first1=Brian|title=A People's Collector in the British Raj: Arthur Galletti|date=2011|publisher=Readworthy Publication (P) Ltd.|location=New Delhi|isbn=9789350180419|pages=217–218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iG77KRNojqwC&q=a+r+cox+ics+collector&pg=PA298|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

== Military Heritage ==
[[File:ITC-COX-TOWN-BLR-1.png|thumb|ITC Infotech Campus at Cox Town, Bangalore]]
[[File:ITC-COX-TOWN-BLR-2.jpg|thumb|Inside the ITC Infotech Campus]]
Many roads in Cox Town are named after battles in which the [[Madras Engineer Group|Madras Sappers]] took part in. [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Assaye+Rd,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India/@12.9918549,77.6191694,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae16f2c84e92db:0x383a18da5b1fbe5b Assaye Road] is named after the [[Battle of Assaye]], [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Meanee+Ave+Rd,+Sivanchetti+Gardens,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India/@12.9884925,77.6172198,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae1691f71f0909:0xa32a83ff137658d1 Meanee Avenue] is named after the [[Battle of Miani|Battle of Meeanee]] and the Malakand Lines Training Grounds is named after the [[Siege of Malakand]] - All battles in which the Madras Sappers took an active part.<ref name=CoxNames /><ref name=bglr_usha>{{cite web|last1=bglr_usha|title=Road names – Trivia|url=http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2006/04/12/road-names-trivia/|website=Blogs, Entertainment, Living|publisher=Bangalore MetBlogs|access-date=9 January 2015|date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

==Cox Town Market==
The old British era Cox Town Market was demolished by the BBMP in 1999 after evicting the traders, replacing it with an office block. The promised new Cox Town Market has not come through, and the traders are forced to ply their trade on the footpath and streets, endangering pedestrians and worsening traffic jams.<ref name=Aarthi /><ref name=TOI-Market>{{cite news|title=14 years on, Cox Town market still on footpath|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/14-years-on-Cox-Town-market-still-on-footpath/articleshow/21518731.cms|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=Rodricks>{{cite news|last1=Rodricks|first1=Allan Moses|title=I am… M. Jayachandran: Fruit vendor, Cox Town|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/i-am-m-jayachandran-fruit-vendor-cox-town/article5908207.ece|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=14 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=Nivedita>{{cite news|last1=Niranjankumar|first1=Nivedita|title=Evicted from Cox Town market, vendors have nowhere to go|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/323970/evicted-cox-town-market-vendors.html|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Decccan Herald|date=5 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=Market>{{cite news|title=Citizens market plan, Cox Town buys it|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july192004/c1.asp|access-date=6 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=19 July 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106053548/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july192004/c1.asp|archive-date=6 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==People and Culture==
Like in other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]], Cox Town has a large [[Tamil People|Tamil]] population. They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|fall of Tippu Sultan]]. Cox Town along with other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] was directly under the administration of the British [[Madras Presidency]] till 1949, when it was handed over to the [[Mysore State]].<ref name=Srivatsa>{{cite news|last1=Srivatsa|first1=Sharath S|title=Bangalore calling: it all goes way back…|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1939954.ece|access-date=3 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Arul>{{cite web|last1=Steve|first1=Arul|title=Specialization On Social And Cultural Indifference Among Kgf Tamil Migrants|url=https://arulsteve736.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/specialization-on-social-and-cultural-indifference-among-kgf-tamil-migrants/|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=17 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh3>{{cite web|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Greet.Meat.Eat.|url=https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/greet-meat-eat/|website=A Turquoise Cloud|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Dasharathi>{{cite web|last1=Dasharathi|first1=Poornima|title=Cantonment: colonial past, multicultural present|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/295-bangalore-cantonment|publisher=Citizen Matters|access-date=23 December 2014|date=23 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aam>{{cite web|last1=Aam AdMo|title=Right to be a Minority institution (and make majority profits)|url=https://aamadmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/right-to-be-a-minority-institution-and-make-majority-profits/|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=7 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Harshitha2>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The Mootocherry of Bangalore|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/the-mootocherry-of-bangalore.html|website=Suttha Muttha|publisher=Blogspot.com.au|access-date=4 January 2015|date=1 June 2022}}</ref> The large Tamil population co-exist peacefully with Anglo-Indians and other communities, making Cox Town a melting pot of cultures.<ref name=Suja>{{cite news|last1=Natarajan|first1=Suja|title=Roads with British gentlemen names|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/480249/roads-british-gentlemen-names.html|access-date=10 July 2015|agency=Deccan Herald|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=29 May 2022}}</ref>

== Sindhi Colony ==
Sindhi Colony is a quite residential area of Cox Town, located between Assaye Road and Wheeler Road, with majority [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]] residents. The Sindhis trace their ancestry from the Sindhi Hindu Refugees who fled the newly formed [[Pakistan]] after the [[Partition of India|Partition of British India]], in the face of Hindu-Muslim riots in [[Sindh]]. The Colony has 60 houses, a Sindhi Temple, Community Hall and Sindhi Society. Most of the original inhabitants crossed into India through Rajasthan, going towards Bombay and finally settling down in Bangalore Sindhi Colony. The [[Mysore State]] Government allocated the land for the Sindhi migrants, offering land at subsidised prices. The Sindhi Cooperative Housing Society was established to help community members buy land and build houses. Most of the Sindhis are into business and run well known businesses such as Kids Kemp, Bhagatram Sweets and Favourite Shop.<ref name=Rizvi5>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Discovering the heart of Sindh in Cox Town|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/discovering-the-heart-of-sindh-in-cox-town/article4887070.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Sindhi>{{cite news|last1=Nathan|first1=Archana|title=Inside every home is a small piece of history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/inside-every-home-is-a-small-piece-of-history/article3650412.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

==British Period Cox Town==
Cox Town, like the rest of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] had a distinct British influence on its culture. It was common sight to see families taking out pedigree dogs out for walks in the mornings. Western attire was also common. English vegetables, meat, pastry, Indian crispies were readily available, with coffee and dosa costing only one quarter [[Indian Anna|anna]]. Butlers were dressed in their best, and orthodox people wore a coat and tie along with their Indian attire.<ref name=Balraj />

One of the residents of British Cox Town was Lydia Muthulakshmi, a young Tamil / Telugu widow of the [[Naidu]] caste, who broke shackles of caste regulations by remarrying (in those days, widows were not allowed to remarry, they were forced to stay indoors in [[Zenana]]s and not allowed to go outside their homes). At that time caste Hindus fought legal battles by giving police complaints, representations to the government and legal battles in Bangalore, [[Madras]] and [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]], in order to stop Muthulaksmi. She stood firmly against all these efforts and married Rev. Paramanandam of the [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Wesley+Tamil+Church/@12.990894,77.606978,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae165ff06b0893:0xb8942cd31ae2b443 Wesley Tamil Church]. The incident played during 1888–98, also led to caste Hindus withdrawing their children from Christian schools for a brief period. Rev. Picken consulted the Wesleyan Mission Chairman Rev. Josiah Hudson (after whom the [[Hudson Memorial Church, Bangalore|Hudson Memorial Church]] is named after), and tried to delay baptism as long as possible, keeping in view the repercussions on the working of the Mission in Bangalore. The story of Muthulakshmi is told in the book 'From an Indian Zenana: The Story of Lydia Muthulakshmi' by Rev WH Jackson Picken. The book also has an old photograph of the [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Wesley+Tamil+Church/@12.990894,77.606978,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae165ff06b0893:0xb8942cd31ae2b443 Wesley Tamil Church] Haines Road and [https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Narayan+Pillai+St,+Shivaji+Nagar,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka+560001,+India/@12.9867587,77.6093472,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3bae168a5c63e315:0xda74e70be47696ff Narayan Pillai Street], dated 1892.<ref name=Balraj>{{cite book|last1=Balraj|first1=James E|title=A Salesman's Journey to Mission|date=2003|publisher=Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (ISPCK)|location=Delhi|page=10,11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z37bmimmDMEC&q=indian+zenana+muthulakshmi&pg=PA10|isbn=81-7214-781-3|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Picken>{{cite book|last1=Picken|first1=W H Jackson|title=From an Indian Zenana: The Story of Lydia Muttulakshmi|date=1892|publisher=Charles H. Kelly|location=London}}</ref><ref name="WesleyanHistory1921">{{cite book|last1=Findlay|first1=George Gillanders|title=The history of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society|date=1921|publisher=Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwesleya04finduoft/page/57 57]–58|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwesleya04finduoft|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake village|Bagdah, North 24 Parganas|2 its namesake community development block|Bagdah (community development block)|3 location of its namesake police station|Helencha}}
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'''Bagdah Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 94 Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Bagdah CD Block|Bagdah]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Gangrapota, Sundarpur and Tengra gram panchayats of [[Bangaon (Community development block)|Bangaon]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 15 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Bagdah Constituency
|-
! Election Year !! Name of M.L.A. !! Party Affiliation !! Party Sign !! Ref.
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]] || Manindra Bhusan Biswas || [[Indian National Congress]] || [[File:INC_Flag_Official.jpg|50px]] || <ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]] || rowspan=4| Apurba Lal Majumdar || rowspan=6| [[All India Forward Bloc]] || rowspan=6| || <ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1969 || <ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1971|| <ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1972 || <ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977 || rowspan=2| Kamalakshmi Biswas || <ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1982 || <ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1987 || Apurba Lal Majumdar || [[Indian National Congress]] || [[File:INC_Flag_Official.jpg|50px]] || <ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1991 || rowspan=3| Kamalakshmi Biswas || rowspan=3| [[All India Forward Bloc]] || rowspan=3| || <ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1996 || <ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]] || <ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]] || [[Dulal Bar]] || rowspan=2| [[All India Trinamool Congress]] || rowspan=2| [[File:All_India_Trinamool_Congress_flag.svg|50px]] || <ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] || [[U. N. Biswas|Upendranath Biswas]] || <ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] || [[Dulal Bar]] ||[[Indian National Congress]] ||[[File:INC_Flag_Official.jpg|50px]] ||
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]] || [[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[File:BJP_flag.svg|50px]] || <ref name="WB Election 2021">{{cite web| url =https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS2594.htm?ac=94| title=WB Legislative Election 2021 / Results / Bagdah }}</ref>
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
In the 2021 election, [[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]] of BJP defeated his nearest rival Paritosh Kumar Saha of AITC.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Bagdah (SC) constituency<ref name="WB Election 2021"/>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Biswajit Das (politician)|Biswajit Das]]
|votes = 108,111
|percentage = 49.41
|change = +45.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Paritosh Kumar Saha
|votes = 98,319
|percentage = 44.94
|change = +1.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Prabir Kirtonia (Bapi)
|votes = 8,250
|percentage = 3.77
|change = -45.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Santosh Biswas
|votes = 2,240
|percentage = 1.02
|change = +0.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pradip Kumar Biswas
|votes = 851
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,020
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 218,791
|percentage = 79.06
|change = +0.57
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Dulal Bar of INC (Congress) defeated his nearest rival Upendra Nath Biswas of AITMC.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Bagdah (SC) constituency<ref>{{cite web| url =https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/10-Detailed%20Reportwest.pdf|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2016 |publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dulal Bar
|votes = 102,026
|percentage = 49.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[U. N. Biswas|Upendranath Biswas]]
|votes = 89,790
|percentage = 43.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bikash Biswas
|votes = 1,532
|percentage = 0.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Biva Majumder
|votes = 8,987
|percentage = 4.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,324
|percentage = 0.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Harish Chandra Mondal
|votes = 792
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Guru Chand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Hirak Golder
|votes = 581
|percentage = 0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party of India (Athawale)
|candidate = Gautam Malo
|votes = 498
|percentage = 0.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 205,546
|percentage = 79.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Bagdah (SC) constituency <ref name=vidhansabha2011/>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[U. N. Biswas|Upendranath Biswas]]
|votes = 91,821
|percentage = 52.91
|change = +1.57#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Mrinalkanti Sikdar
|votes = 70,865
|percentage = 40.84
|change = -9.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Chandan Mallick
|votes = 4,414
|percentage = 2.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arabinda Biswas
|votes = 4,306
|percentage = 2.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Pranita Mandal
|votes = 1,212
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party
|candidate = Dhirendra Nath Mandal
|votes = 913
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 173,531
|percentage = 85.57
|change = 11.40#
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{col-end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Dulal Chandra Bar of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Bagdah (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Kamalakshmi Biswas of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Dulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Kalidas Adhikari of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Ram Chandra Bose of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress defeated Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Independent in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp84.htm |title =84 - Bagdah (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1962-1972===
Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Prior to that the Bagdah seat was not there.

==References==
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