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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}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Bagdah 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|23|13|0|N|88|53|0|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 94
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|14. Bangaon (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 203,625 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 258,139 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 277,464 (2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bagdah Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Biswajit Das of BJP Leading |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bagdah-election-result-2021-live-updates-bagdah-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3694991.html |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=www.news18.com |date=2 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

|area_code =
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|leader_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|leader_title = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
|leader_name = [[Biswajit Das]]
}}

'''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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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]

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