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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Baharampur 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|24|06|N|88|15|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 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 72
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|10. Baharampur]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 205,633 (2011)

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}

'''Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' (archaic spelling Berhampore) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 72 Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Baharampur]] municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Berhampore (community development block)|Berhampore]] [[Community Development Block in India|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 | access-date = 13 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Baharampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 [[Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Berhampore||Bejoy Kumar Ghosh ||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Bejoy Kumar Ghosh||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>||
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Sanat Kumar Raha||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||S. Bhattacharya||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Sanat Kumar Raha||Communist Party of India<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Sankar Das Paul||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Sankar Das Paul||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Debabrata Bandopadhyay||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Debabrata Bandopadhyay||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Debabrata Bandopadhyay||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Sankar Das Paul||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||[[Maya Rani Paul]]||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Maya Rani Paul]]||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Manoj Chakraborty]]||Congress-Supported Independent<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| colspan=4 align=center|''Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Baharampur''
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Baharampur||Manoj Chakraborty||Indian National Congress<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Baharampur||Manoj Chakraborty||Indian National Congress
|-

|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Baharampur||[[Subrata Maitra (politician)|Subrata Maitra Kanchan]] ||Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url = https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS2572.htm?ac=72 |title = General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 14 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Election results==

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Baharampur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=72|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Baharampur| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Manoj Chakraborty]]
|votes = 127,762
|percentage = 69.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dr. Sujata Banerjee
|votes = 35,489
|percentage = 19.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mala Banerjee
|votes = 18,805
|percentage = 10.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = SUCI(C)
|candidate = Kousik Chatterjee
|votes = 1,727
|percentage = 0.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Sujit Kumar Das
|votes = 881
|percentage = 0.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 92,273
|percentage = 50.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,84,664
|percentage = 80.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = +3.34#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
===2011===
In the 2011 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarit Brahmachari of RSP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Baharampur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=72|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Baharampur| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Manoj Chakraborty]]
|votes = 91,578
|percentage = 54.90
|change = -4.52#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Tarit Brahmachari
|votes = 48,265
|percentage = 28.93
|change = -7.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Debasis Sarkar
|votes = 12,758
|percentage = 7.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Debjani Saha
|votes = 8,162
|percentage = 4.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Tayebdul Islam
|votes = 3,787
|percentage = 2.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Sujit Kumar Das
|votes = 1,331
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Mondal
|votes = 940
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 43,313
|percentage = 26.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 166,821
|percentage = 81.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = +3.34#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress MP of [[Baharampur]], [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]] Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Baharampur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=72|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work = Baharampur| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent/[[Indian National Congress|INC]] supported
|candidate = [[Manoj Chakraborty]]
|votes = 94,562
|percentage = 50.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Amal Karmakar
|votes = 68,836
|percentage = 36.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Maya Rani Paul
|votes = 16,596
|percentage = 8.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Apurba Banerjee
|votes = 2,834
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Mandal
|votes = 2,737
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Md. Hayatur Rahaman
|votes = 1,516
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 187,081
|percentage = 81.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = +3.34#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Manoj Chakraborty (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> [[Manoj Chakraborty]], Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury|Adhir Choudhury]] as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp|title = Adhir beats Cong at home | publisher = The Telegraph 12 May 2006|access-date = 13 May 2011| location=Calcutta, India| date= 12 May 2006}}</ref> He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp |title = Didi turns up heat on dissidents | publisher = The Telegraph 17 April 2011|access-date = 25 May 2011| location=Calcutta, India | first=Alamgir | last=Hussain | date=17 April 2011}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp63.htm | title = 63 - Berhampore Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Sanat Kumar Raha of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{Murshidabad topics}}
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:Berhampore]]

Berhampore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

VictoriaCoward4: added structure for consistency and improved wording per standard format

>Frietjes: per TfD outcome