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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district}}
{{For|the constituency in Bankura|Bishnupur, Bankura Assembly constituency{{!}}Bishnupur, Bankura}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| name = Bishnupur
| parl_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas.map}}
| image_size = 300
| caption = Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Assembly Constituency
| alt =
| mla = [[Dilip Mondal]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| constituency = [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]]
| constituency_no = 146
| established = 1952
| electors = 278,572
| reservation = [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
| abolished =
}}

'''Bishnupur Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<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= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Bishnupur I]] community development block
* Ashuti I, Ashuti II, Chatta and Rasapunja gram panchayats of [[Thakurpukur Maheshtala]] community development block

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]||Bishnupur||[[Basanta Kumar Mal]]||[[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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||[[Rabindranath Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Jugal Chandra Santra]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Santilata Mondal]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962/>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Kumar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Kumar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969/>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Ram Krishna Bar]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971/>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Ram Krishna Bar]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1972/>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977/>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Provash Chandra Roy]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982/>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Kashi Nath Adak]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987/>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Kashi Nath Adak]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Sundar Naskar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991/>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Sankar Saran Sarkar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Ananda Kumar Biswas]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1996/>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Subrata Bakshi]]||[[All India Trinamool 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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Dilip Mondal]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001/>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Bishnupur Paschim||[[Rathin Sarkar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Bishnupur Purba||[[Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Bishnupur||[[Dilip Mondal]]||[[All India Trinamool 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 = 1 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Dilip Mondal]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Dilip Mondal]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election Results==

===Legislative Assembly Election 2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: Bishnupur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dilip Mondal]]
|votes = 107,129
|percentage = 52.36
|change = -0.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Aloke Sardar
|votes = 76,499
|percentage = 37.39
|change = -2.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shyamaprasad Halder
|votes = 14,264
|percentage = 6.97
|change = +3.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,402
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dipankar Gayen
|votes = 1,594
|percentage = 0.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Samar Kr. Biswas
|votes = 1,502
|percentage = 0.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Uttam Kumar Halder
|votes = 1,203
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 204,593
|percentage = 82.24
|change = -3.15
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Bishnupur<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=146|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Bishnupur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dilip Mondal]]
|votes = 95,912
|percentage = 53.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar
|votes = 70,862
|percentage = 39.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sekhar Naskar
|votes = 5,745
|percentage = 3.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Prabhat Kiran Mondal
|votes = 3,636
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Gopinath Naskar
|votes = 1,735
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 179,791
|percentage = 85.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating his nearest rival [[Dilip Mondal]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] and Rathin Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating his nearest rival Madan Mitra of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. [[Dilip Mondal]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ananda Kumar Biswas of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] and Subrata Bakshi of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Rathin Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Ananda Kumar Biswas of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and Sankar Saran Naskar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> In 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Sundar Naskar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ram Krishna Bar and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], respectively, and Kashi Nath Adak of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar and Shaik Moquebul Haque, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], respectively. In 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and 1977,<ref name=vidhansabha1977/> Sundar Naskar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar and Ram Krishna Bar, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], respectively, and Provash Chandra Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Niranjan Ghosh and Moaue Haque Shaik, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp110.htm |title = 110 - Bishnupur Purba (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp111.htm |title = 111 - Bishnupur Paschim Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Ram Krishna Bar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967,<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Sundar Kumar Naskar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1962,<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Santilata Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Jugal Chandra Santra of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1957 and 1952, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Provash Chandra Roy and Rabindranath Roy, both of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], won. In 1952,<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> Basanta Kumar Mal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and Provash Chandra Roy of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], won.

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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