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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Shibpur
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Shibpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Shibpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Rudranil Ghosh]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by = [[Rana Chatterjee]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
| constituency_no = 172
| established = 1967
| electors = 197,161
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Shibpur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Howrah district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 172 Shibpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 8, 9, 21 to 23, 43 and 47 to 50 of [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]].<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 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Shibpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Mrityunjoy Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Hari Sadhan Mitra
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Mrigendra Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Kanailal Bhattacharyya
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Satyendra Nath Ghose
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Jatu Lahiri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Jagannath Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Jatu Lahiri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Rudranil Ghosh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Shibpur <ref name=sabha2026>{{cite web| url =https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/ConstituencywiseS25172.htm|title = General Elections, India, 2026, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 5 May 2026}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Rudranil Ghosh]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=89,615|percentage=49.42|change=+16.62}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Rana Chatterjee]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=73,557|percentage=40.57|change=-10.12}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jagannath Bhattacharya|party=All India Forward Bloc|votes=12,542|percentage=6.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shrabanti Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,993|percentage=1.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,300|percentage=0.72|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=16,058|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=181,323|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janta Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 13.37%
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Shibpur<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=172| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163339/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=172| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Shibpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
|votes = 92,372
|percentage = 50.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rathin Chakrabarty
|votes = 59,769
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Jagannath Bhattacharyya
|votes = 24,970
|percentage = 13.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,82,219
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Shibpur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=172| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163339/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=172| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Shibpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Jatu Lahiri
|votes = 100,739
|percentage = 61.83
|change = +10.93#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Jagannath Bhattacharya
|votes = 54,335
|percentage = 33.35
|change = -13.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prabir Ray
|votes = 3,967
|percentage = 2.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Asgar Ali
|votes = 1,850
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Bidyut Rakshit
|votes = 1,119
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Anup Chowdhury
|votes = 913
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 162,923
|percentage = 82.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = 23.97%
}}
{{Election box 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>{{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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the 165 Shibpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jatu Lahiri of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jatu Lahiri of Trinamool Congress defeated Nepal Kanti Bhattacharjee of Forward Bloc in 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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Jatu Lahiri of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Prabir Kumar Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref> and Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc in 1991.<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, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc defeated Mrigen Mukherjee of Congress in 1987.<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Kanailal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc defeated Utpal Bhowmick of Congress in 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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> and Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress in 1977.<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp165.htm |title =165 – Shibpur Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 November 2010 }}</ref>

===1967–1972===
Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress won in 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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> Harisadhan Mitra of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] won in 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, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref> [[Mrityunjoy Banerjee (economist)|Mrityunjoy Banerjee]] of Congress won in 1967.<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Howrah topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Howrah district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in West Bengal]]

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