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==Election results==
==Election results==
===2021===
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislature assembly elections, 2021]]: Barrackpore}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Barrackpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |candidate  = [[Raj Chakraborty]]
   |candidate  = [[Raj Chakraborty]]
   |votes      = 68,887
   |votes      = 68,887
   |percentage = 46.00
   |percentage = 46.47
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
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   |candidate  = Dr. Chandramani Shukla
   |candidate  = Dr. Chandramani Shukla
   |votes      = 59,665
   |votes      = 59,665
   |percentage = 40.00
   |percentage = 40.25
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
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   |candidate  = Debasish Bhowmick
   |candidate  = Debasish Bhowmick
   |votes      = 16,145
   |votes      = 16,145
   |percentage = 11.00
   |percentage = 10.89
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |votes      = 1,930
  |percentage = 1.30
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Tapash Sarkar
  |votes      = 970
  |percentage = 0.65
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 9,222
  |percentage = 6.29
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
  }}
  }}
{{Election box turnout
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 1,48,249
   |votes      = 1,48,492
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 68.95
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
  }}
  }}
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Barrackpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Silbhadra Dutta
  |votes      = 58,109
  |percentage = 40.23
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = Debasish Bhowmick
  |votes      = 50,790
  |percentage = 35.16
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Amitava Roy
  |votes      = 29,227
  |percentage = 20.23
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |votes      = 2,733
  |percentage = 1.83
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Tapas Sarkar
  |votes      = 1,384
  |percentage = 0.96
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 7,319
  |percentage = 5.07
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 1,44,450
  |percentage = 71.78
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing  =
|loser =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2011===
===2011===
In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).
In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=108|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Barrackpore| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Barrackpore constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=108|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Barrackpore| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal legislative assembly election]]: [[Barrackpur]] }}


{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
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   |candidate  = Tapas Sarkar
   |candidate  = Tapas Sarkar
   |votes      = 1,843
   |votes      = 1,843
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 1.39
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate
{{Election box candidate
   |party      = Independent
   |party      = [[Independent politician|IND]]
   |candidate  = Umasankar Biswakarma
   |candidate  = Umasankar Biswakarma
   |votes      = 1,434
   |votes      = 1,434
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 1.08
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box majority
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
   |votes      = 36,123
  |candidate  = Shiva Shankar Gupta
   |percentage = 27.27
   |votes      = 1,254
   |percentage =  
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout
{{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 132,478
   |votes      = 1,32,558
   |percentage = 78.56
   |percentage = 77.86
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
  }}
  }}

Latest revision as of 22:07, 9 November 2021

Barrackpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Location in West Bengal
Barrackpur is located in India
Barrackpur
Barrackpur
Barrackpur (India)
Coordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.76667°N 88.36667°E / 22.76667; 88.36667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.108
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituencyBarrackpore
Electorate (year)168,641 (2011)
Government
 • Incumbent MLARaj Chakraborty
 • Political Party AITC  

Barrackpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Barrackpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) comes into existence in 2011, Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from the same year.

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 108 Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barrackpore municipality and Titagarh municipality.[1]

Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Barrackpore Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress[2]
2011 Shilbhadra Dutta All India Trinamool Congress[3]
2016 Shilbhadra Dutta All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Raj Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress

Note:For MLCAs from the area in previous years see Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Election results[edit | edit source]

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barrackpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Raj Chakraborty 68,887 46.47
BJP Dr. Chandramani Shukla 59,665 40.25
CPI(M) Debasish Bhowmick 16,145 10.89
NOTA None of the above 1,930 1.30
BSP Tapash Sarkar 970 0.65
Majority 9,222 6.29
Turnout 1,48,492 68.95
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barrackpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Silbhadra Dutta 58,109 40.23
CPI(M) Debasish Bhowmick 50,790 35.16
BJP Amitava Roy 29,227 20.23
NOTA None of the above 2,733 1.83
BSP Tapas Sarkar 1,384 0.96
Majority 7,319 5.07
Turnout 1,44,450 71.78
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).[3][4]

2011 West Bengal legislative assembly election: Barrackpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Silbhadra Dutta 79,515 60.02
CPI(M) Dr. Madhusudan Samanta 43,392 32.75
BJP Shambhu Nath Gupta 5,040 3.80
BSP Tapas Sarkar 1,843 1.39
IND Umasankar Biswakarma 1,434 1.08
Majority 36,123 27.27
Turnout 1,32,558 77.86
AITC win (new seat)

1951[edit | edit source]

In independent India's first election in 1951, Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barrackpore seat. Thereafter, the seat was not there till 2011.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barrackpore. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.