Bagdah Assembly constituency

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This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Bagdah, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Bagdah (community development block). For 3 location of its namesake police station, see Helencha.
Bagdah
Assembly constituency
Bagdah is located in West Bengal
Bagdah
Bagdah
Location in West Bengal
Bagdah is located in India
Bagdah
Bagdah
Bagdah (India)
Coordinates: 23°13′0″N 88°53′0″E / 23.21667°N 88.88333°E / 23.21667; 88.88333Coordinates: 23°13′0″N 88°53′0″E / 23.21667°N 88.88333°E / 23.21667; 88.88333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No94
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year)203,625 (2011)[1]
258,139 (2016)[2]
277,464 (2021)[3][4]
Government
 • MLABiswajit Das (BJP)

Bagdah Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 94 Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bagdah community development block, and Gangrapota, Sundarpur and Tengra gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.[5]

Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[5] It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Bagdah Constituency
Election Year Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation Party Sign Ref.
1962 Manindra Bhusan Biswas Indian National Congress INC Flag Official.jpg [7]
1967 Apurba Lal Majumdar All India Forward Bloc [8]
1969 [9]
1971 [10]
1972 [11]
1977 Kamalakshmi Biswas [12]
1982 [13]
1987 Apurba Lal Majumdar Indian National Congress INC Flag Official.jpg [14]
1991 Kamalakshmi Biswas All India Forward Bloc [15]
1996 [16]
2001 [17]
2006 Dulal Bar All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress flag.svg [18]
2011 Upendranath Biswas [19]
2016 Dulal Bar Indian National Congress INC Flag Official.jpg
2021 Biswajit Das Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg [20]

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

In the 2021 election, Biswajit Das of BJP defeated his nearest rival Paritosh Kumar Saha of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bagdah (SC) constituency[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Biswajit Das 108,111 49.41 +45.03
AITC Paritosh Kumar Saha 98,319 44.94 +1.26
INC Prabir Kirtonia (Bapi) 8,250 3.77 -45.87
BSP Santosh Biswas 2,240 1.02 +0.27
Independent Pradip Kumar Biswas 851 0.39
NOTA None of the above 1,020 0.47
Turnout 218,791 79.06 +0.57
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 election, Dulal Bar of INC (Congress) defeated his nearest rival Upendra Nath Biswas of AITMC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bagdah (SC) constituency[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dulal Bar 102,026 49.64
AITC Upendranath Biswas 89,790 43.68
BSP Bikash Biswas 1,532 0.75
BJP Biva Majumder 8,987 4.38
NOTA None of the above 1,324 0.64
Independent Harish Chandra Mondal 792 0.39
Guru Chand Mukti Morcha Hirak Golder 581 0.28
RPI(A) Gautam Malo 498 0.24
Turnout 205,546 79.63
INC gain from AITC Swing

2011[edit]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections[18] Dulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress won the Bagdah (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Kamalakshmi Biswas of 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,[17] Kalidas Adhikari of Congress in 1996,[16] Ram Chandra Bose of Congress in 1991.[15] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress defeated Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1987.[14] Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress in 1982[13] and Independent in 1977.[12][22]

1962-1972[edit]

Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1972,[11] 1971,[10] 1969[9] and 1967.[8] Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1962.[7] Prior to that the Bagdah seat was not there.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bagdah Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Biswajit Das of BJP Leading". www.news18.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "WB Legislative Election 2021 / Results / Bagdah".
  21. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  22. ↑ "84 - Bagdah (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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