Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Baharampur | |
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| Constituency No. 72 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Baharampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 260,667 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Most Successful parties from Murshidabad assembly
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers Baharampur municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]
Baharampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berhampore | |||
| 1951 | Bijoy Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | S. Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Sankar Das Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Sankar Das Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Maya Rani Paul | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Manoj Chakraborty | Independent | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Baharampur | |||
| 2011 | Manoj Chakraborty | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Subrata Maitra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Maitra | 91,088 | 40.61 |  4.59
| |
| INC | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 73,540 | 32.79 |  12.46
| |
| AITC | Naru Gopal Mukherjee | 49,586 | 22.11 | 9.51
| |
| Janata Unnayan Party | Sukbor Molla | 4,207 | 1.88 | Template:New | |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,359 | 0.61 | 0.67
| |
| Majority | 17,548 | 7.82 | 5.77
| ||
| Turnout | 224,268 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Maitra | 89,340 | 45.21 | 35.01
| |
| AITC | Naru Gopal Mukherjee | 62,488 | 31.62 | 12.42
| |
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 40,167 | 20.33 | 48.87
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 2,525 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 26,852 | 13.59 | 36.41
| ||
| Turnout | 1,97,607 | 75.81 | 4.39
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,60,667 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
In the 2016 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 127,762 | 69.20% | ||
| AITC | Dr. Sujata Banerjee | 35,489 | 19.20% | ||
| BJP | Mala Banerjee | 18,805 | 10.20% | ||
| SUCI(C) | Kousik Chatterjee | 1,727 | 0.90% | ||
| Independent | Sujit Kumar Das | 881 | 0.50% | ||
| Majority | 92,273 | 50.00% | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,664 | 80.20% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | +3.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
2011[edit | edit source]
In the 2011 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarit Brahmachari of RSP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 91,578 | 54.90 | +4.52# | |
| RSP | Tarit Brahmachari | 48,265 | 28.93 | −7.86 | |
| BJP | Debasis Sarkar | 12,758 | 7.65 | ||
| Independent | Debjani Saha | 8,162 | 4.89 | ||
| SDPI | Tayebdul Islam | 3,787 | 2.30 | ||
| IPFB | Sujit Kumar Das | 1,331 | 0.80 | ||
| JD(U) | Sunil Kumar Mondal | 940 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 43,313 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 166,821 | 81.13 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | +3.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
2006[edit | edit source]
In the 2006 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress MP of Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Manoj Chakraborty | 94,562 | 50.60 | ||
| RSP | Amal Karmakar | 68,836 | 36.80 | ||
| INC | Maya Rani Paul | 16,596 | 8.90 | ||
| Independent | Apurba Banerjee | 2,834 | 1.50 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 2,737 | 1.50 | ||
| Independent | Md. Hayatur Rahaman | 1,516 | 0.80 | ||
| Turnout | 187,081 | 81.13 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | +3.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Manoj Chakraborty (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006[edit | edit source]
In the 2006 state assembly elections[6] Manoj Chakraborty, Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[7] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of Congress defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001,[9] and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996.[10] Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.[11] Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987[12] and 1982,[13] and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.[14][15]
1951–1972[edit | edit source]
Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972[16] and 1971.[17] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1969.[18] S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[19] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1962.[20] Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1957[21] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[22]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Baharampur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Adhir beats Cong at home". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Hussain, Alamgir (17 April 2011). "Didi turns up heat on dissidents". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "63 - Berhampore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.