Bidhannagar Assembly constituency

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Bidhannagar
বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
Assembly constituency
Bidhannagar is located in Kolkata
Bidhannagar
Bidhannagar
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.41667°E / 22.58333; 88.41667Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.41667°E / 22.58333; 88.41667
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.116
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency17. Barasat
Electorate (year)198,318 (2011)

Bidhannagar Assembly constituency (Bengali: বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Wards 28-41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Bidhannagar Municipality) and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]

Bidhannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Bidhannagar Sujit Bose All India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016 Bidhannagar Sujit Bose All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bidhannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 75,912 46.85 +4.00
BJP Sabyasachi Dutta 67,915 41.91 +27.83
INC Abhishek Banerjee 12,821 7.91 -24.41
NOTA None of the above 2,213 1.37
Independent Samir Sardar 647 0.40
BSP Smriti Kana Howlader 611 0.38
Independent Sabyasachi Dutta 545 0.34
Independent Sujit Bose 496 0.31
Independent Biplab Kumar Halder 454 0.28
Independent Susoma Loho 421 0.26
Turnout 162,035 70.10 +2.09
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bidhannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 66,130 42.85 -16.68
INC Arunava Ghosh 59,142 38.32 N/A
BJP Susanta Ranjan Pal 21,735 14.08 +10.13
NOTA None of the above 3,255 0.02
Majority 6,988 4.52
Turnout 154,303 68.01
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bidhannagar[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 88,642 59.53
CPI (M) Palash Das 52,717 35.40
BJP Ashoke Sarkar 5,877 3.95
Independent Palash Biswas 1,668 1.12
Majority 35,925 24.13
Turnout 148,904 75.08
AITC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  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, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bidhannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.