| Singur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 188 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 205,434 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Arup Kumar Das | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Singur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 188 Singur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Anandanagore, Bagdanga Chinamore, Baruipara Paltagarh, Beraberi, Bighati, Bouichipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, Gopalnagore, Mirzapur-Bankipur, Nasibpur, Singur I and Singur II gram panchayats of Singur community development block and Begampur, Kapasaria and Panchghora gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block.[1]
Singur Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sourendra Nath Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| 1951 | Ajit Kumar Basu | ||
| 1957 | Provakar Pal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Gopal Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Ajit Kumar Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Dr Gopal Bandopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Tarapada Sadhukhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Bidyut Kumar Das | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Rabindranath Bhattacharya | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Becharam Manna | ||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Becharam Manna | ||||
| BJP | Dr. Arup Kumar Das | ||||
| CPI(M) | Debashis Chatterjee | ||||
| INC | Barun Kumar Malik | ||||
| SUCI(C) | Sukanta Porel | ||||
| Janata Unnayan Party | Kashinath Shaw | ||||
| BSP | Pallabi Roy | ||||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Becharam Manna | 101,077 | 48.15 |  1.08
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| BJP | Rabindranath Bhattacharya | 75,154 | 35.80 |  25.80
| |
| CPI(M) | Srijan Bhattacharya | 30,016 | 14.30 | 24.53
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| None of the above (India) | None of the Above | 2,345 | 1.12 | 0.47
| |
| SUCI(C) | Shankar Jana | 1,346 | 0.64 | 0.21
| |
| Majority | 25,923 | 12.35 | 1.95
| ||
| Turnout | 2,09,938 | 85.04 | 0.47
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabindranath Bhattacharya | 96,212 | 49.23 | 8.38
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| CPI(M) | Rabin Deb | 75,885 | 38.83 | 1.10
| |
| BJP | Souren Patra | 14,264 | 7.30 | 2.64
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| None of the above (India) | None of the Above | 3,098 | 1.59 | Template:New | |
| Independent | Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya | 2,606 | 1.33 | Template:New | |
| FDLP | Uma Das Paul | 1,712 | 0.88 | Template:New | |
| SUCI(C) | Shankar Jana | 1,667 | 0.85 | Template:New | |
| Majority | 20,327 | 10.40 | 9.48
| ||
| Turnout | 1,95,444 | 84.57 | 0.59
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| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabindranath Bhattacharya | 100,869 | 57.61 | ||
| CPI(M) | Asit Das | 66,058 | 37.73 | ||
| BJP | Souren Patra | 8,158 | 4.66 | ||
| Majority | 34,811 | 19.88 | |||
| Turnout | 1,75,085 | 85.16 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
1977-2006[edit | edit source]
In the 2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections, Rabindranath Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress won the Singur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Srikanta Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) and Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) defeated Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,[6] Chandra Sekhar Back of Congress in 1991[7] and Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1987.[8] Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress defeated Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1977.[10][11]
1951-1972[edit | edit source]
Ajit Kumar Basu of CPI won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1969.[14] Provaakar Pal of Congress won in 1967,[15] 1962[16] and 1957.[17] In independent India's first election in 1951[18] Singoor (as spelt then) had a double seat. It was won by Sourendra Nath Saha and Ajit Kumar Basu, both of CPI.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Singur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "183 - Singur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.