Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | North 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 96 |
Type | Reserved for SC |
Lok Sabha constituency | 14. Bangaon (SC) |
Electorate (year) | 188,429 (2011) |
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Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 96 Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bairampur, Chauberia I, Chauberia II, Dighari, Kalupur and Palla gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block, and Chandpara, Dooma, Fulsara, Jaleswar II, Jhaudanga and Ramnagar gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block.[1]
Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Bongaon | Jiban Ratan Dhar | Indian National Congress[3] |
1957 | Ajit Kumar Ganguly | Communist Party of India[4] | |
Manindra Bhusan Biswas | Indian National Congress[4] | ||
1962 | Jiban Ratan Dhar | Indian National Congress [5] | |
1967 | K.Bhowmick | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1969 | Ajit Kumar Ganguly | Communist Party of India[7] | |
1971 | Ajit Kumar Ganguly | Communist Party of India[8] | |
1972 | Ajit Kumar Ganguly | Communist Party of India[9] | |
1977 | Ranajit Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1982 | Bhupendranath Seth | Indian National Congress[11] | |
1987 | Ranajit Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1991 | Bhupendranath Seth | Indian National Congress[13] | |
1996 | Pankaj Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2001 | Pankaj Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
2006 | Bhupendranath Seth | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
2006 Bye election | Saugata Roy | All India Trinamool Congress.[17] | |
2009 Bye election | Gopal Seth | All India Trinamool Congress.[18][19] | |
2011 | Bangaon Dakshin | Surajit Kumar Biswas | All India Trinamool Congress[20] |
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Surajit Kumar Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anuj Baran Sarkar of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Trinamool Congress | Surajit Kumar Biswas | 87,677 | 53.71 | ||
CPI(M) | Anuj Baran Sarkar | 65,788 | 40.30 | ||
BJP | Arun Halder | 5,243 | 3.21 | ||
CPI(ML) Liberation | Himangshu Biswas | 2,561 | |||
BSP | Rabindra Nath Biswas | 1,961 | |||
Turnout | 163,230 | 86.63 | |||
Trinamool Congress win (new seat) |
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 28 | 23 |
Congress | 1 | 1 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 16 |
Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat
In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[18][19]
In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).[17]
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Bhupendranath Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and Congress respectively) in 2001[15] and 1996.[14] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.[13] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.[12] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[11] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.[10][22]
1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat
Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972,[9] 1971[8] and 1969.[7] K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.[6] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962.[5] In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957.[4] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.[3]
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