Barjora
Constituency No. 253 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
LS constituencyBishnupur
Established1952
Total electors203,550
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Barjora Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 253 Barjora Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Barjora community development block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati community development block.[1]

Barjora Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
2021 Alok Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Sujit Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Asutosh Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Susmita Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001 Susmita Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 Susmita Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 Jayasri Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987 Jayasri Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 Lalbihari Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 Aswini Kumar Raj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972 Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary Indian National Congress
1971 Aswini Kumar Raj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969 Aswini Kumar Raj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1967 A.Chatterje Indian National Congress
1962 Pramatha Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1957 No Seat
1952 Prafulla Chandra Roy Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alok Mukherjee 93,290 42.51 -0.60
BJP Supriti Chatterjee 90,021 41.02 +33.03
CPI(M) Sujit Chakraborty 25,235 11.50 -31.92
NOTA None of the above 4,903 2.23 +0.11
Independent Tarani Roy 2,081 0.95 N/A
Independent Satyam Bauri 1,391 0.63 N/A
BMP Bablu Gorai 1,371 0.62 -0.40
SUCI(C) Sudarshan Adhikari 1,160 0.53 -0.65
Majority 3,269 1.49 +1.18
Turnout 219,452
Registered electors
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sujit Chakraborty 86,873 43.42 +0.53
AITC Soham Chakraborty 86,257 43.11 -4.58
BJP Sujit Agasthi 15,991 7.99 +4.46
SUCI(C) Sudarshan Adhikari 2,352 1.18 N/A
Independent Raghunath Roy 2,326 1.16 N/A
BMP Indrani Sardar 2,050 1.02 N/A
NOTA None of the above 4,235 2.12 N/A
Majority 616 0.31 -4.49
Turnout 2,00,084 86.46 -0.55
Registered electors 2,31,414
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barjora [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asutosh Mukherjee 84,457 47.69 +9.18
CPI(M) Susmita Biswas 75,966 42.89 -10.28
BJP Sanjoy Pal 6,245 3.53
Independent Prasanta Hembram 5,577
Independent Thakurdas Hembram 2,592
BSP Bhabesh Tudu 2,265
Turnout 177,102 87.01
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 19.46

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Susmita Biswas of CPI(M) won the Barjora seat defeating Shampa Daripa of Trinamool Congress, Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Trinamool Congress and Tapasi Banerjee of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayasri Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1991 and Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1987. Lalbihari Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1982. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1977.[5]

1952-1972

Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary of Congress won in 1972. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. A.Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. Pramatha Ghosh of CPI won in 1962. The Barjora seat was not there in 1957. Prafulla Chandra Roy of Congress won the Barjora seat in independent India's first election in 1952.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Barjora". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barjora. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barjora. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "250 - Barjora Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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