Bhagabanpur
Constituency No. 214 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyKanthi
Established1957
Total electors198,846
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 214 Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh and Shimulia gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur II community development block, and Argoyal and Mathura gram panchayats of Patashpur II community development block.[1]

Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
2021 Rabindranath Maity Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Rabindranath Maity of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhagabanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rabindranath Maity 121,480 54.56 +50.76
AITC Ardhendu Maity 93,931 42.19 -11.99
INC Shiu Maiti 5,274 2.37 -36.25
NOTA None of the above 1,019 0.46 -0.10
SUCI(C) Ashoktaru Pradhan 946 0.42 -0.19
Turnout 222,650 90.64 +2.42
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Hemangshu Shekhar Mahapatra of Indian National Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhagabanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ardhendu Maity 111,201 54.18 +3.03
INC Hemangshu Shekhar Mahapatra 79,258 38.62
BJP Prasanta Panda 7,802 3.80 +1.21
Independent Priyabrata Dutta 1,634 0.80
BSP Ansar Ali Sk. 1,621 0.79
SUCI(C) Ashoktaru Pradhan 1,259 0.61
NOTA None of the above 1,149 0.56
Bharat Nirman Party Goutam Pradhan 763 0.37
ABHM Thakurdas Mandal 540 0.26
Turnout 205,227 88.22 -4.14
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ranajit Manna of SP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhagabanpur [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ardhendu Maity 93,945 51.15 -0.87#
SP Ranjit Manna 84,948 46.25 -0.05
BJP Sadananda De 4,763 2.59
Turnout 183,656 92.36
AITC hold Swing -0.92#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress won the Bhagabanpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Gour Kanti Bal and Prasanta Pradhan, both of CPI(M), in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Khanra of Congress defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1996. Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) defeated Asoktaru Panda of Congress in 1991, Haripada Jana of Congress in 1987 and Ramkrishna Sarkar of Congress in 1982. Haripada Jana of Janata Party defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]

1957-1972

Amales Jana of Congress won in 1972. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abha Maiti of Congress won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Bhagabanpur had a dual seat. It was won by Basanta Kumar Panda of PSP and Bhikhari Mondal of Congress.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Bhagabanpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bhagabanpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bhagabanpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ^ "208 - Bhagabanpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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