Dubrajpur
Constituency No. 284 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
LS constituencyBirbhum
Established1962
Total electors181,978
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Dubrajpur is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block.[1]

Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Members[2] Party
2011 Bijoy Bagdi All India Forward Bloc
2016 Chandra Naresh Bauri Trinamool Congress
2021 Anup Kumar Saha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Dubrajpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anup Kumar Saha 98,083 47.94 Increase34.09
AITC Debabrata Saha 94,220 46.05 Decrease5.67
AIFB Bijoy Bagdi 6,014 2.94 Decrease26.90
NOTA None of the above 3,157 1.54
BJP gain from AITC Swing
Turnout

2016

In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dubrajpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Naresh Chandra Bauri 94,309 51.72 Increase5.18
AIFB Bijoy Bagdi 54,415 29.84 Decrease18.43
BJP Ramprasad Das 25,258 13.85 Increase7.39
NOTA None of the above 3,658 2.01
BMUP Khagen Das 2,906 1.59
Independent Biswanath Bauri 1,812 0.99
AITC gain from AIFB Swing
Turnout 182,358 84.28 -1.48

2011

In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dubrajpur [3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Bijoy Bagdi 75,343 48.27 -13.34
AITC Santoshi Saha 72,634 46.54 +22.95#
BJP Paltu Pada Dhibar 10,083 6.46
Turnout 156,064 85.76
AIFB hold Swing -36.29#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhakti Pada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.[6]

1962–1972

Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Dubrajpur Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Dubrajpur Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Dubrajpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dubrajpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Dubrajpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "286 - Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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