Jadavpur
Constituency No. 150 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyJadavpur
Established1967
Total electors299,710
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Debabrata Majumder
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal which lies mostly in Kolkata district, while a fraction of it is in South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area).

The constituency is considered to be a bastion of Communist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 150 Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1] Before 2011, Jadavpur Assembly constituency was composed of the following: Ward Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

The ex-Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of the CPI(M) won from this seat 5 times in 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 Assembly Elections, he contested again from this seat while being the Chief Minister of the state, but lost to Manish Gupta of the TMC, by a margin of more than sixteen thousand votes. Manish Gupta served as the Minister for Development and Planning, and later, as the Minister for Power in the newly formed TMC government. However, in 2016, Manish Gupta lost the elections despite his popular image, to Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by a margin of more than fourteen thousand votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Jadavpur Bikash Chandra Guha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
1969
1971 Dinesh Chandra Majumder
1972
1977
1982 Sankar Gupta
1983^ Ashok Mitra
1987 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011 Manish Gupta All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016 Dr. Sujan Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Debabrata Majumder All India Trinamool Congress

^By poll

Election results

2021 election

In the 2021 elections, Debabrata Majumder of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of CPI(M).

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Debabrata Majumder 98,100 45.54 +4.39
CPI(M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty 59,231 27.50 -18.50
BJP Rinku Naskar 53,139 24.67 +17.85
NOTA None of the above 2,730 1.27 -0.73
BSP Sujoy Naskar 649 0.30 -0.09
Majority 38,869 18.24
Turnout 2,15,862 72.00
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016 election

In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.

[15]
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty 98,977 49.50 +1.24
AITC Manish Gupta 84,035 41.15 -12.16
BJP Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray 13,922 6.82 +5.41
None of the Above None of the above 4,093 2.00 +2.00
BSP Subhas Chandra Naskar 803 0.39
Majority 14,942 8.35
Turnout 2,04,210 74.58
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing 15.87

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur[14][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manish Gupta 1,03,972 53.31 +16.08#
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 87,288 44.76 -16.49
BJP Dhononjoy Mukherjee 2,749 1.39
BSP Rabindra Nath Choudhury 693 0.35
IND Siddartha Bhattacharya 678 0.34
Majority 16,684 8.45
Turnout 1,99,096 78.41
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 33.57#

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

2006

In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jadavpur constituency[14][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 127,837 61.30
AITC Dipak Kumar Ghosh 69,709 33.70
INC Prof. Omprakash Mishra 7,986 2.03
Independent Sukumar Howalder 3,189
Majority 58,128
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI(M) hold Swing

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

2001

In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Jadavpur constituency[14][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 110,011 54.60 +16.08#
AITC Madhabi Mukherjee 80,730 40.06 -16.49
BJP Radhesyham Brahmachari 5,166 2.56
PDS Samir Putatundu 1,798 0.89
NCP Asim Datta 1,438 0.71
Independent Maya Saha 1,083 0.54
Independent Bhusan Mondal 753 0.37
Independent Babua Dutta 520 0.26
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI(M) hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Jadavpur constituency[14][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 108,549 55.58 +16.08#
INC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 72,364 37.05 -16.49
BJP Rajat Roy 11,531 5.90
BSP Sandhya Mandal 1,130 0.58
CPI(ML) Dhiresh Goswami 740 0.38
Independent Bhusan Mondal 440 0.54
Independent Deboshmita Dey 344 0.37
Independent Haradhan Sarkar 221 0.26
Turnout 207,85 80.77
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[13]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[12] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[11] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[10] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[9]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[7] Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[6][20]

1967-1972

Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972[5] and 1971.[4] Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[3] and 1967.[2] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d e "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
  16. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jadavpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Jadavpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2001". Jadavpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2001". Jadavpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  20. ^ "108 - Jadavpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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