Baranagar Assembly constituency

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Baranagar
বরানগর
Constituency No. 113 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Baranagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1951
Total electors2,17,774 (2021) [1]
Men: 1,07,099
Women: 1,10,670
Third Gender: 5
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
PartyNone
Elected year2024

Baranagar Assembly constituency (বরানগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Most Successful parties from Baranagar assembly

  Communist Party of India (Marxist) (3 times) (17.65%)
  All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (17.65%)
  Revolutionary Socialist Party (7 times) (41.18%)
  Communist Party of India (4 times) (23.53%)

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 113 Baranagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baranagar municipality and Ward Nos.17 to 20 of Kamarhati municipality.[2]

Baranagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

  CPI   CPI(M)   RSP   AITC

Election Portrait Member Party Affiliation Ref(s)
1951 Jyoti Basu

Communist Party of India

[3]
1957 [4]
1962 [5]
1967

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

[6]
1969 [7]
1971 [8]
1972 Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee

Communist Party of India

[9]
1977 Matish Roy

Revolutionary Socialist Party

[10]
1982 [11]
1987 [12]
1991 [13]
1996
Amar Choudhury [14]
2001 [15]
2006 [16]
2011 Tapas Roy

All India Trinamool Congress

[17]
2016 [18]
2021 [19]

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning Candidates
Year Percent
2021
 
 53.42%
2016
 
 48.79%
2011
 
 60.58%
2006
 
 51.43%
2001
 
 48.08%
1996
 
 48.51%
1991
 
 46.90%
1987
 
 50.60%
1982
 
 58.32%
1977
 
 53.91%
1972
 
 69.63%
1971
 
 57.31%
1969
 
 61.79%
1967
 
 52.50%
1962
 
 56.97%
1957
 
 59.24%
1951
 
 56.20%
Year-wise Voter Turnout
Year Percent
2021
 
 73.59%
2016
 
 76.98%
2011
 
 79.46%
2006
 
 78.38%
2001
 
 77.88%
1996
 
 79.95%
1991
 
 73.85%
1987
 
 72.02%
1982
 
 72%
1977
 
 46.43%
1972
 
 87.42%
1971
 
 72.27%
1969
 
 78.48%
1967
 
 74.16%
1962
 
 74.92%
1957
 
 66.68%
1951
 
 43.66%

2024 by-election[edit]

By-elections are scheduled to be held on 1 June 2024 due to the resignation of Tapas Roy as MLA.

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Baranagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sajal Ghosh
AITC Sayantika Banerjee[20]
SUCI(C) Samar Sinha
CPI(M) Tanmoy Bhattacharya
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021[edit]

In the 2021 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Parno Mitra of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Roy 85,615 53.42 +4.63
BJP Parno Mitra 50,468 31.49 +22.46
INC Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay 20,135 12.56
NOTA None of the above 2,378 1.48 -1.15
Independent Subrata De 630 0.39
Independent Surajit Ghosh 538 0.34
Independent Shyamal Chandra Karmakar 495 0.31 -0.26
Majority 35,147 21.93
Turnout 1,60,259 73.59
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Roy 76,531 48.79 -11.79
RSP Sukumar Ghosh 60,431 38.52 +2.76
BJP Sunil Dey 14,172 9.03 +6.62
NOTA None of the above 4,129 2.63
Independent Shyamal Chandra Karmakar 901 0.57
Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party Prabir Chatterjee 704 0.45
Majority 16,100 10.27
Turnout 1,56,868 76.98
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 elections, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Roy 89,883 60.58 +20.15
RSP Sukumar Ghosh 53,055 35.76 -15.67
BJP Bijoy Sankar Agarwal 3,581 2.41
Independent Sovan Bhattacharya 1,853 1.25
Majority 36,828 24.82
Turnout 1,48,372 79.46
AITC gain from RSP Swing 17.91

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

2006[edit]

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Amar Choudhury 85,584 51.43 +3.35
AITC Atin Ghosh 67,428 40.43 -6.23
INC Purnendu Bimal Dutta (Kalidas) 8,257 4.96
BSP Moumita Pal (Marik) 1,283 0.77
Independent Tridib Sinha 1,193 0.71
Independent Sukha Ranjan Banik 1,100 0.66
Turnout 1,66,383 78.38
Majority 18,156 11
RSP hold Swing 3.35

2001[edit]

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Amar Choudhury 85,647 48.08 -0.43
AITC Atin Ghosh 83,106 46.66
BJP Hemen Guha Roy 6,298 3.54 -3.02
Independent Anindya Dasgupta 1,545 0.87
Independent Sukha Ranjan Banik 1,526 0.86
Turnout 1,78,122 77.88
Majority 2,541 1.42
RSP hold Swing

1996[edit]

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Amar Choudhury 84,785 48.51 +1.61
INC Silbhadra Dutta 76,895 44.00 +5.2
BJP Raiharan Debnath 11,470 6.56 -5.93
Independent Baidyanath Biswas 858 0.49
Social Action Party Arun Sikdar 766 0.44
Turnout 1,74,774 79.95
Majority 7,890 4.51
RSP hold Swing -3.59

1991[edit]

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Matish Roy 66,397 46.90 -3.7
INC Ajoy Ghosal 54,925 38.80 -5.89
BJP Nikhil Sarkar 17,688 12.49
JP Prabir Gupta 1,111 0.78
Independent Sadhan Chakraborty 837 0.59
ABJS Rabindra Kumar Bal 616 0.44
Turnout 1,41,574 73.85
Majority 11,472 8.10
RSP hold Swing 2.19

1987[edit]

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Matish Roy 61,456 50.60 -7.72
INC Pranab Kanti Ghosh 54,277 44.69 +4.26
Independent Prabodh Ranjan Roy 3,605 2.97
Independent Sambhu Nath Dutta 1,507 1.24
Independent Swapan Marik 217 0.18
Independent Babu Mukherjee 215 0.18
Independent Sripati Ranjan Majumdar 177 0.15
Turnout 1,21,454 72.02
Majority 7,179 5.91
RSP hold Swing

1982[edit]

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Matish Roy 59,985 58.32 +4.41
INC Sambhu Nath Dutta 41,581 40.43 +13.3
JP Tilak Ganguly 1,064 1.03 -15
Independent Hari Sankar Chakravorty 224 0.22
Turnout 1,02,854 72
Majority 18,404 17.89
RSP hold Swing

1977[edit]

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Matish Roy 33,384 53.91
INC Kumud Bhattacharjee 16,798 27.13
JP Dwijesh Dutta Majumder 9,929 16.03
CPI Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee 1,404 2.27 -67.36
Independent Bikash Mazumder 268 0.43
Independent Amar Majumdar 139 0.22
Turnout 61,922 46.43
Majority 16,586 26.78
RSP gain from CPI Swing 60.63

1972[edit]

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee 69,145 69.63
CPI(M) Jyoti Basu 30,158 30.37 -26.94
Turnout 99,303 87.42
Majority 38,987 39.26
CPI gain from CPI(M) Swing 48.29

1971[edit]

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jyoti Basu 43,340 57.31 -4.48
Bangla Congress Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee 32,287 42.69
Turnout 75,627 72.27
Majority 11,053 14.62
CPI(M) hold Swing

1969[edit]

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jyoti Basu 45,261 61.79 +9.29
INC A.N. Bhattacharjee 27,669 37.77 -8.94
Independent Sudhangsu Bakshi 317 0.43
Turnout 73,247 78.48
Majority 17,592 24.02
CPI(M) hold Swing

1967[edit]

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jyoti Basu 31,354 52.50 -4.47
INC N. Bhattacharjee 27,895 46.71 +8.45
Independent B.H. Rao 472 0.79
Turnout 59,721 74.16
Majority 3,459 5.79
CPI(M) gain from CPI Swing

1962[edit]

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Jyoti Basu 40,830 56.97 -2.27
INC Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay 27,418 38.26 -1.24
ABJS Kamakhya Kumar Guha 1,485 2.07
PSP Bijoy Ratna Sen Sharma 974 1.36
HM Sankar Ghosh 490 0.68
SWA Sannyasi Charan Nath 307 0.43
Independent Mohini Mohan Bandopadhyay 167 0.23
Turnout 71,671 74.92
Majority 13,412 18.71
CPI hold Swing

1957[edit]

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Jyoti Basu 28,269 59.24 +3.04
INC Kanailal Dhole 18,852 39.50 +5.15
Independent Ramendra Kumar De 405 0.85
Independent Dhrubajyour Mazumder 195 0.41
Turnout 47,721 66.68
Majority 9,417 19.74
CPI hold Swing

1951[edit]

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Jyoti Basu 13,968 56.20
INC Rai Harendra Nath Chowdhury 8,539 34.35
Independent Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay 1,524 6.13
Socialist Moni Bhusan Chatterjee 281 1.13
Independent Hari Bhusan Chattopadhyay 257 1.03
KMPP Ashok Das Gupta 157 0.63
RSP Nikhil Das 66 0.27
Independent Sailendra Kumar Mukhopadhyay 64 0.26
Turnout 24,856 43.66
Majority 5,429 21.85
CPI hold Swing

References[edit]

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