Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Baduria (community development block). For 2 its namesake town, see Baduria.

Baduria
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Baduria Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Baduria Baduria (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°44′0″N88°47′0″E / 22.73333°N 88.78333°E / 22.73333; 88.78333 Coordinates: 22°44′0″N88°47′0″E / 22.73333°N 88.78333°E / 22.73333; 88.78333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	99
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	18. Basirhat
Electorate (year)	188,461 (2011) [1] 223,537 (2016) [2] 243,747 (2021) [3]

Baduria (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 99 Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Baduria municipality, and Aturia, Bagjola, Bajitpur, Chandipur, Chhatra, South Jadurhati, North Jadurhati, Jagannathpur, Jasikati Atghara, Nayabastia Milani, Raghunathpur and Sayesta Nagar II gram panchayats of Baduria community development block. ^[4]

Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 18 Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Baduria	Md. Ziaul Haque	Indian National Congress [5]
1962		Md. Ziaul Haque	Indian National Congress [6]
1967		Quazi Abdul Gaffar	Indian National Congress [7]
1969		Mir Abdus Sayeed	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1971		Quazi Abdul Gaffar	Indian National Congress [9]
1972		Quazi Abdul Gaffar	Indian National Congress [10]
1977		Mustafa Bin Quasem	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982		Abdul Gaffar Kazi	Indian National Congress [12]
1987		Mohammad Shelim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991		Abdul Gaffar Kazi	Indian National Congress [14]
1996		Abdul Gaffar Kazi	Indian National Congress [15]
2001		Abdul Gaffar Kazi	Indian National Congress [16]
2006		Mohammad Shelim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011		Quazi Abdul Ghaffar	Indian National Congress [18]
2016		Abdur Rahim Quazi	Indian National Congress
2021		Abdur Rahim Quazi	All India Trinamul Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections,Abdur Rahim Quazi of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukalyan Baidya of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Baduria constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abdur Rahim Quazi	109,701	51.53	+12.70
	BJP	Sukalyan Baidya	53,257	25.02	+16.03
	INC	Abdus Sattar	45,231	21.25	-28.92
	NOTA	None of the above	1,953	0.92	+0.08
	BSP	Gopal Das	1,278	0.60	+0.01
	Independent	Safikul Islam Dafadar	844	0.40
	SUCI(C)	Nitai Krishna Pal	619	0.29	-0.29
Turnout			212,883
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections,Abdur Rahim Quazi of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Amir Ali of All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Baduria constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdur Rahim Quazi	98,408	50.17	-3.00
	AITC	Amir Ali	76,163	38.83
	BJP	Debika Mukherjee	17,629	8.99	+5.08
	NOTA	None of the above	1,654	0.84
	BSP	Gopal Das	1,166	0.59	-0.27
	SUCI(C)	Nurul Amin Mondal	1,130	0.58	-0.18
Turnout			196,150	87.75	-2.25
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Quazi Abdul Ghaffar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Selim Gayen of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baduria constituency ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Quazi Abdul Gaffar	89,952	53.17	+1.66#
	CPI (M)	Mohammed Selim Gayen	66,992	39.60	-6.02
	BJP	Sukumar Dey	6,616	3.91
	Independent	Alauddin Amed	2,872
	BSP	Gopal Das	1,469	0.86
	SUCI(C)	Nurul Amin Mondal	1,278	0.76
Turnout			169,179	90
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	7.08#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[17] Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) won the Baduria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress defeated Sambhu Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001 ^[16] and Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) in 1996 ^[15] and 1991. ^[14] In 1987, ^[13] the result was in favour of Mohammad Shelim when Abdul Gaffar Kazi had lost. In 1982, ^[12] Abdul Gaffar Kazi had won against CPI(M) candidate Mustafa Bin Quasem, who had won in 1977 against Zulfiqar Ali of Congress. ^{[11] [20]}

1957-1972

Quazi Abdul Gaffar of Congress won in 1972 ^[10] and 1971. ^[9] Mir Abdus Sayeed of CPI(M) won in 1969. ^[8] Quazi Abdul Gaffar of Congress won in 1967. ^[7] Md. Ziaul Haque of Congress won in 1962 ^[6] and 1957. ^[5] Prior to that the Baduria constituency was not there.

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