Bagnan Assembly constituency

Bagnan
Constituency No. 180 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bagnan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Established	1951
Total electors	180,514
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arunava Sen
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Bagnan is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 180 Bagnan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bagnan II community development block, and Bagnan I, Bagnan II, Bangalpur, Haturia I, Haturia II and Khalore gram panchayats of Bagnan I community development block. ^[1]

The constituency is part of Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Shambhu Charan Mukhopadhyay		Indian National Congress
1957	Amal Kumar Ganguli		Communist Party of India
1962	Ranjit Kumar Ghosh Choudhury		Indian National Congress
1967
1969	Nirupama Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
1971
1972	Susanta Bhattacharjee		Indian National Congress
1977	Nirupama Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996	Sabuj Dutta		Indian National Congress
2001	Nirupama Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
2006	Akkel Ali Khan
2011	Arunav Sen		All India Trinamool Congress
2016

Election results

2021

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bagnan ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arunava Sen (Raja)	82,731	53.55	+1.31#
	CPI(M)	Akkel Ali Khan	63,460	41.08	−4.05
	BJP	Tapan Kumar Mondal	3,965	2.57
	Independent	Sanjit Patra	1,519
	Independent	Abesh Mitra	764
	Indian Unity Centre	Anwar Mallick	710
	CPI(ML)L	Debabrata Bhakta	533
	Independent	Fatema Begam	410
	JD(U)	Amal Ghosh	386
Turnout			154,477	85.58
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.363

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[4] Akkel Ali Khan of CPI(M) won the Bagnan assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Arup Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sabuj Dutta of Trinamool Congress in 2001. ^[5] Sabuj Dutta of Congress defeated Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[6] Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sanat Kumar Misra of Congress in 1991, ^[7] and Susanta Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1987, ^[8] 1982 ^[9] and 1977. ^{[10] [11]}

1951-1972

Susanta Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1972. ^[12] Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1971 ^[13] and 1969. ^[14] Ranjit Kumar Ghosh Choudhury of Congress won in 1967 ^[15] and 1962. ^[16] Amal Kumar Ganguli of CPI won in 1957. ^[17] In independent India's first election in 1951, ^[18] Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Bagnan seat.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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12. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
17. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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