Bara Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bara Bazar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bara Bazar Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°34′55″N88°21′07″E / 22.58194°N 88.35194°E / 22.58194; 88.35194
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Year established	1951
Year abolished	2011
Lok Sabha constituency	Calcutta North West Calcutta North

Bara Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bara Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. ^[1]

It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Barabazar	Ishwar Das Jalan	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Ishwar Das Jalan	Indian National Congress [4]
1962		Ishwar Das Jalan	Indian National Congress [5]
1967		Ishwar Das Jalan	Indian National Congress [6]
1969		Ram Krishna Saraogi	Indian National Congress [7]
1971		Ram Krishna Saraogi	Indian National Congress [8]
1972		Ram Krishna Saraogi	Indian National Congress [9]
1977		Rabi Shankar Pandey	Janata Party [10]
1982		Rajesh Khaitan	Indian National Congress [11]
1987		Rajesh Khaitan	Indian National Congress [12]
1991		Rajesh Khaitan	Indian National Congress [13]
1996		Rajesh Khaitan	Indian National Congress [14]
2001		Tapas Roy	All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2006		Mohammad Sohrab	Rashtriya Janata Dal [16]

Results

2006

In the 2006 election, Mohammed Sohrab of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated his nearest rival Amitabha Chakraborti of Congress.

2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Bara Bazar constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Mohammed Sohrab	9,527	34.3
	INC	Amitabha Chakraborti	8,760	31.6
	AITC	Tapas Roy	8,405	30.3
	Independent	Md. Asiruddin	241	0.9
	Independent	Shyamal Chandra Karmakar	193	0.7
	BSP	Rizwan Ahmed Siddique	157	0.5
	Independent	Kanhaiyalal Agarwal	123	0.4
	Independent	Kishore Kumar Mishra	113	0.4
	Independent	Rajiv Roy	82	0.3
	Independent	Dara Singh	63	0.2
	Independent	Manik Chand Bose	54	0.2
	Independent	Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari	25	0.1
	Independent	Janmejoy Pandey	20	0.1
Majority			767	2.8%
Turnout			27,772	(42.2%)
	RJD gain from AITC		Swing

1977-2009

In the 2006 elections to the state assembly, ^[16] Mohammad Sohrab of RJD won the Burrabazarr seat defeating Amitabha Chakrabarty of Congress. In 2001, ^[15] Tapas Roy Trinamool Congress defeated Md. Asiruddin of RJD. Rajesh Khaitan of Congress defeated Md Asiruddin of JD in 1996, ^[14] Satya Narayan Bajaj of JD in 1991, ^[13] Shaukat Rahmani, Independent, in 1987 ^[12] and Rabi Shankar Pandey in 1982. ^[11] In 1977, Rabi Shankar Pandey of Janata Party defeated Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress. ^{[10] [18]}

1951-1972

Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress won the seat defeating Murlidhar Santhalia of CPI(M) in 1972, ^[9] Durga Prasad Nathany of Bharatiya Jan Sangh and Ajodhya Singh of CPI(M) in 1971, ^[8] and Ram Niwas Lakhotia of BJS and Bijay Krishna Dhandhania of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969. ^[7] Ishawar Das Jalan of Congress won the seat defeating B.P.Kedia of BJS, and R.S.Pandey of SSP in 1967, ^[6] Kishan Lal Makharia of CPI) in 1962, ^[5] Sitaram Seth, Independent, and Sachidanand Pandey of BJS in 1957, ^[4] and Rashbehari Sarkar of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in independent India’s first general election in 1951. ^[3]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
3. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 173. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 130. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Bara Bazar. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
18. "144 - Bara Bazar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

Coordinates: 22°34′55″N88°21′07″E / 22.582°N 88.352°E / 22.582; 88.352