Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barabani
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barabani Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Barabani Barabani (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°44′N87°01′E / 23.733°N 87.017°E / 23.733; 87.017 Coordinates: 23°44′N87°01′E / 23.733°N 87.017°E / 23.733; 87.017
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.	283
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	40. Asansol
Electorate (year)	184,970

Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks. ^[1] It covers such towns as Chittaranjan and Rupnarainpur

Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The United News of India (UNI) has been candid about the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal (the area covered by the Asansol Lok Sabha Sabha constituency) after Kolkata that is a hub of coal mining and railway activity bordering Jharkhand. Asansol has seen, it writes, “a sustained hold over it by the CPI(M) since 1984. Before that it was a tale of fluctuating fortune for the CPI(M) and the Congress… However, as the green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Barabani	Haridas Chakravarty	Communist Party of India [3]
1967		Mihir Upadhyaya	Indian National Congress [4]
1969		Sunil Basu Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1971		Sunil Basu Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1972		Sukumar Bandopadhyaya	Indian National Congress [7]
1977		Sunil Basu Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982		Ajit Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987		Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1989 bye election		Manik Upadhyay	Indian National Congress [11]
1991		S.R.Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Manik Upadhyay	Indian National Congress [13]
2001		Manik Upadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2006		Dilip Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Bidhan Upadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Bidhan Upadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2021		Bidhan Upadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [18]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	88,430	52.26	14.15
	BJP	Arijit Roy	64,973	38.40	+17.58
	INC	Ranendranath Bagchi	8,962	5.30	-83.22*
	NOTA	None of the above	3,039	1.80
	IND	Paban Nunia	2,156	1.27
Majority			23,457	14.08
Turnout			1,69,620	75.19
	AITC hold		Swing

*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	77,464	47.13
	CPI(M)	Shipra Mukherjee	53,415	32.50
	BJP	Amal Roy	25,224	15.35
	SHS	Krishnapada Nath Goswami	3,480	2.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,761	1.68
Majority			24,049	14.63
Turnout			1,64,486	79.53
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	78,628	52.92	+8.03#
	CPI(M)	Abhas Raychaudhuri	58,051	39.07	-12.95
	BJP	Biswanath Roy	4,980	3.35
	IND	Dinesh Karmakar	3,332	2.24
	JMM	Amal Mondal	2,623	1.77
Majority			20,577	13.85
Turnout			1,48,680	80.32
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+20.98#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeating Manik Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manik Upadhyay representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress. ^[22]

1962-1972

Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty of CPI in 1962. In 1957, Barabani was part of Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and it was won by Amarendranath Mondal of Praja Socialist Party. ^[23]

References

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