Barabani Assembly constituency

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Barabani
Constituency No. 283 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Barabani Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol
Established1962
Total electors184,970
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Barabani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks. [1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1962 Haridas Chakravarty Communist Party of India
1967 Mihir Upadhyaya Indian National Congress
1969 Sunil Basu Roy Communist Party of India
1971
1972 Sukumar Bandopadhyaya Indian National Congress
1977 Sunil Basu Roy Communist Party of India
1982 Ajit Chakrabarty
1987 Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty
1989^ Manik Upadhyay Indian National Congress
1991 S. R. Das Communist Party of India
1996 Manik Upadhyay Indian National Congress
2001 All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Dilip Sarkar Communist Party of India
2011 Bidhan Upadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Bidhan Upadhyay 88,430 52.26 14.15
BJP Arijit Roy64,97338.40+17.58
INC Ranendranath Bagchi8,9625.30−83.22*
NOTA None of the above3,0391.80
IND Paban Nunia2,1561.27
Majority 23,45714.08
Turnout 1,69,62075.19
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 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Bidhan Upadhyay77,46447.13
CPI(M) Shipra Mukherjee53,41532.50
BJP Amal Roy25,22415.35
SHSKrishnapada Nath Goswami3,4802.12
NOTA None of the above2,7611.68
Majority 24,04914.63
Turnout 1,64,48679.53
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 [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Bidhan Upadhyay78,62852.92+8.03#
CPI(M) Abhas Raychaudhuri58,05139.07−12.95
BJP Biswanath Roy4,9803.35
IND Dinesh Karmakar3,3322.24
JMM Amal Mondal2,6231.77
Majority 20,57713.85
Turnout 1,48,68080.32
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. [7]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Pandabeswar Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. "Barabani". CNBCTV18. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. "Barabani". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barabani. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barabani. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. "258 - Barabani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

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