Baranagar Assembly constituency

Baranagar
Indian electoral constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Baranagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Dum Dum
Established	1951
Total electors	2,18,942 (2024) [1] Men: 1,06,979 Women: 1,11,958 Third Gender: 5
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sayantika Banerjee
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Baranagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Most successful parties from Baranagar assembly

   Trinamool Congress (4 times) (22.22%)

   Communist Party of India (Marxist) (3 times) (16.66%)

   Revolutionary Socialist Party (7 times) (38.88%)

   Communist Party of India (4 times) (22.22%)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 113 Baranagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baranagar municipality and Ward Nos.17 to 20 of Kamarhati municipality. ^[2]

Baranagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

  CPI   CPI(M)   RSP   AITC

Election		Member	Party Affiliation	Ref(s)
	1951	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India	[3]
	1957			[4]
	1962			[5]
	1967		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	[6]
	1969			[7]
	1971			[8]
	1972	Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India	[9]
	1977	Matish Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party	[10]
	1982			[11]
	1987			[12]
	1991			[13]
	1996	Amar Choudhury		[14]
	2001			[15]
	2006			[16]
	2011	Tapas Roy	Trinamool Congress	[17]
	2016			[18]
	2021			[19]
	2024	Sayantika Banerjee

Election results

Vote share of Winning Candidates
Year			Percent
2024			43.04%
2021			53.42%
2016			48.79%
2011			60.58%
2006			51.43%
2001			48.08%
1996			48.51%
1991			46.90%
1987			50.60%
1982			58.32%
1977			53.91%
1972			69.63%
1971			57.31%
1969			61.79%
1967			52.50%
1962			56.97%
1957			59.24%
1951			56.20%

Year-wise Voter Turnout
Year			Percent
2024			73.48%
2021			73.59%
2016			76.98%
2011			79.46%
2006			78.38%
2001			77.88%
1996			79.95%
1991			73.85%
1987			72.02%
1982			72%
1977			46.43%
1972			87.42%
1971			72.27%
1969			78.48%
1967			74.16%
1962			74.92%
1957			66.68%
1951			43.66%

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Baranagar ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sayantika Banerjee	69,251	43.04	10.38
	BJP	Sajal Ghosh	61,103	37.98	6.49
	CPI(M)	Tanmoy Bhattacharya	26,735	16.62	4.06
	NOTA	None of the above	1,678	1.04
Majority			8,148	5.06
Turnout			1,60,885	73.48
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

In the 2021 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Parno Mitra of BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Roy	85,615	53.42	+4.63
	BJP	Parno Mitra	50,468	31.49	+22.46
	INC	Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay	20,135	12.56
	Independent	Subrata De	630	0.39
	Independent	Surajit Ghosh	538	0.34
	Independent	Shyamal Chandra Karmakar	495	0.31	−0.26
	NOTA	None of the above	2,378	1.48	−1.15
Majority			35,147	21.93
Turnout			1,60,259	73.59
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Roy	76,531	48.79	−11.79
	RSP	Sukumar Ghosh	60,431	38.52	+2.76
	BJP	Sunil Dey	14,172	9.03	+6.62
	Independent	Shyamal Chandra Karmakar	901	0.57
	RJSP	Prabir Chatterjee	704	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	4,129	2.63
Majority			16,100	10.27
Turnout			1,56,868	76.98
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Roy	89,883	60.58	+20.15
	RSP	Sukumar Ghosh	53,055	35.76	−15.67
	BJP	Bijoy Sankar Agarwal	3,581	2.41
	Independent	Sovan Bhattacharya	1,853	1.25
Majority			36,828	24.82
Turnout			1,48,372	79.46
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	17.91

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

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Amar Choudhury	85,584	51.43	+3.35
	AITC	Atin Ghosh	67,428	40.43	−6.23
	INC	Purnendu Bimal Dutta (Kalidas)	8,257	4.96
	BSP	Moumita Pal (Marik)	1,283	0.77
	Independent	Tridib Sinha	1,193	0.71
	Independent	Sukha Ranjan Banik	1,100	0.66
Turnout			1,66,383	78.38
Majority			18,156	11
	RSP hold		Swing	3.35

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Amar Choudhury	85,647	48.08	−0.43
	AITC	Atin Ghosh	83,106	46.66
	BJP	Hemen Guha Roy	6,298	3.54	−3.02
	Independent	Anindya Dasgupta	1,545	0.87
	Independent	Sukha Ranjan Banik	1,526	0.86
Turnout			1,78,122	77.88
Majority			2,541	1.42
	RSP hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Amar Choudhury	84,785	48.51	+1.61
	INC	Silbhadra Dutta	76,895	44.00	+5.2
	BJP	Raiharan Debnath	11,470	6.56	−5.93
	Independent	Baidyanath Biswas	858	0.49
	Social Action Party	Arun Sikdar	766	0.44
Turnout			1,74,774	79.95
Majority			7,890	4.51
	RSP hold		Swing	-3.59

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Matish Roy	66,397	46.90	−3.7
	INC	Ajoy Ghosal	54,925	38.80	−5.89
	BJP	Nikhil Sarkar	17,688	12.49
	JP	Prabir Gupta	1,111	0.78
	Independent	Sadhan Chakraborty	837	0.59
	ABJS	Rabindra Kumar Bal	616	0.44
Turnout			1,41,574	73.85
Majority			11,472	8.10
	RSP hold		Swing	2.19

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Matish Roy	61,456	50.60	−7.72
	INC	Pranab Kanti Ghosh	54,277	44.69	+4.26
	Independent	Prabodh Ranjan Roy	3,605	2.97
	Independent	Sambhu Nath Dutta	1,507	1.24
	Independent	Swapan Marik	217	0.18
	Independent	Babu Mukherjee	215	0.18
	Independent	Sripati Ranjan Majumdar	177	0.15
Turnout			1,21,454	72.02
Majority			7,179	5.91
	RSP hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Matish Roy	59,985	58.32	+4.41
	INC	Sambhu Nath Dutta	41,581	40.43	+13.3
	JP	Tilak Ganguly	1,064	1.03	−15
	Independent	Hari Sankar Chakravorty	224	0.22
Turnout			1,02,854	72
Majority			18,404	17.89
	RSP hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Matish Roy	33,384	53.91
	INC	Kumud Bhattacharjee	16,798	27.13
	JP	Dwijesh Dutta Majumder	9,929	16.03
	CPI	Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee	1,404	2.27	−67.36
	Independent	Bikash Mazumder	268	0.43
	Independent	Amar Majumdar	139	0.22
Turnout			61,922	46.43
Majority			16,586	26.78
	RSP gain from CPI		Swing	60.63

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee	69,145	69.63
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	30,158	30.37	−26.94
Turnout			99,303	87.42
Majority			38,987	39.26
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	48.29

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	43,340	57.31	−4.48
	Bangla Congress	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	32,287	42.69
Turnout			75,627	72.27
Majority			11,053	14.62
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	45,261	61.79	+9.29
	INC	A.N. Bhattacharjee	27,669	37.77	−8.94
	Independent	Sudhangsu Bakshi	317	0.43
Turnout			73,247	78.48
Majority			17,592	24.02
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	31,354	52.50	−4.47
	INC	N. Bhattacharjee	27,895	46.71	+8.45
	Independent	B.H. Rao	472	0.79
Turnout			59,721	74.16
Majority			3,459	5.79
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Jyoti Basu	40,830	56.97	−2.27
	INC	Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay	27,418	38.26	−1.24
	ABJS	Kamakhya Kumar Guha	1,485	2.07
	PSP	Bijoy Ratna Sen Sharma	974	1.36
	HM	Sankar Ghosh	490	0.68
	SWA	Sannyasi Charan Nath	307	0.43
	Independent	Mohini Mohan Bandopadhyay	167	0.23
Turnout			71,671	74.92
Majority			13,412	18.71
	CPI hold		Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Jyoti Basu	28,269	59.24	+3.04
	INC	Kanailal Dhole	18,852	39.50	+5.15
	Independent	Ramendra Kumar De	405	0.85
	Independent	Dhrubajyour Mazumder	195	0.41
Turnout			47,721	66.68
Majority			9,417	19.74
	CPI hold		Swing

1951

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baranagar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Jyoti Basu	13,968	56.20
	INC	Rai Harendra Nath Chowdhury	8,539	34.35
	Independent	Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay	1,524	6.13
	Socialist	Moni Bhusan Chatterjee	281	1.13
	Independent	Hari Bhusan Chattopadhyay	257	1.03
	KMPP	Ashok Das Gupta	157	0.63
	RSP	Nikhil Das	66	0.27
	Independent	Sailendra Kumar Mukhopadhyay	64	0.26
Turnout			24,856	43.66
Majority			5,429	21.85
	CPI hold		Swing

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