Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Barasat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barasat Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Barasat Barasat (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°43′0″N88°29′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.48333°E / 22.71667; 88.48333 Coordinates: 22°43′0″N88°29′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.48333°E / 22.71667; 88.48333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	119
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Barasat
Electorate (year)	208,810 (2011)

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 119 Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barasat municipality and Chhota Jagulia gram panchayat of Barasat I community development block, ^[1]

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Barasat	Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay	Indian National Congress [2]
1957		Chitta Basu	All India Forward Bloc [3]
1962		Ashok Krishna Dutt	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		H.K.Basu	All India Forward Bloc [5]
1969		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [6]
1971		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [7]
1972		Kanti Rangan Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [9]
1982		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [10]
1987		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [11]
1991		Saral Deb	All India Forward Bloc [12]
1996		Ashoke Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [13]
2001		Ashoke Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2006		Dr. Bithika Mondal	All India Forward Bloc [15]
2011		Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Barasat constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	104,431	46.27	-2.17
	BJP	Sankar Chatterjee	80,648	35.73	+24.78
	AIFB	Sanjib Chattopadhyay	34,171	15.14	-21.15
	NOTA	None of the above	2,688	1.19
	BSP	Sunil Chandra Roy	940	0.42	-0.95
	Independent	Tarun Dhar	767	0.34
	Amra Bangalee	Mohan Lal Adhikari	576	0.26
	Independent	Amit Kumar Chakraborty	572	0.25
	Jan Sangh Party	Sudarshan Das	496	0.22
	SUCI(C)	Kshama Debnath (Panda)	418	0.19
Turnout			225,707	80.73	-2.20
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Barasat constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	99,667	48.44	-9.84
	AIFB	Sanjib Chatterjee	74,668	36.29	+0.55
	BJP	Dr. Bithika Mandal	22,537	10.95	+7.61
	BSP	Sunil Chandra Roy	2,827	1.37
Turnout			205,770	82.93
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Chiranjeet of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sanjib Chatterjee of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barasat constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Deepak Chakraborty (Chiranjeet)	103,954	58.28	+9.46#
	AIFB	Sanjib Chatterjee	63,743	35.74	-11.02
	BJP	Tuhin Kumar Mondal	5,957	3.34
	BSP	Tapan Sarkar	2,302
	Independent	Bablu Jana	1,584
	Samata Party	Ramtanay Bhattacharya	823
Turnout			178,363	85.42
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	20.48#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[15] Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Saral Deb of Forward Bloc in 2001 ^[14] and 1996. ^[13] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc defeated Souren Sen of Congress in 1991, ^[12] Amar Chandar Deb of Congress in 1987, ^[11] Ashis Kumar Basu of Congress in 1982, ^[10] and Kanti Ranjan Chattopadhyay in of Congress in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951-1972

Kanti Rangan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. ^[8] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc won in 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] H.K.Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1967. ^[5] Ashok Krishna Dutt of Congress won in 1962. ^[4] Chitta Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barasat seat. ^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barasat. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
18. "90 - Barasat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.