Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barjora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barjora Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Barjora Barjora (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°26′00″N87°17′00″E / 23.43333°N 87.28333°E / 23.43333; 87.28333 Coordinates: 23°26′00″N87°17′00″E / 23.43333°N 87.28333°E / 23.43333; 87.28333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Constituency No.	253
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)	203,550 (2011)

Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 253 Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barjora community development block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati community development block. ^[1]

Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2021	Barjora	Alok Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Sujit Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011		Asutosh Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2006		Susmita Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001		Susmita Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996		Susmita Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991		Jayasri Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987		Jayasri Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982		Lalbihari Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977		Aswini Kumar Raj	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972		Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary	Indian National Congress
1971		Aswini Kumar Raj	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969		Aswini Kumar Raj	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1967		A.Chatterje	Indian National Congress
1962		Pramatha Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1957	No Seat	-	-
1952		Prafulla Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Alok Mukherjee	93,290	42.51	-0.60
	BJP	Supriti Chatterjee	90,021	41.02	+33.03
	CPI (M)	Sujit Chakraborty	25,235	11.50	-31.92
	NOTA	None of the above	4,903	2.23	+0.11
	Independent	Tarani Roy	2,081	0.95	N/A
	Independent	Satyam Bauri	1,391	0.63	N/A
	BMP	Bablu Gorai	1,371	0.62	-0.40
	SUCI(C)	Sudarshan Adhikari	1,160	0.53	-0.65
Majority			3,269	1.49	+1.18
Turnout			219,452
Registered electors
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Sujit Chakraborty	86,873	43.42	+0.53
	AITC	Soham Chakraborty	86,257	43.11	-4.58
	BJP	Sujit Agasthi	15,991	7.99	+4.46
	SUCI(C)	Sudarshan Adhikari	2,352	1.18	N/A
	Independent	Raghunath Roy	2,326	1.16	N/A
	BMP	Indrani Sardar	2,050	1.02	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	4,235	2.12	N/A
Majority			616	0.31	-4.49
Turnout			2,00,084	86.46	-0.55
Registered electors			2,31,414
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barjora ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asutosh Mukherjee	84,457	47.69	+9.18
	CPI (M)	Susmita Biswas	75,966	42.89	-10.28
	BJP	Sanjoy Pal	6,245	3.53
	Independent	Prasanta Hembram	5,577
	Independent	Thakurdas Hembram	2,592
	BSP	Bhabesh Tudu	2,265
Turnout			177,102	87.01
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	19.46

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Susmita Biswas of CPI(M) won the Barjora seat defeating Shampa Daripa of Trinamool Congress, Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Trinamool Congress and Tapasi Banerjee of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayasri Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1991 and Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1987. Lalbihari Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1982. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1977. ^[5]

1952-1972

Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary of Congress won in 1972. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. A.Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. Pramatha Ghosh of CPI won in 1962. The Barjora seat was not there in 1957. Prafulla Chandra Roy of Congress won the Barjora seat in independent India's first election in 1952. ^[6]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
2. "Barjora". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barjora. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barjora. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "250 - Barjora Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.