Bhatar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhatar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bhatar Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Bhatar Bhatar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°25′N87°54′E / 23.417°N 87.900°E / 23.417; 87.900 Coordinates: 23°25′N87°54′E / 23.417°N 87.900°E / 23.417; 87.900
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	267
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	39. Bardhaman-Durgapur
Electorate (year)	197,538 (2011)

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 267 Bhatar assembly constituency covers Bhatar community development block and Kurman I and Kshetia gram panchayats of Burdwan I CD Block. ^[1]

Bhatar assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “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
1957	Bhatar	Abhalata Kundu	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Aswini Roy	Communist Party of India [4]
1967		S. Hazra	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		Aswini Roy	Communist Party of India [6]
1971		Anath Bandhu Ghose	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Bholanath Sen	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Bholanath Sen	Indian National Congress [9]
1982		Syed Md Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Syed Md. Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Mahboob Zahedi	Communist Part of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Subhas Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Subhas Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Syed Md. Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15] [16]
2011		Banamali Hazra	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2016		Subhas Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2021		Adhikari Mangobinda	All India Trinamool Congress [19]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhatar ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mangobinda Adhikari	108,028	50.44	+16.73
	BJP	Mahendranath Kowar	76,287	35.62	+489.08
	CPI (M)	Nazrul Haque	19,607	9.15	-77.27
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	1,868	0.87
	BSP	Sukul Soren	1,575	0.74
	Independent	Somnath Sain	1,149	0.54
	Independent	Ayan Ghosh	828	0.39
	LJP	Mainuddin Sah	480	0.22
	NOTA	None of the above	4,346	1.01
Turnout			214,168
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhatar ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subhas Mondal	92,544		-
	CPI (M)	Bamacharan Banerjee	86,264
	BJP	Anjan Mukherjee	12,950
	BSP	Dhananjay Ghosal	2,176
	Independent	Santosh Nandi	1,438
	NOTA	None of the above	2,108
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhatar ^{[20] [21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Banamali Hazra	83,883	47.29	+9.36#
	CPI (M)	Srijit Konar	83,585	47.12	-10.84
	BJP	Dhatripada Konar	5,586	3.15
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Iyar Mohammad Sekh	2,469
	BSP	Sekh Toyeb	1,854
Turnout			177,377	89.79
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+20.20#

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

1977-2006

Syed Md. Masih of CPI (M) won the Bhatar assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Banamali Hajra of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Subhas Mondal of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra of Trinamool Congress and Susanta Ghosh of Congress, in respective years. In 1991, Mahboob Zahedi of CPI (M) defeated Bholanath Sen of Congress. In 1987 and 1982, Syed Md. Masih of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra and Bholanath Sen, both of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Bholanath Sen defeated Saktipada Chattopdahyay of Forward Bloc. ^[23]

1957-1972

Bholanath Sen of Congress won the seat in 1972. Anath Bandhu Ghosh of CPI (M) won it in 1971. In 1969, Aswini Roy of CPI won the seat. S.Hazra of Congress, won it in 1967. Aswini Roy, representing CPI won it in 1962. The constituency was formed in 1957. It was won in that year by Abalata Kundu of Congress. ^[24]

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