Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

For the constituency in Bankura, see Bishnupur, Bankura.

Bishnupur
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°22′52″N88°16′05″E / 22.3812°N 88.2680°E / 22.3812; 88.2680 Coordinates: 22°22′52″N88°16′05″E / 22.3812°N 88.2680°E / 22.3812; 88.2680
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	146
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year)	210,543 (2011)

Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Bishnupur I community development block
• Ashuti I, Ashuti II, Chatta and Rasapunja gram panchayats of Thakurpukur Maheshtala community development block

Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Bishnupur	Basanta Kumar Mal	Indian National Congress [2]
		Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India [2]
1957		Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India [3]
		Rabindranath Roy	Communist Party of India [3]
1962	Bishnupur Paschim	Jugal Chandra Santra	Indian National Congress [4]
	Bishnupur Purba	Santilata Mondal	Indian National Congress [4]
1967	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Kumar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1969	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Kumar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
	Bishnupur Purba	Ram Krishna Bar	Indian National Congress [7]
1972	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
	Bishnupur Purba	Ram Krishna Bar	Indian National Congress [8]
1977	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982	Bishnupur Paschim	Provash Chandra Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987	Bishnupur Paschim	Kashi Nath Adak	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991	Bishnupur Paschim	Kashi Nath Adak	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
	Bishnupur Purba	Sundar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996	Bishnupur Paschim	Sankar Saran Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
	Bishnupur Purba	Ananda Kumar Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001	Bishnupur Paschim	Subrata Bakshi	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
	Bishnupur Purba	Dilip Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2006	Bishnupur Paschim	Rathin Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
	Bishnupur Purba	Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011	Bishnupur	Dilip Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Dilip Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Dilip Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dilip Mondal	107,129	52.36	-0.99
	CPI(M)	Aloke Sardar	76,499	37.39	-2.02
	BJP	Shyamaprasad Halder	14,264	6.97	+3.77
	NOTA	None of the above	2,402	1.17
	BSP	Dipankar Gayen	1,594	0.78
	Independent	Samar Kr. Biswas	1,502	0.73
	PDS	Uttam Kumar Halder	1,203	0.59
Turnout			204,593	82.24	-3.15
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Bishnupur ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dilip Mondal	95,912	53.35
	CPI(M)	Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar	70,862	39.41
	BJP	Sekhar Naskar	5,745	3.20
	Independent	Prabhat Kiran Mondal	3,636
	PDS	Gopinath Naskar	1,735
Turnout			179,791	85.39
	AITC win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had two seats. In 2006, ^[15] Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating his nearest rival Dilip Mondal of AITC and Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating his nearest rival Madan Mitra of AITC. Dilip Mondal of AITC won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) and Subrata Bakshi of AITC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) in 2001. ^[14] Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar of INC and Sankar Saran Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of INC in 1996. ^[13] In 1991 ^[12] and 1987, ^[11] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ram Krishna Bar and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, respectively, and Kashi Nath Adak of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar and Shaik Moquebul Haque, both of INC, respectively. In 1982 ^[10] and 1977, ^[9] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar and Ram Krishna Bar, both of INC, respectively, and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Niranjan Ghosh and Moaue Haque Shaik, both of INC, respectively. ^{[18] [19]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had two seats. In 1972 ^[8] and 1971, ^[7] Ram Krishna Bar of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1969 ^[6] and 1967, ^[5] Sundar Kumar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1962, ^[4] Santilata Mondal of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Jugal Chandra Santra of INC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1957 and 1952, Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had joint seats. In 1957, ^[3] Provash Chandra Roy and Rabindranath Roy, both of CPI, won. In 1952, ^[2] Basanta Kumar Mal of INC and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI, won.

References

Citations

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