Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

For the constituency in South 24 Parganas, see Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas.

Bishnupur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bishnupur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Bishnupur Bishnupur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°05′00″N87°19′00″E / 23.08333°N 87.31667°E / 23.08333; 87.31667 Coordinates: 23°05′00″N87°19′00″E / 23.08333°N 87.31667°E / 23.08333; 87.31667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Constituency No.	255
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)	170,838 (2011)

Bishnupur (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. 255 Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bishnupur municipality; Bishnupur community development block; and Amdangra, Saltora and Satmauli gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block. ^[1]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Members [2]	Party
2011	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress
2021	Tanmay Ghosh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Election, the Left-Cong candidate Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya defeated Shyam Mukherjee ( who was then a member of TMC) by less than 1000 votes. Though later Tusharkanti Bhattacharya joined TMC.

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bishnupur ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	77,662	50.30	+13.53#
	CPI (M)	Swapan Ghosh	67,805	43.91	-15.19
	BJP	Pankaj Dhar	5,223	3.38
	JDP	Purna Chandra Murmu	3,716
Turnout			154,406	90.38
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	28.72#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Swapan Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur seat defeating his nearest rival Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayanta Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Buddhadeb Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Achintya Krishna Ray of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Congress in 1991, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee of Congress in 1987, Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1982 and Ardhendu Mitra of Congress in 1977. ^[6]

1952-1972

Bhabataran Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sasthidas Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. B.C.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Radhika Dhibar of CPI won in 1962. In 1957 and 1952 the Bishnupur seat was a dual one. Purabi Mukhopadhyay and Kiran Chandra Digar, both of Congress, won in 1957. Kiran Chandra Digar and Radha Gobinda Roy, both of Congress, won in independent India's first election in 1952. ^[7]

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. "Bishnupur Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Bishnupur Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Bishnupur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bishnupur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bishnupur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "253 - Vishnupur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
7. "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.