Bishnupur, Bankura Assembly constituency

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

Bishnupur
Constituency No. 255 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency	Bishnupur
Established	1951
Total electors	170,838
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tanmay Ghosh [a]
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC +
Elected year	2021

Bishnupur Assembly 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 Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2011	Syama Prasad Mukherjee		Trinamool Congress
2016	Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya [b]		Indian National Congress
			Trinamool Congress
2021	Tanmay Ghosh [c]		Bharatiya Janata Party
			Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tanmay Ghosh [d]	89,689	46.84	40.35
	AITC	Archita Bid	78,269	40.88	2.83
	INC	Debu Chatterjee	15,814	8.26	35.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,419	1.79	0.13
Majority			11,420	5.96	5.45
Turnout			1,91,469	87.32	1.38
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya [e]	76,641	44.22	New
	AITC	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	75,750	43.71	6.59
	BJP	Nanda Dulal Banerjee	11,254	6.49	3.11
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,336	1.92
Majority			891	0.51	5.88
Turnout			1,73,305	88.70	1.68
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Bishnupur ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	77,662	50.30
	CPI(M)	Swapan Ghosh	67,805	43.91
	BJP	Pankaj Dhar	5,223	3.38
	JDP	Purna Chandra Murmu	3,716	2.41
Majority			9,857	6.39
Turnout			154,406	90.38
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

Notes

1. Tanmay Ghosh was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 30 August 2021, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
2. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya was elected as INC MLA. However, he later defected to the Trinamool Congress.
3. Tanmay Ghosh was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 30 August 2021, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
4. Tanmay Ghosh was elected as BJP MLA. However, on 30 August 2021 he defected to the Trinamool Congress.
5. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya was elected as INC MLA. However, he later defected to the Trinamool Congress.

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". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bishnupur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bishnupur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
5. "253 - Vishnupur 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.