Burwan Assembly constituency

Burwan
Constituency No. 67 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Burwan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Baharampur
Established	1951
Total electors	217,500
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jiban Krishna Saha
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Burwan is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block. ^[1]

Burwan Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
Burwan Khargram
1951	Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik	Indian National Congress [2]
	Sudhir Mondal	Indian National Congress [2]
1957	No seat	[3]
1962	No seat	[4]
Burwan
1967	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [5]
1969	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [6]
1971	Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik	Indian National Congress [7]
1972	Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik	Indian National Congress [8]
1977	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [9]
1982	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [10]
1987	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [11]
1991	Debabrata Banerjee	Revolutionary Socialist Party [12]
1996	Debabrata Banerjee	Revolutionary Socialist Party [13]
2001	Amalendralal Roy	Revolutionary Socialist Party [14]
2006	Biswanath Banerjee	Revolutionary Socialist Party [15]
2011	Protima Rajak	Indian National Congress [16]
2016	Protima Rajak	Indian National Congress
2021	Jiban Krishna Saha	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Burwan ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Protima Rajak	66,304	47.09	−1.60#
	RSP	Binoy Sarkar	65,688	46.65	−1.36
	BJP	Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi	8,809	6.26
Turnout			140,801	83.31
	INC gain from RSP		Swing	−0.24#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[15] Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001. ^[14] Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996, ^[13] and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991. ^[12] Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987, ^[11] Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982, ^[10] and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951–1972

Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972 ^[8] and 1971. ^[7] Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969 ^[6] and 1967. ^[5] The Burwan seat was not there in 1962 ^[4] and 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat. ^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Burwan. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
18. "67 - Barwan Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.