Burwan Assembly constituency

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Burwan
Constituency No. 67 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Burwan Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Burwan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur
Established1951
Total electors217,500
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
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.

Contents

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

YearNameParty
1951 Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress
Sudhir Mondal
1957 No seat
1962 No seat
1967 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
1969
1971 Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982
1987
1991 Debabrata Banerjee
1996
2001 Amalendralal Roy
2006 Biswanath Banerjee
2011 Protima Rajak Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Jiban Krishna Saha All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Jiban Krishna Saha 81,890 46.32 Increase2.svg19.33
BJP Amiya Kumar Das79,14144.76Increase2.svg34.57
INC Shiladitya Haldar12,2606.93Decrease2.svg29.96
NOTA None of the Above 2,0081.14Decrease2.svg1.03
Independent Naresh Kumar Das1,5040.85New
Majority 2,7491.56Decrease2.svg8.34
Turnout 1,76,80381.29Increase2.svg3.34
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Protima Rajak 55,906 36.99 Decrease2.svg10.2
AITC Shasthi Charan Mal40,90426.99New
RSP Binoy Sarkar33,04021.8Decrease2.svg24.85
BJP Amiya Kumar Das15,44010.19Increase2.svg3.93
NOTA None of the Above 3,2902.17N/A
SP Ranjit Das1,8761.24New
Independent Jata Shankar Thandar1,0940.72New
Majority 15,0029.9Increase2.svg9.46
Turnout 1,51,55077.95Decrease2.svg5.29
INC hold Swing

2011

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

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Burwan [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Protima Rajak 66,304 47.09 −1.60#
RSP Binoy Sarkar65,68846.65−1.36
BJP Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi8,8096.26
Turnout 140,80183.31
INC gain from RSP Swing Decrease2.svg0.24

.# 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 [4] 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. [5] Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996, [6] and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991. [7] Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987, [8] Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982, [9] and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977. [10] [11]

1951–1972

Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972 [12] and 1971. [13] Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969 [14] and 1967. [15] The Burwan seat was not there in 1962 [16] and 1957. [17] 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. [18]

References

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