Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dubrajpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dubrajpur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Dubrajpur Dubrajpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°48′N87°23′E / 23.800°N 87.383°E / 23.800; 87.383 Coordinates: 23°48′N87°23′E / 23.800°N 87.383°E / 23.800; 87.383
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	284
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	42. Birbhum
Electorate (year)	181,978 (2011)

Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier, In 2021 -Elected MLA from Dubrajpur is Shri.Anup Kumar Saha from Bharatiya Janta Party

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block. ^[1]

Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Members [2]	Party
2011	Bijoy Bagdi	All India Forward Bloc
2016	Chandra Naresh Bauri	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Anup Kumar Saha	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Dubrajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anup Kumar Saha	98083	47.94	34.09
	AITC	Debabrata Saha	94220	46.05	5.67
	AIFB	Bijoy Bagdi	6014	2.94	26.90
	NOTA	None of the above	3157	1.54
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing
Turnout

2016

In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dubrajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Naresh Chandra Bauri	94,309	51.72	5.18
	AIFB	Bijoy Bagdi	54,415	29.84	18.43
	BJP	Ramprasad Das	25,258	13.85	7.39
	NOTA	None of the above	3,658	2.01
	BMUP	Khagen Das	2,906	1.59
	Independent	Biswanath Bauri	1,812	0.99
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing
Turnout			182,358	84.28	-1.48

2011

In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Bijoy Bagdi	75,343	48.27	-13.34
	AITC	Santoshi Saha	72,634	46.54	+22.95#
	BJP	Paltu Pada Dhibar	10,083	6.46
Turnout			156,064	85.76
	AIFB hold		Swing	-36.29#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktipada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977. ^[6]

1962–1972

Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there. ^[7]

Khayrasole 1951

In independent India's first election Khayrasole was an assembly seat. It was won by Khagendra Nath Bandopadhyay. ^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
2. "Dubrajpur Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Dubrajpur Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Dubrajpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dubrajpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Dubrajpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
6. "286 - Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
7. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.