English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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English Bazar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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English Bazar
English Bazar (India)
Coordinates: 25°0′N88°09′E / 25.000°N 88.150°E / 25.000; 88.150 Coordinates: 25°0′N88°09′E / 25.000°N 88.150°E / 25.000; 88.150
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Constituency No 51
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency 8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)208,529 (2011) [1]
246,790 (2016) [2]
275,296 (2021) [3]
Government
  CurrentMLA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Area code(s) 03512
Website http://wbassembly.gov.in

English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 51 English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers English Bazar Municipality and Amriti, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur gram panchayats of English Bazar community development block, [4]

English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). [4] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957 English BazarSanti Gopal Sen Indian National Congress [5]
1962 Santi Gopal SenIndian National Congress [6]
1967 Santi Gopal SenIndian National Congress [7]
1969Bimal Kanti Das Communist Party of India [8]
1971Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India [9]
1972Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India [10]
1977 Sailen Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982Sailen SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1987Sailen SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991Prabhat AcharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1996Goutam ChakrabortyIndian National Congress [15]
2001 Samar RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2006 Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress [17]
2011 Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress [18]
2013 bye election Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury All India Trinamool Congress [19]
2016 Nihar Ranjan Ghosh Independent [20]
2021 Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury 1,07,75549.96
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 87,65640.64
CPI (M) Koushik Mishra10,9535.08
NOTA None of the above3,1961.48
IND Md Anisur Rahaman1,7870.83
Majority20,0999.44
Turnout 2,17,98879.18
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress. [18] [21]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nihar Ranjan Ghosh 1,07,18352.80
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 67,45633.30
BJP Suman Banerjee23,17111.4
NOTA None of the above4,3362.09
IndependentNihar Ghosh2,2931.11
NOTA None of the above4,3362.09
Majority39,72719.17
Turnout 2,07,54284.10
Independent gain from AITC Swing

.# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2013 bye election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress. [19]

Bye election, 2013: English Bazar [19] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 70,79139.33+39.33
CPI (M) Koushik Mishra (Saheb)50,33927.96-11.19
INC Narendra Nath Tiwari45,27125.15-26.64
BJP Sanjit Misra9,4425.24-0.62
IND Satish Rajbanshi2,8511.58
Majority20,45211.36
Turnout 1,79,99081.79
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M). [18] [23]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 89,42151.79+0.48#
CPI (M) Samarendra Roy67,59239.15-6.49
BJP Gobinda Chandra Mandal10,1165.86
IND Satish Rajbanshi2,5271.46
IND Uma Das1,5350.89
Majority21,82912.64
Turnout 1,72,83082.88
INC hold Swing +6.97#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 [17] state assembly elections, Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury of Congress won the English Bazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samar Roy of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Roy of CPI(M) defeated Goutam Chakraborty of Congress in 2001. [16] Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996. [15] Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991. [14] Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987, [13] Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982 [12] and Hari Prasanna Mitra of Janata Party in 1977. [11] [24]

1957–1972

Bimal Kanti Das of CPI won in 1972, [10] 1971 [9] and 1969. [8] Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967, [7] 1962 [6] and 1957. [5] Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.

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