English Bazar Assembly constituency

English Bazar
Constituency No. 51 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining English Bazar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Established	1957
Total electors	275,296
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

English Bazar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 51 English Bazar Assembly 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, ^[1]

English Bazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	English Bazar	Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress [2]
1962		Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress [3]
1967		Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress [4]
1969		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India [5]
1971		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India [6]
1972		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India [7]
1977		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991		Prabhat Acharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996		Goutam Chakraborty	Indian National Congress [12]
2001		Samar Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2006		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress [14]
2011		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress [15]
2013 bye election		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Nihar Ranjan Ghosh	Independent [17]
2021		Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury	107,755	49.96
	AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	87,656	40.64
	CPI(M)	Koushik Mishra	10,953	5.08
	NOTA	None of the above	3,196	1.48
	IND	Md Anisur Rahaman	1,787	0.83
Majority			20,099	9.44
Turnout			2,17,988	79.18
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress. ^{[15] [18]}

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nihar Ranjan Ghosh	107,183	52.80
	AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	67,456	33.30
	BJP	Suman Banerjee	23,171	11.4
	NOTA	None of the above	4,336	2.09
	Independent	Nihar Ghosh	2,293	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	4,336	2.09
Majority			39,727	19.17
Turnout			2,07,542	84.10
	Independent gain from AITC		Swing

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

2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress. ^[16]

By-election, 2013: English Bazar ^{[16] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	70,791	39.33	+39.33
	CPI(M)	Koushik Mishra (Saheb)	50,339	27.96	−11.19
	INC	Narendra Nath Tiwari	45,271	25.15	−26.64
	BJP	Sanjit Misra	9,442	5.24	−0.62
	IND	Satish Rajbanshi	2,851	1.58
Majority			20,452	11.36
Turnout			179,990	81.79
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M). ^{[15] [20]}

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	89,421	51.79	+0.48#
	CPI(M)	Samarendra Roy	67,592	39.15	−6.49
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Mandal	10,116	5.86
	IND	Satish Rajbanshi	2,527	1.46
	IND	Uma Das	1,535	0.89
Majority			21,829	12.64
Turnout			1,72,830	82.88
	INC hold		Swing	+6.97#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 ^[14] 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. ^[13] Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[12] Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991. ^[11] Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987, ^[10] Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982 ^[9] and Hari Prasanna Mitra of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[8] [21]}

1957–1972

Bimal Kanti Das of CPI won in 1972, ^[7] 1971 ^[6] and 1969. ^[5] Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967, ^[4] 1962 ^[3] and 1957. ^[2] Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.

References

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