Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°30′09″N88°22′03″E / 22.502513°N 88.3676051°E / 22.502513; 88.3676051 Coordinates: 22°30′09″N88°22′03″E / 22.502513°N 88.3676051°E / 22.502513; 88.3676051
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No	150
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	22. Jadavpur
Electorate (year)	273,803 (2016)
Government
• Incumbent	Debabrata Majumdar (All India Trinamool Congress)

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 150 Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. ^[1]

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

The ex-Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of the CPI(M) won from this seat 5 times in 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 Assembly Elections, he contested again from this seat while being the Chief Minister of the state, but lost to Manish Gupta of the TMC, by a margin of more than sixteen thousand votes. Manish Gupta served as the Minister for Development and Planning, and later, as the Minister for Power in the newly formed TMC government. However, in 2016, Manish Gupta lost the elections despite his popular image, to Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by a margin of more than fourteen thousand votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Jadavpur	Bikesh Chandra Guha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [2]
1969		Bikesh Chandra Guha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
1971		Dinesh Chandra Majumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1972		Dinesh Chandra Majumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1977		Dinesh Chandra Majumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1982		Sankar Gupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
By-Election,1983		Ashok Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1987		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1991		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1996		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2001		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2006		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2011		Manish Gupta	All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2016		Dr. Sujan Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021		Debabrata Majumdar	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 election

In the 2021 elections, Debabrata Majumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of CPI(M).

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debabrata Majumdar	98,100	45.54	+4.39
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sujan Chakraborty	59,231	27.50	-18.50
	BJP	Rinku Naskar	53,139	24.67	+17.85
	NOTA	None of the above	2,730	1.27	-0.73
	BSP	Sujoy Naskar	649	0.30	-0.09
Majority			38,869	18.24
Turnout			2,15,862	72.00
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016 election

In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal, Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sujan Chakraborty	98,977	46.00	+1.24
	AITC	Manish Gupta	84,035	41.15	-12.16
	BJP	Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray	13,922	6.82	+5.41
	None of the Above	None of the above	4,093	2.00	+2.00
	BSP	Subhas Chandra Naskar	803	0.39
Majority			14,942	7.32
Turnout			2,04,210	74.58
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing	15.87

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattcharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur ^{[14] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manish Gupta	1,03,972	53.31	+16.08#
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	87,288	44.76	-16.49
	BJP	Dhononjoy Mukherjee	2,749	1.39
	BSP	Rabindra Nath Choudhury	693	0.35
	IND	Siddartha Bhattacharya	678	0.34
Majority			16,684	8.45
Turnout			1,99,096	78.41
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	33.57#

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

2006

In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jadavpur constituency ^{[14] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	127,837	61.30
	AITC	Dipak Kumar Ghosh	69,709	33.70
	INC	Prof. Omprakash Mishra	7,986	2.03
	Independent	Sukumar Howalder	3,189
Majority			58,128
Turnout			207,85	69.90
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

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

2001

In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Jadavpur constituency ^{[14] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	110,011	54.60	+16.08#
	AITC	Madhabi Mukherjee	80,730	40.06	-16.49
	BJP	Radhesyham Brahmachari	5,166	2.56
	PDS	Samir Putatundu	1,798	0.89
	NCP	Asim Datta	1,438	0.71
	Independent	Maya Saha	1,083	0.54
	Independent	Bhusan Mondal	753	0.37
	Independent	Babua Dutta	520	0.26
Turnout			207,85	69.90
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Jadavpur constituency ^{[14] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	108,549	55.58	+16.08#
	INC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	72,364	37.05	-16.49
	BJP	Rajat Roy	11,531	5.90
	BSP	Sandhya Mandal	1,130	0.58
	CPI(ML)	Dhiresh Goswami	740	0.38
	Independent	Bhusan Mondal	440	0.54
	Independent	Deboshmita Dey	344	0.37
	Independent	Haradhan Sarkar	221	0.26
Turnout			207,85	80.77
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006, ^[13] Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[12] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996, ^[11] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991, ^[10] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987. ^[9] Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982. ^[7] Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[6] [20]}

1967-1972

Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) won in 1972 ^[5] and 1971. ^[4] Bikesh Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969 ^[3] and 1967. ^[2] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Citations

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