Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kranti
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kranti Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Kranti Kranti (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°42′50″N88°42′27″E / 26.71389°N 88.70750°E / 26.71389; 88.70750 Coordinates: 26°42′50″N88°42′27″E / 26.71389°N 88.70750°E / 26.71389; 88.70750
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Year established	1977
Year abolished	2011
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalpaiguri

Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011 and the new Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) comes into being. ^{[1] [2]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Kranti	Parimal Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
1982		Parimal Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1987		Sudhan Raha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1991		Sudhan Raha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1996		Sudhan Raha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
2001		Sudhan Raha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
2006		Fazlul Karim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]

For MLAs in the area after 2006 see Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[9] Fazlul Karim of CPI(M) won the Kranti assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Atul Roy, Independent. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhan Raha of CPI(M) defeated Aburabbani Ahmed (Badshah) of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[8] Subhash Das of Congress in 1996, ^[7] Aftabul Alam of Congress in 1991, ^[6] and Kallol Basu of Congress in 1987. ^[5] Parimal Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Deba Prasad Roy of Congress in 1982 ^[4] and Abdul Hasnat Mohammed Abu Saleque of Congress in 1977. ^{[3] [10]} The constituency was not there prior to that.

References

1. "Minister loses rural votebank - CPM worried about Asok's redrawn constituency Avijit Sinha - The Telegraph". Darjeeling Times.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
10. "19 - Kranti Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.