Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bidhannagar
বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Bidhannagar Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 116 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Electorate (year) | 198,318 (2011) |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bidhannagar | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
| 2016 | Bidhannagar | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
2016
The election is scheduled on 25 April 2016 and results will be declared on 19 May 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sujit Bose | 66,130 | 42.85 | -16.68 | |
| INC | Arunava Ghosh | 59,142 | 38.32 | N/A | |
| BJP | Susanta Ranjan Pal | 21,735 | 14.08 | +10.13 | |
| BSP | Ranjan Majumder | 1,163 | 0.75 | ||
| SHS | Ananda Chanda | 897 | 0.58 | ||
| Independent | Manmohan Garodia | 771 | 0.49 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Tarun Kumar Das | 533 | 0.34 | ||
| Independent | Palash Biswas | 379 | 0.24 | -0.88 | |
| Independent | Kunal Majumder | 298 | 0.19 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,255 | 0.02 | ||
| Majority | 6,988 | 4.52 | |||
| Turnout | 154,303 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sujit Bose | 88,642 | 59.53 | ||
| CPI (M) | Palash Das | 52,717 | 35.40 | ||
| BJP | Ashoke Sarkar | 5,877 | 3.95 | ||
| Independent | Palash Biswas | 1,668 | 1.12 | ||
| Majority | 35,925 | 24.13 | |||
| Turnout | 148,904 | 75.08 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 28 |  23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |  16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bidhannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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