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Baharampur Assembly constituency

Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Baharampur
Constituency No. 72 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Lok Sabha constituencyBaharampur
Established1951
Total electors260,667
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026
Most Successful parties from Baharampur assembly
  1. Indian National Congress (10 times) (55.5%)
  2. Communist Party of India (2 times) (11.1%)
  3. Revolutionary Socialist Party (3 times) (16.7%)
  4. Independent politician (1 time) (5.56%)
  5. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.1%)

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers Baharampur municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]

Baharampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

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2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baharampur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subrata Maitra 91,088 40.62 Decrease4.59
INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 73,540 32.79 Increase12.46
AITC Naru Gopal Mukherjee 49,586 22.11 Decrease9.51
AJUP Sukbor Molla 4,207 1.88
NOTA None of the above 1,359 0.61 Decrease0.67
Majority 17,548 7.83 Decrease5.76
Turnout 224,268 92.89 Increase17.08
BJP hold Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baharampur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subrata Maitra 89,340 45.21
AITC Naru Gopal Mukherjee 62,488 31.62
INC Manoj Chakraborty 40,167 20.33
NOTA None of the above 2,525 1.28
Majority 26,852 13.59
Turnout 197,607 75.81
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baharampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Chakraborty 127,762 67.89 Increase12.99
AITC Sujata Banerjee 35,489 18.86 New entry
BJP Mala Banerjee 18,805 9.99 Increase2.34
NOTA None of the above 3,523 1.87 New entry
Majority 92,273 49.03 Increase23.06
Turnout 1,88,187 79.53 Decrease1.39
INC hold Swing


2011

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baharampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manoj Chakraborty 91,578 54.90
RSP Tarit Brahmachari 48,265 28.93
BJP Debasis Sarkar 12,758 7.65
Independent Debjani Saha 8,162 4.89
SDPI Tayebdul Islam 3,787 2.27
IPFB Sujit Kumar Das 1,331 0.80
JD(U) Sunil Kumar Mondal 940 0.60
Majority 43,313 26.0
Turnout 166,821 81.13
INC hold Swing


2006

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In the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[4] Manoj Chakraborty, Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[5] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of Congress defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001,[7] and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996.[8] Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.[9] Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987[10] and 1982,[11] and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.[12][13]


1972

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Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1969.[16] S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[17] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1962.[18] Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1957[19] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[20]


Notes

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Adhir beats Cong at home". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Hussain, Alamgir (17 April 2011). "Didi turns up heat on dissidents". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "63 - Berhampore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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