Dubrajpur Assembly constituency
| Dubrajpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 284 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| LS constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 181,978 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Dubrajpur is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block.[1]
Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Members[2] | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bijoy Bagdi | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2016 | Chandra Naresh Bauri | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Anup Kumar Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anup Kumar Saha | 98,083 | 47.94 |  34.09
| |
| AITC | Debabrata Saha | 94,220 | 46.05 |  5.67
| |
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 6,014 | 2.94 | 26.90
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,157 | 1.54 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Naresh Chandra Bauri | 94,309 | 51.72 | 5.18
| |
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 54,415 | 29.84 | 18.43
| |
| BJP | Ramprasad Das | 25,258 | 13.85 | 7.39
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,658 | 2.01 | ||
| BMUP | Khagen Das | 2,906 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Biswanath Bauri | 1,812 | 0.99 | ||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 182,358 | 84.28 | −1.48 | ||
2011
[edit]In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 75,343 | 48.27 | −13.34 | |
| AITC | Santoshi Saha | 72,634 | 46.54 | +22.95# | |
| BJP | Paltu Pada Dhibar | 10,083 | 6.46 | ||
| Turnout | 156,064 | 85.76 | |||
| AIFB hold | Swing | -36.29# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006
[edit]In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhakti Pada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.[6]
1962–1972
[edit]Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Dubrajpur Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Dubrajpur Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Dubrajpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dubrajpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Dubrajpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "286 - Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
