Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency
| Baisnabnagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 54 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Baisnabnagar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Malda |
| LS constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 246,956 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak III community development block.[1]
Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Isha Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 2016 | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021 | Chandana Sarkar | Trinamool Congress | |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kaliachak Assembly constituency
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chandana Sarkar | 83,061 | 40.00 | ||
| BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | 80,590 | 39.00 | ||
| INC | Azizul Hoque | 37,443 | 18.00 | ||
| Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) | ~7,500 | 3.60 | |||
| Majority | 2,471 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]In the 2016 election, Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of the BJP defeated Azizul Haque of the INC-CPI(M) alliance.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | 70,185 | 38.20 | +24.12 | |
| INC | Azizul Haque | 65,688 | 35.75 | −7.27 | |
| AITC | Asit Bose | 40,262 | 21.91 | N/A | |
| SS | Dhaneshyam Das | 1,528 | 0.83 | N/A | |
| BSP | Nikhil Chandra Mondal | 1,525 | 0.83 | N/A | |
| Independent | Suresh Chandra Sarkar | 1,301 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| CPI(ML)L | Md. Ebrahim Sheikh | 713 | 0.38 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,520 | 1.37 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,497 | 2.45 | −1.00 | ||
| Turnout | 183,722 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +8.43 | |||
2011
[edit]In the 2011 election, Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ishaque Khan Choudhury | 62,589 | 43.02 | ||
| CPI(M) | Biswanath Ghosh | 57,566 | 39.57 | ||
| BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | 20,483 | 14.08 | ||
| Independent | Manirul | 3,436 | 2.36 | ||
| JD(U) | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 1,415 | |||
| Majority | 5,023 | 3.45 | |||
| Turnout | 145,489 | 84.34 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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