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Burwan Assembly constituency

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Burwan
Constituency No. 67 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyBaharampur
Established1951
Total electors217,500
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Burwan is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Member Party Affiliation
Burwan Khargram
1951 Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress[2]
Sudhir Mondal Indian National Congress[2]
1957 No seat [3]
1962 No seat [4]
Burwan
1967 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1969 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[6]
1971 Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1987 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1991 Debabrata Banerjee Revolutionary Socialist Party[12]
1996 Debabrata Banerjee Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2001 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006 Biswanath Banerjee Revolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2011 Protima Rajak Indian National Congress[16]
2016 Protima Rajak Indian National Congress
2021 Jiban Krishna Saha All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jiban Krishna Saha 81,890 46.32 Increase19.33
BJP Amiya Kumar Das 79,141 44.76 Increase34.57
INC Shiladitya Haldar 12,260 6.93 Decrease29.96
NOTA None of the Above 2,008 1.14 Decrease1.03
Independent Naresh Kumar Das 1,504 0.85 New
Majority 2,749 1.56 Decrease8.34
Turnout 1,76,803 81.29 Increase3.34
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Protima Rajak 55,906 36.99 Decrease10.2
AITC Shasthi Charan Mal 40,904 26.99 New
RSP Binoy Sarkar 33,040 21.8 Decrease24.85
BJP Amiya Kumar Das 15,440 10.19 Increase3.93
NOTA None of the Above 3,290 2.17 N/A
SP Ranjit Das 1,876 1.24 New
Independent Jata Shankar Thandar 1,094 0.72 New
Majority 15,002 9.9 Increase9.46
Turnout 1,51,550 77.95 Decrease5.29
INC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Burwan[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Protima Rajak 66,304 47.09 −1.60#
RSP Binoy Sarkar 65,688 46.65 −1.36
BJP Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi 8,809 6.26
Turnout 140,801 83.31
INC gain from RSP Swing Decrease0.24

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.

1977–2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001.[14] Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996,[13] and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991.[12] Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987,[11] Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982,[10] and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951–1972

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Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] The Burwan seat was not there in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Burwan. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "67 - Barwan Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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