Sagardighi Assembly constituency

Sagardighi
Sagardighi
Constituency No. 60 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Sagardighi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
LS constituency	Jangipur
Established	1951
Total electors	236,885
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Bayron Biswas
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2023

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 60 Sagardighi Assembly constituency covers Sagardighi community development block.^[1]

Sagadighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name		Ref.
1951	Shyamapada Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress	^[2]
1951	Kuber Chand Halder		^[2]
1957	Shyamapada Bhattacharya		^[3]
1957	Kuber Chand Halder		^[3]
1962	Ambika Chanran Das		^[4]
1967	Ambika Chanran Das		^[5]
1969	Kuber Chand Halder	Bangla Congress	^[6]
1971	Atul Chandra Sarkar	Indian National Congress	^[7]
1972	Nrisinha Kumar Mandal	Indian National Congress	^[8]
1977	Hazari Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	^[9]
1982	Hazari Biswas		^[10]
1987	Paresh Nath Das		^[11]
1991			^[12]
1996			^[13]
2001			^[14]
2006	Parikhit Let		^[15]
2011	Subrata Saha	Trinamool Congress	^[16]
2016
2021
^2023	Bayron Biswas		Switched from INC to TMC^[17]

^ denotes by election.

Election results

2023 by-election

By-poll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress. Shortly after the election, the winning Indian National Congress candidate Bayron Biswas defected to Trinamool Congress.

2023 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Sagardighi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bayron Biswas	87,667	47.35	+27.90
	AITC	Debasish Bandopadhyay	64,681	34.94	−16.01
	BJP	Dilip Saha	25,815	13.94	−10.14
	NOTA	None of the above	1,337	0.72	−0.19
Majority			22,986
Turnout			1,85,142	73.49
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2021

West Bengal assembly elections,2021: Sagardighi constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Subrata Saha	95,189	50.95
	BJP	Mafuja Khatun	44,983	24.08
	INC	Sk M. Hasanuzzaman	36,344	19.45
	AIMIM	Nure Mahaboob Alam	3,450	1.85
	NOTA	None of the above	1.705	0.91
Majority			50,206
Turnout			1,86,816	78.86
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Aminul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sagardighi constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Saha	44,817	26.23	−11.79
	INC	Aminul Islam	39,603	23.18
	CPI(M)	Rajab Ali Mallick	39,385	23.05	−11.80
	Independent	Samsul Hoda	31,920	18.68
	BJP	Debsharan Ghosh	7,358	4.31	+1.38
	SDPI	Badrul Sekh	2,725	1.59	−2.72
	NOTA	None of the above	1,969	1.15
	Independent	Kanika Chakroborty (Das)	1,672	0.98
	SUCI(C)	Mirza Lutful Hoque	1,416	0.83
Turnout			170,865	82.92	−2.67
	AITC hold		Swing

Samsul Hoda, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

2011

In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sagardighi constituency^[16]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Saha	54,708	38.02	−8.01#
	CPI(M)	Ismail Sekh	50,134	34.85	−13.77
	Independent	Aminul Islam	22,402	15.57
	SDPI	Badrul Sekh	6,198	4.31
	BJP	Shekharendu Das	4,220	2.93
	Independent	Daud Mondal	2,934
	Independent	Naru Gopal Saha	2,037
	BSP	Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay	1,243
Turnout			143,876	85.59
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+5.56#

Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.^[19]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[15] Parikshit Let of CPI(M) won the Sagardighi (SC) assembly seat defeating Rajesh Kumar Bhakat of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Paresh Nath Das of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Bhakat representing Trinamool Congress in 2001,^[14] Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1996,^[13] 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Hazari Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1982^[10] and Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress in 1977.^[9]^[20]

1951–1972

Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress won in 1971.^[7] Kuber Chand Haldar of Bangla Congress won in 1969.^[6] Ambika Charan Das of Congress won in 1967^[5] and 1962.^[4] In 1957^[3] Sagadigighi constituency was not there. Jangipur was a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951^[2] Sagardighi was a joint seat. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "Sagardighi Bypoll Result 2023 Congress Candidate Bayron Biswas Wins By Margin Of 22,980 Votes". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sagardighi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Adhir defiant". The Telegraph, 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "53 - Sagardighi (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1952-2] "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1957-3] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1962-4] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-5] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-6] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-7] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1972-8] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-9] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-10] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-11] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-12] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-13] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-14] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-15] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-16] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[Sagardighi_Bypoll_Result_2023_Congress_Candidate_Bayron_Biswas_Wins_By_Margin_Of_22,980_Votes-17] "Sagardighi Bypoll Result 2023 Congress Candidate Bayron Biswas Wins By Margin Of 22,980 Votes". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[18] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sagardighi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[19] "Adhir defiant". The Telegraph, 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[20] "53 - Sagardighi (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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