Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Barrackpore | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Barrackpore   Barrackpore Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.76667°N 88.36667°ECoordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.76667°N 88.36667°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 108 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Electorate (year) | 168,641 (2011) |
Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Barrackpur) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) comes into existence in 2011, Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from the same year.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 108 Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barrackpore municipality and Titagarh municipality.[1]
Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Barrackpore | Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 2011 | Silbhadra Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress[3] |
Note:For MLCAs from the area in previous years see Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Silbhadra Dutta | 79,515 | 60.02 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr. Madhusudan Samanta | 43,392 | 32.75 | ||
| BJP | Shambhu Nath Gupta | 5,040 | 3.80 | ||
| BSP | Tapas Sarkar | 1,843 | |||
| Independent | Umasankar Biswakarma | 1,434 | |||
| JD(U) | Shiva Shankar Gupta | 1,254 | |||
| Turnout | 132,478 | 78.56 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 28 |  23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |  16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
1951
In independent India’s first election in 1951, Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barrackpore seat. Thereafter, the seat was not there till 2011.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barrackpore. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.