Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Bidhannagar বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Bidhannagar Location in Kolkata | |
| Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.41667°ECoordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°25′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.41667°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 116 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Electorate (year) | 198,318 (2011) |
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Number 28-41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bidhannagar | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2016
The election is scheduled on 25 April 2016 and results will be declared on 19 May 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Sujit Bose | 66,130 | 42.85 | -16.68 | |
| INC | Arunava Ghosh | 59,142 | 38.32 | N/A | |
| BJP | Susanta Ranjan Pal | 21,735 | 14.08 | +10.13 | |
| BSP | Ranjan Majumder | 1,163 | 0.75 | ||
| Shiv Sena | Ananda Chanda | 897 | 0.58 | ||
| Independent | Manmohan Garodia | 771 | 0.49 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Tarun Kumar Das | 533 | 0.34 | ||
| Independent | Palash Biswas | 379 | 0.24 | -0.88 | |
| Independent | Kunal Majumder | 298 | 0.19 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,255 | 0.02 | ||
| Majority | 6,988 | 4.52 | |||
| Turnout | 154,303 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Sujit Bose | 88,642 | 59.53 | ||
| CPI(M) | Palash Das | 52,717 | 35.40 | ||
| BJP | Ashoke Sarkar | 5,877 | 3.95 | ||
| Independent | Palash Biswas | 1,668 | 1.12 | ||
| Majority | 35,925 | 24.13 | |||
| Turnout | 148,904 | 75.08 | |||
| 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)
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, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bidhannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.