Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhabanipur
(including Kalighat)
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bhabanipur
(including Kalighat)

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°31′48″N 88°20′35″E / 22.53000°N 88.34306°E / 22.53000; 88.34306Coordinates: 22°31′48″N 88°20′35″E / 22.53000°N 88.34306°E / 22.53000; 88.34306
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Kolkata
Constituency No 159
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral system First past the post

Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (archaic spelling Bhowanipore) (Bengali: ভবানীপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. This page includes information about the defunct Kalighat (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 159 Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77 and 82 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BhawanipurMira Dutta GuptaIndian National Congress[2]
KalighatManikuntala SenCommunist Party of India[2]
1957BhawanipurSiddhartha Shankar Ray Indian National Congress[3]
KalighatManikuntala SenCommunist Party of India[3]
1962BhawanipurSiddhartha Shakar Ray Independent[4]
KalighatBeva MitraIndian National Congress[4]
1967Beva MitraIndian National Congresss[5]
1969Sadhan GuptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Rathin TalukdarIndian National Congress[7]
1972Rathin TalukdarIndian National Congress[8]
2011BhabanipurSubrata BakshiAll India Trinamool Congress[9]
2011 by-electionMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[10]

Election results

2016 election

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Bhabanipur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Mamata Banerjee
INC Deepa Dasmunsi
BJP Chandra Kumar Bose
BSP Nirmal Kanti Samaddar

2011 bye election

The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister,

West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2011: Bhabanipur constituency[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Mamata Banerjee 73,635 77.46 +12.70
CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee 19,422 20.43 -7.53
Independent Sujoy Krishna Bhadra 809 0.85
Indian Justice Party Ganesh Chandra Singh 488 0.51
Independent D. K. Sharma 422 0.44
Independent Jayanta Dutta 288 0.30
Majority 54,213 57.06 +20.27
Turnout 95,064 44.72
AITMC hold Swing +12.98

Percentage swing with respect to General Election 2011.

2011 State assembly elections

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhabanipur constituency[9][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Subrata Bakshi 87,903 64.76
CPI(M) Narayan Jain 37,967 27.97
BJP Ram Chandra Jaiswal 5,078 3.74
BSP Dulal Mistri 1,050 0.77
AIMF Md. Arman (Kabir) 860 0.63
Independent Nishat Khan 775 0.57
Independent Narayan Das 759 0.55
Independent Badri Mondal 571 0.42
Independent Abhijit Bhattacharya 412 0.30
Independent Debasis Ghosh 341 0.25
Majority 49,936 36.79
Turnout 1,35,716
AITMC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 11 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 Decrease6
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

1951-1962 Bhawanipur

There was an assembly seat at Bhawanipur from 1951 to 1962. Contests in most years were multi cornered but mostly winners and runners are being mentioned. In independent India’s first election in 1951, Mira Dutta Gupta of Indian National Congress defeated Debnath Das, Independent, Saumendra Nath Tagore of Revolutionary Socialist Party and others.[2] In 1957, Siddhartha Shankar Ray of Indian National Congress defeated Saila Sen of Praja Socialist Party.[3] In 1962, Siddhartha Shankar Ray contesting as an independent candidate defeated Pritin Kr. Roy Choudhury Indian National Congress.[4]

1951-1972 Kalighat

There was an assembly seat at Kalighat from 1951 to 1972. In 1951, Manikuntala Sen of Communist Party of India defeated Debabrata Mookherjee IndianNational Congress, Santi Bhusan Bose Bharatiya Jana Sangh and others.[2] In 1957, Manikuntala Sen CPI defeated Bivabati Mitra INC.[3] In 1962, Beva Mitra of INC defeated Manikuntala Sen of CPI.[4] 1967 B.Mitra of INC defeated D.Mazumder of CPI(M).[5] 1969 Sadhan Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated Beva Mitra of INC Kalighat.[6] In 1971, Rathin Talukdar of INC defeated Sadhan Gupta of CPI(M).[7] In 1972, Rathin Talukdar of INC defeated Ashoke Kumar Bose of CPI(M).[8] .....

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 179. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bhabanipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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