Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Baisnabnagar
Baisnabnagar
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Baisnabnagar Location in West Bengal Baisnabnagar Baisnabnagar (India)
	Coordinates: 24°51′06″N 88°00′39″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Constituency No	54
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)	172,496 (2011)

Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency). BJP won the 2016 assembly elections in Baisnabnagar.[1]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Kaliachak III community development block.[2]

Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Baisnabnagar	Isha Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[3]
2016		Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of the BJP defeated Azizul Haque of the INC-CPI(M) alliance.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baisnabnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	70,185	38.20	+24.12
	INC	Azizul Haque	65,688	35.75	-7.27
	AITC	Asit Bose	40,262	21.91	N/A
	SHS	Dhaneshyam Das	1,528	0.83	N/A
	BSP	Nikhil Chandra Mondal	1,525	0.83	N/A
	Independent	Suresh Chandra Sarkar	1,301	0.70	N/A
	CPI(ML)L	Md. Ebrahim Sheikh	713	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,520	1.37	N/A
Majority			4,497	2.45	-1.00
Turnout			183,722
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+8.43

2011

In the 2011 election, Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baisnabnagar constituency[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ishaque Khan Choudhury	62,589	43.02
	CPI (M)	Biswanath Ghosh	57,566	39.57
	BJP	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	20,483	14.08
	Independent	Manirul	3,436	2.36
	JD(U)	Manjur Alahi Munshi	1,415
Majority			5,023	3.45
Turnout			145,489	84.34
	INC win (new seat)

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Malda district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Indian National Congress	8	4
Trinamool Congress	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	5
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	1
Forward bloc	1	0

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)

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References

"West Bengal polls: BJP wins Congress stronghold Malda".
"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
"General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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[1] "West Bengal polls: BJP wins Congress stronghold Malda".

[delimitation-2] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-3] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.