Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Barabani
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Barabani
Location in West Bengal
Barabani
Barabani (India)
Coordinates: 23°44′N 87°01′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.283
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)184,970

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks.[1] It covers such towns as Chittaranjan and Rupnarainpur

Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barabani [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Bidhan Upadhyay 78,628 52.92 +8.03#
CPI (M) Abhas Raychaudhuri 58,051 39.07 -12.95
BJP Biswanath Roy 4,980 3.35
Independent Dinesh Karmakar 3,332
JMM Amal Mondal 2,623
JD(U) Abhishek Kumar Singh 964
Turnout 148,578 80.33
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +20.98#

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

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeating Manik Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manik Upadhyay representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress.[5]

1962-1972

Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty of CPI in 1962. In 1957, Barabani was part of Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and it was won by Amarendranath Mondal of Praja Socialist Party.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. "Barabani". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barabani. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barabani. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  5. "258 - Barabani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  6. Bandopadhyay, Santimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol), (in Bengali), pp157-158, Trinity Trust, Election results 1957-1972.
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