Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barjora
Barjora
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Barjora Location in West Bengal Barjora Barjora (India)
	Coordinates: 23°26′00″N 87°17′00″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Constituency No.	253
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	37. Bishnupur
Electorate (year)	203,550 (2011)

Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 253 Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barjora community development block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati community development block.[1]

Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Sujit Chakraborty	86,873	43.42	+0.53
	AITC	Soham Chakraborty	86,257	43.11	-4.58
	BJP	Sujit Agasthi	15,991	7.99	+4.46
	SUCI(C)	Sudarshan Adhikari	2,352	1.18	N/A
	Independent	Raghunath Roy	2,326	1.16	N/A
	BMP	Indrani Sardar	2,050	1.02	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	4,235	2.12	N/A
Majority			616	0.31	-4.49
Turnout			2,00,084	86.46	-0.55
Registered electors			2,31,414
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barjora [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Asutosh Mukherjee	84,457	47.69	+9.18
	CPI (M)	Susmita Biswas	75,966	42.89	-10.28
	BJP	Sanjoy Pal	6,245	3.53
	Independent	Prasanta Hembram	5,577
	Independent	Thakurdas Hembram	2,592
	BSP	Bhabesh Tudu	2,265
Turnout			177,102	87.01
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	19.46

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bankura district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	8	8
Indian National Congress	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	7
Forward Bloc	0	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	1
Communist Party of India	0	1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Susmita Biswas of CPI(M) won the Barjora seat defeating Shampa Daripa of Trinamool Congress, Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Trinamool Congress and Tapasi Banerjee of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayasri Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1991 and Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1987. Lalbihari Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1982. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1977.[5]

1952-1972

Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary of Congress won in 1972. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. A.Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. Pramatha Ghosh of CPI won in 1962. The Barjora seat was not there in 1957. Prafulla Chandra Roy of Congress won the Barjora seat in independent India’s first election in 1952.[6]

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References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
"Barjora". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barjora. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barjora. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
"250 - Barjora Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

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[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

[2] "Barjora". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Barjora. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Barjora. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[5] "250 - Barjora Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

[6] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2011-04-03.