English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

English Bazar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 25°0′N 88°09′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Constituency No	51
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year)	(2016)
Government
• CurrentMLA	Nihar Ranjan Ghosh (IND)
Area code(s)	03512
Website	http://wbassembly.gov.in

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 51 English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers English Bazar Municipality and Amriti, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur gram panchayats of English Bazar community development block,[1]

English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	English Bazar	Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress[2]
1962		Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress[3]
1967		Santi Gopal Sen	Indian National Congress[4]
1969		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India[5]
1971		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India[6]
1972		Bimal Kanti Das	Communist Party of India[7]
1977		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987		Sailen Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991		Prabhat Acharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996		Goutam Chakraborty	Indian National Congress[12]
2001		Samar Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[14]
2011		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[15]
2013 bye election		Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Nihar Ranjan Ghosh	Independent [17]

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: English Bazar constituency[15][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Nihar Ranjan Ghosh	107,183	52.80
	AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	67,456	33.30
	BJP	Suman Banerjee	23,171	11.4
	Independent	Nihar Ghosh	2,293
	BSP	Nitish Kumar Mandal	1,393
	SP	Shyam Kumar Sharma	878
	HAM	Sadhan Chatterjee	528
Majority			39,727	19.6
Turnout			2,02,902	(84.7%)
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing

.# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2013 bye election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress.[16]

West Bengal legislative assembly bye election, 2013: English Bazar constituency[16][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	70,791	39.33	+39.33
	CPI (M)	Koushik Mishra (Saheb)	50,339	27.96	-11.19
	INC	Narendra Nath Tiwari	45,271	25.15	-26.64
	BJP	Sanjit Misra	9,442	5.24	-0.62
	Independent	Satish Rajbanshi	2,851	1.58
	Independent	Md. Anisur Rahaman	1,296
Turnout			179,990
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: English Bazar constituency[15][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury	89,421	51.79	+0.48#
	CPI (M)	Samarananda Roy	67,592	39.15	-6.49
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Mandal	10,116	5.86
	Independent	Satish Rajbanshi	2,527
	Independent	Uma Das	1,535
	BSP	Nitish Kumar Mandal	147
Turnout			172,662	82.93
	INC hold		Swing	+6.97#

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

 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)

1977–2006

In the 2006[14] state assembly elections, Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury of Congress won the English Bazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samar Roy of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Roy of CPI(M) defeated Goutam Chakraborty of Congress in 2001.[13] Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996.[12] Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991.[11] Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987,[10] Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982[9] and Hari Prasanna Mitra of Janata Party in 1977.[8][21]

1957–1972

Bimal Kanti Das of CPI won in 1972,[7] 1971[6] and 1969.[5] Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967,[4] 1962[3] and 1957.[2] Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
16. "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
17. "TMC pulling out all stops to win Englishbazar, its lone hope in Malda". www.catchnews.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
18. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". English Bazar. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
19. "Form 21E Return of Elections" (PDF). 51 English Bazar Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
20. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". English Bazar. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
21. "46 - Englishbazar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.