Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of EWest Bengal.

Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jadavpur
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.4940°N 88.3707°E / 22.4940; 88.3707
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
CityKolkata
Constituency No150
Current MLADr. Sujan Chakraborty of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpur

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 150 Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

The ex-Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of the CPI(M) won from this seat 5 times in 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. In the 2011 Assembly Elections, he contested again from this seat while being the Chief Minister of the state, but lost to Manish Gupta of the TMC, by a margin of more than sixteen thousand votes. Manish Gupta served as the Minister for Development and Planning, and later, as the Minister for Power in the newly formed TMC government. However, in 2016, Manish Gupta lost the elections despite his popular image, to Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) by a margin of more than fourteen thousand votes. Dr. Sujan Chakraborty is the incumbent MLA.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967JadavpurBikesh Chandra GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1969Bikesh Chandra GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1971Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1977Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982Sankar GuptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Bye-Election,1983Ashok MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011Manish GuptaAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016Sujan ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2016 election

In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal, Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty 98,985 46.00 +3.71
AITC Manish Gupta 84,035 41.15 -12.16
BJP Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray 13,922 6.82 +5.41
BSP Subhas Chandra Naskar 803 0.39
SUCI(C) Shyamal Guha Majumdar 612 0.29
Independent Rahul Bose 524 0.26
Independent Pintu Karmakar 433 0.21
Independent Sankar Prasad Das 367 0.18
Independent Gautam Patranabish 251 0.12
NOTA None of the above 4,093 2.00 +2.00
Rejected Votes 193
Majority 14,942
Turnout 204,210 74.58
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing 15.87

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattcharya of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jadavpur constituency[14][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Manish Gupta 103,972 53.31 +16.08#
CPI (M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 87,288 44.76 -16.49
BJP Dhononjoy Mukherjee 2,749
BSP Rabindra Nath Choudhury 693
Independent Siddartha Bhattacharya 678
CPI(ML)(L) Malay Tewari 420
Independent Prasenjit Roy 389
Independent Prabuddha Bhattacharya 355
PDS Samir Putatundu 342
Independent Tapan Kumar Das 158
Independent Asish Ghosh 156
Independent Debdatta Ghosh 149
Rashtriya Janasachetan Party Swapan Kumar Mandal 143
Turnout 195,017 77.26
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 33.57#

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 19
Indian National Congress 0 2
SUCI(C) 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

2006

In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jadavpur constituency[14][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 127,837 61.30
AITC Dipak Kumar Ghosh 69,709 33.70
INC Prof. Omprakash Mishra 7,986 2.03
Independent Sukumar Howalder 3,189
Majority 58,128
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI (M) hold Swing

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

2001

In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Jadavpur constituency[14][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 110,011 54.60 +16.08#
AITC Madhabi Mukherjee 80,730 40.06 -16.49
BJP Radhesyham Brahmachari 5,166 2.56
PDS Samir Putatundu 1,798 0.89
NCP Asim Datta 1,438 0.71
Independent Maya Saha 1,083 0.54
Independent Bhusan Mondal 753 0.37
Independent Babua Dutta 520 0.26
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI (M) hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Jadavpur constituency[14][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 108,549 55.58 +16.08#
INC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 72,364 37.05 -16.49
BJP Rajat Roy 11,531 5.90
BSP Sandhya Mandal 1,130 0.58
CPI(ML)(L) Dhiresh Goswami 740 0.38
Independent Bhusan Mondal 440 0.54
Independent Deboshmita Dey 344 0.37
Independent Haradhan Sarkar 221 0.26
Turnout 207,85 80.77
CPI (M) hold Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[13]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[12] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[11] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[10] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[9]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[7] Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[6][20]

1967-1972

Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) won in 1972[5] and 1971.[4] Bikesh Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[3] and 1967.[2] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.

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References
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