Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Bhabanipur
Bhabanipur
Constituency No. 159 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
LS constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Established	1951
Total electors	206,272
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Mamata Banerjee
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Ward Nos. 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77 and 82 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1952	Mira Dutta Gupta	Indian National Congress ^[2]^[3]
1957	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	Indian National Congress ^[2]^[3]
1962	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	Independent ^[4]
Constituency renamed as Kalighat
1967	Beva Mitra	Indian National Congress ^[5]
1969	Sadhan Gupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) ^[6]
1971	Rathin Talukdar	Indian National Congress ^[7]^[8]
1972	Rathin Talukdar	Indian National Congress ^[7]^[8]
1977-2009:Constituency did not exist
2011	Subrata Bakshi	Trinamool Congress
2011^	Mamata Banerjee
2016	Mamata Banerjee
2021	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
2021^	Mamata Banerjee

^By poll

Election results

2021 By-Election

Bye-election, 2021: Bhabanipur^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Banerjee	85,263	71.90	+14.19
	BJP	Priyanka Tibrewal	26,428	22.29	−12.87
	CPI(M)	Shrijeeb Biswas	4,226	3.56
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,453	1.23
Majority			58,835	49.61
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing	+14.19

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sovandeb Chatterjee	73,505	57.71	+10.04
	BJP	Rudranil Ghosh	44,786	35.16	+16.03
	INC	Md. Shadab Khan	5,211	4.09	−25.17
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,570	1.23	−0.56
	BSP	Anita Rajwar	564	0.44	+0.17
Majority			28,719	22.55
Turnout			1,27,536	61.79
	AITC hold		Swing	+10.04

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	'*Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate)'*	65,520	47.67	−29.79
	INC	Deepa Dasmunshi	40,219	29.26	New
	BJP	Chandra Kumar Bose	26,299	19.13	New
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,461	1.79	New
	BSP	Nirmal Kanti Samaddar^[14]	669	0.27
Majority			25,301	18.41	−38.62
Turnout			1,37,475	66.83	+22.11
	AITC hold		Swing	-29.79

Bye-election, 2011

The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India.^[15]

Bye-election, 2011: Bhabanipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate)	73,635	77.46	+12.69
	CPI(M)	Nandini Mukherjee	19,422	20.43	−7.55
	Independent	Sujay Krishna Bhadra	809	0.85
Majority			54,213	57.03	+20.24
Turnout			95,064	44.73	−19.04
	AITC hold		Swing	+12.69

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Subrata Bakshi	87,903	64.77
	CPI(M)	Narayan Prasad Jain	37,967	27.98
	BJP	Ram Chandra Jaiswal	5,078	3.74
	BSP	Dulal Mistri	1,050	0.77
Majority			49,936	36.79
Turnout			1,35,741	63.78
	AITC win

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 179. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1952-2] "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 179. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1957-3] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1962-4] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1967-5] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1969-6] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1971-7] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1972-8] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[9] "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[10] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[11] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[12] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[13] "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[timesofindia-14] "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[vidhansabha2011by-15] "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

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