Barabani Assembly constituency

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Barabani

| type= SLA

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Barabani.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Barabani Assembly Constituency

| mla = Bidhan Upadhyay

| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2021

| state = West Bengal

| district = Paschim Bardhaman

| loksabha_cons = Asansol

| constituency_no = 283

| established = 1962

| electors = 184,970

| reservation = None

| abolished =

}}

Barabani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks.{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
1962Haridas ChakravartyCommunist Party of India{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf| title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 297 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}
1967Mihir UpadhyayaIndian National Congress{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 327 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}
1969rowspan="2" |Sunil Basu RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist){{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 327 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 12 January 2012 }}
1971Communist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf| title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 331 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 12 January 2012 }}
1972Sukumar BandopadhyayaIndian National Congress{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 322 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}
1977Sunil Basu RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 351 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}
1982Ajit ChakrabartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 344 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}
1987Ajit Kumar ChakrabartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 351 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}
1989 bye electionManik UpadhyayIndian National Congress {{cite web | url = https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/barabani.html | title = Barabani (West Bengal) Assembly Election Results | publisher = Elections.in |accessdate = 12 May 2021}}
1991S.R.DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 360 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 6 October 2010 }}
1996rowspan="2" |Manik UpadhyayIndian National Congress {{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 368 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}
2001All India Trinamool Congress{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf| title = Statistical Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Detailed Results P 360 | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |accessdate = 12 May 2021| archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}
2006Dilip SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) {{cite web | url = http://in.rediff.com/election/wbdetail06.htm | title = List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006 | work=Barabani| publisher = Rediff.com |accessdate =12 May 2021}}
2011rowspan="3" |Bidhan UpadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress {{cite web | url = https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html | title = West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011| work = Barabani| publisher = Elections.in|accessdate = 12 May 2021}}
2016All India Trinamool Congress {{cite web | url = https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/barbani-constituency-s25a283/ | title = Barabani| publisher = CNBCTV18 |accessdate =12 May 2021}}
2021All India Trinamool Congress {{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/pandabeswar-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Pandabeswar Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |accessdate = 12 May 2021}}

Election results

=2021=

{{Election box begin | title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Bidhan Upadhyay|votes=88,430|percentage=52.26|change=14.15}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Arijit Roy|votes=64,973|percentage=38.40|change=+17.58}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ranendranath Bagchi|votes=8,962|percentage=5.30|change=-83.22*}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,039|percentage=1.80|change=}}

{{Election box candidate||party=IND|candidate= Paban Nunia |votes=2,156|percentage=1.27|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=23,457|percentage=14.08|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,69,620|percentage=75.19|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.

=2016=

{{Election box begin || title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Bidhan Upadhyay ||votes=77,464||percentage=47.13||change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)||candidate= Shipra Mukherjee||votes=53,415||percentage=32.50||change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party||candidate= Amal Roy ||votes=25,224||percentage= 15.35||change=}}

{{Election box candidate||party= SHS||candidate= Krishnapada Nath Goswami ||votes=3,480||percentage=2.12||change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above||candidate= None of the above||votes=2,761||percentage=1.68||change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=24,049|percentage=14.63|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,64,486|percentage=79.53|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

=2011=

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

{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25283.htm |title = Barabani |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516060805/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25283.htm |url-status = dead }}{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=283| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222820/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=283| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Barabani| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Barabani |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }} }}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Bidhan Upadhyay

|votes = 78,628

|percentage = 52.92

|change = +8.03#

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Abhas Raychaudhuri

|votes = 58,051

|percentage = 39.07

|change = -12.95

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Biswanath Roy

|votes = 4,980

|percentage = 3.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = IND

|candidate = Dinesh Karmakar

|votes = 3,332

|percentage = 2.24

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

|candidate = Amal Mondal

|votes = 2,623

|percentage = 1.77

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 20,577

|percentage = 13.85

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,48,680

|percentage = 80.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|swing = +20.98#

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

=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.{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp258.htm | title = 258 - Barabani Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29}}

=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.

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