Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{for|the constituency in Assam|Bhabanipur, Assam Assembly constituency}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Bhabanipur

| 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/Bhabanipur.map}}

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| map_alt =

| mla = Mamata Banerjee

| party = Trinamool Congress

| alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2021

| preceded_by =

| state = West Bengal

| district = Kolkata

| loksabha_cons = Kolkata Dakshin

| constituency_no = 159

| established = 1951

| electors = 206,272

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = 100px

| abolished =

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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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006| access-date = 22 February 2015| work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India| archive-date = 19 June 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064327/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf| url-status = live}}

Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Election!!Member

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1952

|Mira Datta Gupta

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 179 | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 February 2015 | archive-date = 14 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No 146 | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 February 2015 | archive-date = 6 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf | url-status = live }}

1957

|rowspan="2"|Siddhartha Shankar Ray

1962

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data, AC No 115 | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =1 February 2015 | archive-date =6 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf | url-status =live }}

colspan="4" align=center|Constituency renamed as Kalighat
1967

|Beva Mitra

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137 | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 February 2015 | archive-date = 6 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | url-status = live }}

1969

|Sadhan Gupta

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137| publisher = Election Commission| access-date = 1 February 2015| archive-date = 12 January 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| url-status = live}}

1971

| rowspan="2" |Rathin Talukdar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137 | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 February 2015 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137 | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 1 February 2015 | archive-date = 7 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | url-status = live }}

1972
colspan="4" align=center|1977-2009:Constituency did not exist
2011

|Subrata Bakshi

| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}

2011^

|rowspan="2"|Mamata Banerjee

2016
2021

|Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

2021^

|Mamata Banerjee

^By poll

Election results

=2026=

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=2021 by-election=

{{Election box begin|title=Bye-election, 2021: Bhabanipur{{Cite news|date=2021-09-30|title=আজ ভোট মমতার {{!}} নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=13&nID=321893&P=1&nPID=20210930|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=2021-10-03|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006213925/https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=13&nID=321893&P=1&nPID=20210930|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/ConstituencywiseS25159.htm?ac=159|access-date=3 October 2021|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003142939/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/ConstituencywiseS25159.htm?ac=159|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/RoundwiseS25159.htm?ac=159|access-date=3 October 2021|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003174241/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/RoundwiseS25159.htm?ac=159|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/partywiseresult-S25.htm?st=S25|access-date=3 October 2021|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003174612/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultByeOct2021/partywiseresult-S25.htm?st=S25|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/UploadFiles/Byeelec_sep_2021/form20/Form20_AC159.pdf|work=Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112215438/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/UploadFiles/Byeelec_sep_2021/form20/Form20_AC159.pdf|url-status=live}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=Mamata Banerjee|votes=85,263|percentage=71.90|change={{increase}}14.19}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Priyanka Tibrewal|votes=26,428|percentage=22.29|change={{decrease}}12.87}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Shrijeeb Biswas|votes=4,226|percentage=3.56|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,453|percentage=1.23|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=58,835|percentage=49.61|change=}}

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=2021=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=Sovandeb Chatterjee|votes=73,505|percentage=57.71|change={{increase}}10.04}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rudranil Ghosh|votes=44,786|percentage=35.16|change={{increase}}16.03}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Md. Shadab Khan|votes=5,211|percentage=4.09|change={{decrease}}25.17}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,570|percentage=1.23|change={{decrease}}0.56}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Anita Rajwar|votes=564|percentage=0.44|change={{increase}}0.17}}

{{Election box majority||votes=28,719|percentage=22.55|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,536|percentage=61.79|change=}}

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=2016=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=Mamata Banerjee|votes=65,520|percentage=47.67|change={{decrease}}29.79}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Deepa Dasmunshi|votes=40,219|percentage=29.26|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Chandra Kumar Bose|votes=26,299|percentage=19.13|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the Above|votes=2,461|percentage=1.79|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Nirmal Kanti Samaddar{{cite web|title=Life’s all about running alone: BSP candidate|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/lifes-all-about-running-alone-bsp-candidate/articleshow/69016100.cms|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=24 April 2019}}|votes=669|percentage=0.27|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=25,301|percentage=18.41|change={{decrease}}38.62}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,475|percentage=66.83|change={{increase}}22.11}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Trinamool Congress

|swing = {{decrease}}29.79

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=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.{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/mamata-banerjee-wins-assembly-bypoll_591641.html | title = Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll | access-date = 28 September 2011 | publisher = PTI, 28 September 2011 }}

{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2011: Bhabanipur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate)|votes=73,635|percentage=77.46|change=+12.69}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Nandini Mukherjee|votes=19,422|percentage=20.43|change=-7.55}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Sujay Krishna Bhadra|votes=809|percentage=0.85|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=54,213|percentage=57.03|change=+20.24}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=95,064|percentage=44.73|change=-19.04}}

{{Election box hold with party link |

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

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=2011=

{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Subrata Bakshi

|votes = 87,903

|percentage = 64.77

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Narayan Prasad Jain

|votes = 37,967

|percentage = 27.98

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Ram Chandra Jaiswal

|votes = 5,078

|percentage = 3.74

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Dulal Mistri

|votes = 1,050

|percentage = 0.77

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 49,936

|percentage = 36.79

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,35,741

|percentage = 63.78

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|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

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References