Dubrajpur Assembly constituency
{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dubrajpur
| 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/Dubrajpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = West Bengal
| district = Birbhum
| loksabha_cons = Birbhum
| constituency_no = 284
| established = 1962
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = Anup Kumar Saha
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| electors = 181,978
}}
Dubrajpur is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block.{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-09-26 |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 }}
Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
=2021=
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Dubrajpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anup Kumar Saha
|votes = 98,083
|percentage = 47.94
|change = {{increase}}34.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Debabrata Saha
|votes = 94,220
|percentage = 46.05
|change = {{decrease}}5.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Bijoy Bagdi
|votes = 6,014
|percentage = 2.94
|change = {{decrease}}26.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,157
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2016=
In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dubrajpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Naresh Chandra Bauri
|votes = 94,309
|percentage = 51.72
|change = {{increase}}5.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Bijoy Bagdi
|votes = 54,415
|percentage = 29.84
|change = {{decrease}}18.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ramprasad Das
|votes = 25,258
|percentage = 13.85
|change = {{increase}}7.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,658
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party = BMUP
|candidate = Khagen Das
|votes = 2,906
|percentage = 1.59
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Biswanath Bauri
|votes = 1,812
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 182,358
|percentage = 84.28
|change = -1.48
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2011=
In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dubrajpur {{cite web|url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25284.htm|title = Dubrajpur|work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results|publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-05-26|archive-date = 16 May 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516121322/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25284.htm|url-status = dead}}{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=284| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526072642/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=284| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 26 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dubrajpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-04-20 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Dubrajpur |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-04-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030419/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Bijoy Bagdi
|votes = 75,343
|percentage = 48.27
|change = -13.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Santoshi Saha
|votes = 72,634
|percentage = 46.54
|change = +22.95#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Paltu Pada Dhibar
|votes = 10,083
|percentage = 6.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 156,064
|percentage = 85.76
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = -36.29#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
=1977–2006=
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhakti Pada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp286.htm | title = 286 - Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-10-01 }}
=1962–1972=
Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Sheikh Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = General Election Results and Statistics | publisher = Election Commission of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp | archive-date = 2010-10-05 }}
References
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