Balagarh Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Balagarh
Constituency No. 191 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencyHooghly
Established1951
Total electors207,702
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Manoranjan Byapari
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Balagarh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 191 Balagarh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Balagarh community development block and Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Digsui and Mogra I gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block.[1]

Balagarh Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1951 Balagarh Brindaban Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Bejoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India[3]
1962 Brindaban Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress[4]
1967 H.K.Das Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Biren Sarkar Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Abinash Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2007 By election Bhuban Pramanick Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011 Ashim Kumar Majhi All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Ashim Kumar Majhi All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2021 Manoranjan Byapari All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Monoranjan Byapari 100,364 46.00
BJP Subhas Chandra Haldar 94,580 43.00
CPI(M) Mahamaya Mondal 19,766 9.00
NOTA None of the Above 3,105 1.00
SUCI Sukdeb Biswas 2,142 1.00
Majority 5,784
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Balagarh (SC) constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashim Maji 96,254 52.35 +8.42#
CPI(M) Bhuban Pramanick 74,671 40.61 −5.26
BJP Banshi Raut 6,223 3.38
Independent Monoj Mistri 3,232
CPI(ML)L Gautam Mondal 2,493
JDP Sanjib Malik 994
Turnout 183,867 88.52
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 8.42#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2007 by-election.

1977–2007

The Balagarh seat fell vacant because of the death of the sitting MLA, Dibakanta Routh. In 2007 by-elections, Bhuban Pramanick of CPI(M) polled 60,101 votes to win the seat. Ashim Majhi of Trinamool Congress secured 51,691 votes, Bangshi Raut of the BJP secured 8,833 votes, Biswanath Malik of Congress secured 5,864 votes and Gautam Mandal of the CPI(ML) secured 4,530 votes.[16]

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dibakanta Routh of CPI (M) won the Balagarh (SC) assembly seat in 2006,[15] 2001[14] and 1996,[13] defeating his nearest rivals, Asim Patra of Trinamool Congress, Lakshmi Parui of Trinamool Congress and Biswanath Malik of Congress, in the respective years. Abinash Pramanik of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991,[12] 1987,[11] 1982[10] and 1977[9] defeating his nearest rivals Biswanath Malik, Gopal Krishna Dhar, Nilmoni Mandal and Gauranga Halder, all of Congress, in the respective years.[20]

1951–1972

Biren Sarkar of Congress won in 1972.[8] Abinash Pramanik of CPI(M) won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6] H.K.Das of Congress won in 1967.[5] Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress won in 1962.[4] Bejoy Krishna Modak of CPI won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951[2] the Balagarh seat was won by Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ^ a b "CPI(M) retains Balagarh assembly seat". The Hindu News Update Service, 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Balagarh Assembly Election 2016 Latest News & Results". India.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balagarh. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  20. ^ "188 – Balagarh (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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