Bolpur Assembly constituency

Bolpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bolpur
Constituency No. 286 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bolpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
LS constituencyBolpur
Established1952
Total electors201,049
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 286, Bolpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bolpur municipality, Ilambazar CD Block and Raipur Supur, Ruppur and Sattor gram panchayats of Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block.[1]

Bolpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Chandranath Sinha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Dr. Anirban Ganguly of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Chandranath Sinha 116,443 50.57 -4.23
BJP Dr. Anirban Ganguly 94,163 40.89 +31.43
RSP Tapan Hore 9,965 4.33 -26.27
NOTA None of the above 3,337 1.45 -0.83
Paradise Party Siddhartha Banerjee 1,938 0.84
BSP Jiten Ray 1,239 0.54 -0.22
Rashtravadi Janata Party Mihir Kumar Banerjee 1,169 0.51
BMP Sona Murmu 702 0.30
SUCI(C) Samarjit Barman 678 0.29 -0.11
Mulnibasi Party of India Sk. Sirajul Hoque 626 0.27 -0.19
Turnout 230,260 88.83 +4.22
TMC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Chandranath Sinha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Tapan Hore of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bolpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Chandranath Sinha 113,258 54.80 +4.29
RSP Tapan Hore 63,231 30.60 -10.51
BJP Dilip Ghosh 19,553 9.46 +5.85
NOTA None of the above 4,712 2.28
Independent Mangal Mardi 1,752 0.85
BSP Suresh Das 1,573 0.76 -0.43
Mulnibasi Party of India Sekh Matiur Rahaman 948 0.46
SUCI(C) Samarjit Barman 832 0.40
JD(S) Md. Saddakkas 802 0.39
Turnout 206,661 84.61 -3.42
TMC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Chandranath Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated Tapan Hore of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bolpur [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Chandranath Singha 89,394 50.51 +16.03#
RSP Tapan Hore 72,767 41.11 -17.39
BJP Dilip Ghosh 6,381 3.61
People’s Democratic Conference of India Marjina Khatun 3,291 1.86
BSP Samiran Das 2,100 1.19
JDP Lakshmiram Kisku 1,836 1.04
JD(U) Subrata Bhakat 1,224 0.69
Turnout 176,993 88.03
TMC gain from RSP Swing +33.42#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Tapan Hore of RSP won the Bolpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Chittaranjan Rakshit of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Shibshankar Banerjee of Congress in 1996 and Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Tarapada Ghosh of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In a by-election necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Jyotsna Kumar Gupta, Dr. Sushovan Banerjee of Congress won the seat in 1984. Jyotsna Kumar Gupta of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1982 and Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1977.[5]

1951–1972

Harashankar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1971. Prasanta Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Panna Lal Dasgupta, Independent, won in 1969. R.K. Sinha, Independent, won in 1967. Radha Krishna Singha of RSP won in 1962. Amarendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1957. Hanseswar Roy and Bhusan Hansdah, both of Congress, jointly won the Bolpur seat in 1951.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. "Bolpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bolpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bolpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. "284 - Bolpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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