Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bharatpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bharatpur
Location in West Bengal
Bharatpur
Bharatpur (India)
Coordinates: 23°52′45″N 88°05′18″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Constituency No69
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency10. Baharampur
Electorate (year)181,496 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 69 Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Bharatpur II community development block, and Alugram, Amlai, Bharatpur, Sijgram and Talgram gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.[1]

Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BharatpurBijoyendu Narayan RoyIndian National Congress[2]
1957Goalbadan TrivediIndian National Congress[3]
1962Shambhu Gopal DasRevolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1967S.SinhaIndian National Congress [5]
1969Satyapada BhattachayyaIndian National Congress[6]
1971Khondekor Md Nure AhasanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Kumar Dipti SenguptaIndian National Congress [8]
1977Satyapada BhattachatyyaRevolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982Satyapada BhattachatyyaRevolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1987Satyapada BhattachatyyaRevolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1991Id MohammadRevolutionary Socialist Party[12]
1996Id MohammadRevolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2001Id MohammadRevolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006Id MohammadRevolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2011Id MohammadRevolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2016Kamalesh ChatterjeeIndian National Congress[17]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Id Mohammad of RSP defeated his nearest rival Daliya Begum of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bharatpur constituency[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Id Mohammad 70,658 47.78 -1.78
INC Daliya Begum 68,729 46.48 +2.64
Independent Somnath Goswami 3,711 2.51
BJP Madhusudan Saha 3,243 2.19
Independent Ranjit Konai 1,534
Turnout 147,875 81.48
RSP hold Swing -0.89

Somnath Goswami, contesting as an independent, was a Congress rebel.[19]

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Murshidabad district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 14 8
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 4
Samajwadi Party 1 0
Forward bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006,[15] 2001,[14] 1996[13] and 1991[12] state assembly elections Id Mohammad of RSP won the Bharatpur assembly seat defeating Afzal Hossain Khan of Congress, Debasish Chatterjee, Independent, Satya Narayan Banerjee, Independent, and Abdul Malek of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Satyapada Bhattachatyya of RSP defeated Khairul Khondakar of Congress in 1987[11] and Abdul Mannan of Congress/ Independent in 1982[10] and 1977.[9][20]

1951–1972

Kumar Dipti Sengupta of Congress won in 1972.[8] Khondekor Md Nure Ahasan of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Satyapada Bhattachayya of Congress won in 1969.[6] S.Sinha of Congress won in 1967.[5] Shambhu Gopal Das of RSP won in 1962.[4] Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Bijoyendu Narayan Roy of Congress won the Bharatpur seat.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  18. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bharatpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  19. "Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates". The Statesman 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  20. "68 - Bharatpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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