Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake village, see Baisnabnagar, Malda.
Baisnabnagar
Constituency No. 54 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Baisnabnagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
LS constituencyMaldaha Dakshin
Established2011
Total electors246,956
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak III community development block.[1]

Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2011 Isha Khan Choudhury Indian National Congress[2]
2016 Swadhin Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 Chandana Sarkar Trinamool Congress

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kaliachak Assembly constituency

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Baisnabnagar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Chandana Sarkar 83,061 40.00
BJP Swadhin Kumar Sarkar 80,590 39.00
INC Azizul Hoque 37,443 18.00
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) ~7,500 3.60
Majority 2,471
Turnout
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of the BJP defeated Azizul Haque of the INC-CPI(M) alliance.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baisnabnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Swadhin Kumar Sarkar 70,185 38.20 +24.12
INC Azizul Haque 65,688 35.75 −7.27
AITC Asit Bose 40,262 21.91 N/A
SS Dhaneshyam Das 1,528 0.83 N/A
BSP Nikhil Chandra Mondal 1,525 0.83 N/A
Independent Suresh Chandra Sarkar 1,301 0.70 N/A
CPI(ML)L Md. Ebrahim Sheikh 713 0.38 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,520 1.37 N/A
Majority 4,497 2.45 −1.00
Turnout 183,722
BJP gain from INC Swing +8.43

2011

In the 2011 election, Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baisnabnagar constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ishaque Khan Choudhury 62,589 43.02
CPI(M) Biswanath Ghosh 57,566 39.57
BJP Swadhin Kumar Sarkar 20,483 14.08
Independent Manirul 3,436 2.36
JD(U) Manjur Alahi Munshi 1,415
Majority 5,023 3.45
Turnout 145,489 84.34
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.