Bara Bazar Assembly constituency

Bara Bazar
Former constituency No. 144 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
LS constituencyCalcutta North West
Established1951
Abolished2011
ReservationNone

Bara Bazar Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bara Bazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.[1]

It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Barabazar Ishwar Das Jalan Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Ishwar Das Jalan Indian National Congress[4]
1962 Ishwar Das Jalan Indian National Congress[5]
1967 Ishwar Das Jalan Indian National Congress[6]
1969 Ram Krishna Saraogi Indian National Congress[7]
1971 Ram Krishna Saraogi Indian National Congress[8]
1972 Ram Krishna Saraogi Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Rabi Shankar Pandey Janata Party[10]
1982 Rajesh Khaitan Indian National Congress[11]
1987 Rajesh Khaitan Indian National Congress[12]
1991 Rajesh Khaitan Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Rajesh Khaitan Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Tapas Roy All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006 Mohammad Sohrab Rashtriya Janata Dal[16]

Results

2006

In the 2006 election, Mohammed Sohrab of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated his nearest rival Amitabha Chakraborti of Congress.

2006 West Bengal state assembly election: Bara Bazar constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Mohammed Sohrab 9,527 34.3
INC Amitabha Chakraborti 8,760 31.6
AITC Tapas Roy 8,405 30.3
Independent Md. Asiruddin 241 0.9
Independent Shyamal Chandra Karmakar 193 0.7
BSP Rizwan Ahmed Siddique 157 0.5
Independent Kanhaiyalal Agarwal 123 0.4
Independent Kishore Kumar Mishra 113 0.4
Independent Rajiv Roy 82 0.3
Independent Dara Singh 63 0.2
Independent Manik Chand Bose 54 0.2
Independent Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari 25 0.1
Independent Janmejoy Pandey 20 0.1
Majority 767 2.8%
Turnout 27,772 (42.2%)
RJD gain from AITC Swing

1977-2009

In the 2006 elections to the state assembly,[16] Mohammad Sohrab of RJD won the Burrabazarr seat defeating Amitabha Chakrabarty of Congress. In 2001,[15] Tapas Roy Trinamool Congress defeated Md. Asiruddin of RJD. Rajesh Khaitan of Congress defeated Md Asiruddin of JD in 1996,[14] Satya Narayan Bajaj of JD in 1991,[13] Shaukat Rahmani, Independent, in 1987[12] and Rabi Shankar Pandey in 1982.[11] In 1977, Rabi Shankar Pandey of Janata Party defeated Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress.[10][18]

1951-1972

Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress won the seat defeating Murlidhar Santhalia of CPI(M) in 1972,[9] Durga Prasad Nathany of Bharatiya Jan Sangh and Ajodhya Singh of CPI(M) in 1971,[8] and Ram Niwas Lakhotia of BJS and Bijay Krishna Dhandhania of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969.[7] Ishawar Das Jalan of Congress won the seat defeating B.P.Kedia of BJS, and R.S.Pandey of SSP in 1967,[6] Kishan Lal Makharia of CPI) in 1962,[5] Sitaram Seth, Independent, and Sachidanand Pandey of BJS in 1957,[4] and Rashbehari Sarkar of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in independent India’s first general election in 1951.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 173. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 130. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144. Election Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Bara Bazar. Empowering India.
  18. ^ "144 - Bara Bazar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

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