Baduria Assembly constituency

Baduria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Baduria
Constituency No. 99 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Baduria Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBasirhat
Established1957
Total electors243,747
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. 99 Baduria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baduria municipality, and Aturia, Bagjola, Bajitpur, Chandipur, Chhatra, South Jadurhati, North Jadurhati, Jagannathpur, Jasikati Atghara, Nayabastia Milani, Raghunathpur and Sayesta Nagar II gram panchayats of Baduria community development block.[1]

Baduria Assembly constituency is part of No. 18 Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1957[2]Muhammad Ziaul HaqueIndian National Congress
1962[3]
1967[4]Quazi Abdul Gaffar
1969[5]Mir Abdus SayeedCommunist Party of India
1971[6]Quazi Abdul GaffarIndian National Congress
1972[7]
1977[8]Mustafa Bin QuasemCommunist Party of India
1982[9]Abdul Gaffar KaziIndian National Congress
1987[10]Mohammad ShelimCommunist Party of India
1991[11]Abdul Gaffar KaziIndian National Congress
1996[12]
2001[13]
2006[14]Mohammad ShelimCommunist Party of India
2011[15]Abdul Ghaffar QuaziIndian National Congress
2016Abdur Rahim Quazi
2021All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 elections, Abdur Rahim Quazi of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukalyan Baidya of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Baduria constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAbdur Rahim Quazi 109,701 51.53 +12.70
BJPSukalyan Baidya53,25725.02+16.03
INCAbdus Sattar45,23121.25-28.92
NOTANone of the above1,9530.92+0.08
BSPGopal Das1,2780.60+0.01
IndependentSafikul Islam Dafadar8440.40
SUCI(C)Nitai Krishna Pal6190.29-0.29
Turnout212,883
AITC gain from INCSwing

2016

In the 2016 elections, Abdur Rahim Quazi of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Amir Ali of All India Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Baduria constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAbdur Rahim Quazi98,40850.17-3.00
AITCAmir Ali76,16338.83New
BJPDebika Mukherjee17,6298.99+5.08
NOTANone of the above1,6540.84
BSPGopal Das1,1660.59-0.27
SUCI(C)Nurul Amin Mondal1,1300.58-0.18
Turnout196,15087.75-2.25
INC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Quazi Abdul Ghaffar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Selim Gayen of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baduria constituency[15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCQuazi Abdul Gaffar89,95253.17+1.66#
CPI(M)Mohammed Selim Gayen66,99239.60-6.02
BJPSukumar Dey6,6163.91
IndependentAlauddin Amed2,872
BSPGopal Das1,4690.86
SUCI(C)Nurul Amin Mondal1,2780.76
Turnout169,17990
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing7.08#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[14] Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) won the Baduria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress defeated Sambhu Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001[13] and Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) in 1996[12] and 1991.[11] In 1987,[10] the result was in favour of Mohammad Shelim when Abdul Gaffar Kazi had lost. In 1982,[9] Abdul Gaffar Kazi had won against CPI(M) candidate Mustafa Bin Quasem, who had won in 1977 against Zulfiqar Ali of Congress.[8][17]

1957-1972

Quazi Abdul Gaffar of Congress won in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Mir Abdus Sayeed of CPI(M) won in 1969.[5] Quazi Abdul Gaffar of Congress won in 1967.[4] Md. Ziaul Haque of Congress won in 1962[3] and 1957.[2] Prior to that the Baduria constituency was not there.

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