Bhatpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Bhatpara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 105 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bhatpara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| LS constituency | Barrackpore |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 149,164 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 105 Bhatpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos.1 to 17 of Bhatpara municipality.[1]
Bhatpara Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Dayaram Beri | Indian National Congress[2] |
| 1957 | Sitaram Gupta | Communist Party of India[3] |
| 1962 | Dayaram Beri | Indian National Congress[4] |
| 1967 | Dayaram Beri | Indian National Congress[5] |
| 1969 | Sitaram Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1971 | Satyanarayan Singh | Indian National Congress[7] |
| 1972 | Satyanarayan Singh | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1977 | Sitaram Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] |
| 1982 | Sitaram Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1987 | Satyanarayan Singh | Indian National Congress[11] |
| 1991 | Bidyut Ganguly | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
| 1996 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 2001 | Arjun Singh | All India Trinamool Congress[14] |
| 2006 | Arjun Singh | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
| 2011 | Arjun Singh | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2016 | Arjun Singh | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
| 2019 | Pawan Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party[18][19] |
| 2021 | Pawan Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party[20][21] |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pawan Kumar Singh | 57,244 | 53.4 | -4.69 | |
| AITC | Jitendra Shaw (Jitu) | 43,557 | 40.63 | +5.63 | |
| INC | Dharmendra Shaw | 2,169 | 2.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,160 | 1.08 | -0.76 | |
| Majority | 13,687 | 12.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,197 | 69.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,54,037 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019 By-Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pawan Kumar Singh | 58,119 | 58.09 | +44.89 | |
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 35,015 | 35.00 | -19.57 | |
| CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mandal | 3,589 | 3.59 | ||
| Independent | Saikat Kumar Dey | 796 | 0.80 | ||
| INC | Khwaja Ahmed Hussain | 746 | 0.75 | ||
| Independent | Santu Dey | 725 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Singh | 138 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Goutam Maity | 68 | 0.07 | ||
| Independent | Ritesh Kumar Singh | 59 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Dharmendra Singh | 36 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Pramod Singh | 34 | 0.03 | ||
| Independent | Debraj Ghosh | 30 | 0.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 701 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 23,104 | 23.09 | |||
| Turnout | 1,00,056 | 66.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,49,371 | ||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +32.23 | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arjun Singh | 59,253 | 54.57 | ||
| Independent | Jitendra Shaw | 30,318 | 27.92 | ||
| BJP | Rumesh Kumar Handa | 14,333 | 13.20 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Raut | 788 | 0.73 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Partha Bhattacharya | 688 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Dharmendra Singh | 678 | 0.62 | ||
| Independent | Shatrughna Singh | 504 | 0.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,015 | 1.86 | ||
| Majority | 28,935 | 26.65 | |||
| Turnout | 1,08,577 | 75.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,44,737 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Arjun Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nepaldeb Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arjun Singh | 66,938 | 70.94 | +2.78 | |
| CPI(M) | Nepaldeb Bhattacharya | 22,553 | 23.90 | -2.58 | |
| BJP | Pradyot Kumar Choudhary | 2,099 | 2.22 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Chatterjee | 1,632 | |||
| BSP | Sushanto Barai | 637 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Rout | 494 | |||
| Turnout | 94,353 | 76.62 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 5.36# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Arjun Singh of Trinamool Congress won the Bhatpara assembly seat defeating Harimohan Nath of CPI (M) in 2006[15] and Ramprasad Kundu of CPI (M) in 2001.[14] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bidyut Ganguly of CPI (M) defeated Dharampal Gupta of Congress in 1996[13] and Kedar Singh of Congress 1991.[12] Satyanarayan Singh of Congress defeated Siva Prasad Bhattacharya of CPI (M) in 1987.[11] Sita Ram Gupta of CPI (M) defeated Debi Ghosal of Congress in 1982[10] and Satya Narayan Singh of Congress in 1977.[9][24]
1951–1972
Satyanarayan Singh of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Sitaram Gupta of CPI(M) won in 1969.[6] Dayaram Beri of Congress won in 1967[5] and 1962.[4] Sitaram Gupta of CPI won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Dayaram Beri of Congress won from Bhatpara.[2]