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Bangaon Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bangaon  Uttar is located in West Bengal
Bangaon  Uttar
Bangaon Uttar
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 88°49′0″E / 23.06667°N 88.81667°E / 23.06667; 88.81667Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 88°49′0″E / 23.06667°N 88.81667°E / 23.06667; 88.81667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No 95
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency 14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year) 188,443 (2011)
For other uses, see Bangaon (disambiguation).

Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 95 Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bangaon municipality, and Akaipur, Chhaigheria, Dharma Pukuria, Ganganandapur, Ghatbore, Gopalnagar I and Gopalnagar II gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.[1]

Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Bongaon Jiban Ratan Dhar Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[4]
Manindra Bhusan Biswas Indian National Congress[4]
1962 Jiban Ratan Dhar Indian National Congress [5]
1967 K.Bhowmick Indian National Congress[6]
1969 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[7]
1971 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[8]
1972 Ajit Kumar Ganguly Communist Party of India[9]
1977 Ranajit Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982 Bhupendranath Seth Indian National Congress[11]
1987 Ranajit Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991 Bhupendranath Seth Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001 Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006 Bhupendranath Seth All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2006 Bye election Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress.[17]
2009 Bye election Gopal Seth All India Trinamool Congress.[18][19]
2011 Bangaon Uttar Biswajit Das All India Trinamool Congress[20]

Election results[edit]

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Biswajit Das of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bangaon Uttar (SC) constituency[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Biswajit Das 89,265 54.55
CPI(M) Dr. Biswajit Biswas 65,645 40.12
BJP Hari Chand Biswas 5,149 3.15
BSP Ganesh Chandra Biswas 1,828
The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India Pinaki Ranjan Bharati 995
Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party Gobinda Mandal 75
Turnout 163,641 86.84
AITMC win (new seat)
e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 Increase23
Congress 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease16
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1
Communist Party of India 1 Increase1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)


1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat[edit]

In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[18][19]

In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).[17]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16]Bhupendranath Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and Congress respectively) in 2001[15]and 1996.[14]Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.[13]Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.[12]Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[11]Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.[10][22]

1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat[edit]

Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972,[9]1971[8]and 1969.[7]K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.[6]Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962.[5]In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957.[4]Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 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 October 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  4. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  17. ^ a b "Legislative Assembly of West Bengal – Assembly Constituency 85-Bongaon". Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  18. ^ a b "West Bengal State Assembly Byelections 2009". Indian Election Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  19. ^ a b "Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  20. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014. 
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bangaon Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  22. ^ "85 - Bongaon Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 

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