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Bishnupur, Bankura Assembly constituency

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Bishnupur
Constituency No. 255 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Lok Sabha constituencyBishnupur
Established1951
Total electors170,838
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  BJP+
Elected year2026

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 255 Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bishnupur municipality; Bishnupur community development block; and Amdangra, Saltora and Satmauli gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block.[1]

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1952 Kiran Chandra Digar Indian National Congress
Radha Gobinda Roy
1957 Purabi Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress
Kiran Chandra Digar
1962 Radhika Dhibar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1967 B.C. Mondal Indian National Congress
1969 Sasthidas Sarkar Bangla Congress
1971 Bhabataran Chakravarty Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Achintya Krishna Ray Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996 Jayanta Chaudhury
2001
2006 Swapan Ghosh
2011 Shyam Mukherjee Trinamool Congress
2016 Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
2021 Tanmay Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party
2026 Shukla Chatterjee

Election results

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2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shukla Chatterjee 111,082 53.54
AITC Tanmay Ghosh 80,477 38.79
CPI(ML)L Titas Gupta 5,385 2.6
INC Ujjal Chandra 3,646 1.76
Independent Sukla Bandyopadhyay 1,776 0.86
AJUP Guljar Bayen 1,668 0.80
SUCI(C) Shashibhusan Banerjee 1,264 0.61
NOTA None of the above 2,180 1.05
Majority 30,605 14.75
Turnout 207,478
BJP hold Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tanmay Ghosh[a] 89,689 46.84 Increase40.35
AITC Archita Bid 78,269 40.88 Decrease2.83
INC Debu Chatterjee 15,814 8.26 Decrease35.96
NOTA None of the Above 3,419 1.79 Decrease0.13
Majority 11,420 5.96 Increase5.45
Turnout 1,91,469 87.32 Decrease1.38
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya[b] 76,641 44.22 New
AITC Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 75,750 43.71 Decrease6.59
BJP Nanda Dulal Banerjee 11,254 6.49 Increase3.11
NOTA None of the Above 3,336 1.92
Majority 891 0.51 Decrease5.88
Turnout 1,73,305 88.70 Decrease1.68
INC gain from AITC Swing

2011

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2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Bishnupur[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 77,662 50.30
CPI(M) Swapan Ghosh 67,805 43.91
BJP Pankaj Dhar 5,223 3.38
JDP Purna Chandra Murmu 3,716 2.41
Majority 9,857 6.39
Turnout 154,406 90.38
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections, Swapan Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur seat defeating his nearest rival Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayanta Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Buddhadeb Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Achintya Krishna Ray of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Congress in 1991, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee of Congress in 1987, Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1982 and Ardhendu Mitra of Congress in 1977.[5]

1952-1972

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Bhabataran Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sasthidas Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. B.C.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Radhika Dhibar of CPI won in 1962. In 1957 and 1952 the Bishnupur seat was a dual one. Purabi Mukhopadhyay and Kiran Chandra Digar, both of Congress, won in 1957. Kiran Chandra Digar and Radha Gobinda Roy, both of Congress, won in independent India's first election in 1952.[6]

Notes

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  1. Tanmay Ghosh was elected as BJP MLA. However, on 30 August 2021 he defected to the Trinamool Congress.
  2. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya was elected as INC MLA. However, he later defected to the Trinamool Congress.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. "Bishnupur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bishnupur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bishnupur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. "253 - Vishnupur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.