| Bagnan | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 180 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bagnan Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Uluberia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 180,514 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bagnan is anassembly constituency inHowrah district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 180 Bagnan Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Bagnan IIcommunity development block, and Bagnan I, Bagnan II, Bangalpur, Haturia I, Haturia II and Khaloregram panchayats ofBagnan I community development block.[1]
The constituency is part ofUluberia Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Shambhu Charan Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Amal Kumar Ganguli | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Ranjit Kumar Ghosh Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Nirupama Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Susanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Nirupama Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Sabuj Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Nirupama Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 2006 | Akkel Ali Khan | ||
| 2011 | Arunav Sen | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arunava Sen (Raja) | 82,731 | 53.55 | +1.31# | |
| CPI(M) | Akkel Ali Khan | 63,460 | 41.08 | −4.05 | |
| BJP | Tapan Kumar Mondal | 3,965 | 2.57 | ||
| Independent | Sanjit Patra | 1,519 | |||
| Independent | Abesh Mitra | 764 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Anwar Mallick | 710 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Debabrata Bhakta | 533 | |||
| Independent | Fatema Begam | 410 | |||
| JD(U) | Amal Ghosh | 386 | |||
| Turnout | 154,477 | 85.58 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 5.363 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[4] Akkel Ali Khan ofCPI(M) won the Bagnan assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Arup Roy ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sabuj Dutta of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[5] Sabuj Dutta ofCongress defeated Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sanat Kumar Misra of Congress in 1991,[7] and Susanta Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1987,[8] 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]
Susanta Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1972.[12] Nirupama Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1971[13] and 1969.[14] Ranjit Kumar Ghosh Choudhury of Congress won in 1967[15] and1962.[16] Amal Kumar Ganguli ofCPI won in1957.[17] Inindependent India's first election in 1951,[18] Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Bagnan seat.
