| Bagdah | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 94 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bagdah Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangaon |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 277,464 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Bagdah is anassembly constituency inNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 94 Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:Bagdah community development block and Gangrapota, Sundarpur andTengragram panchayats ofBangaon community development block.[1]
Bagdah Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part ofBarasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Madhuparna Thakur | 107,706 | 55.04 |  10.1 | |
| BJP | Binay Kumar Biswas | 74,251 | 37.95 |  11.46 | |
| AIFB | Gouradipta Biswas | 8,189 | 4.89 | New | |
| INC | Ashoke Kumar Haldar | 1,297 | 0.66 | 3.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 667 | 0.34 | 0.13 | |
| Majority | 33,455 | 17.09 | |||
| Turnout | 231,240 | ||||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
In the 2021 election,Biswajit Das ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated his nearest rival Paritosh Kumar Saha ofAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC). He later switched parties to AITC.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Biswajit Das | 108,111 | 49.41 | +45.03 | |
| AITC | Paritosh Kumar Saha | 98,319 | 44.94 | +1.26 | |
| INC | Prabir Kirtonia (Bapi) | 8,250 | 3.77 | −45.87 | |
| BSP | Santosh Biswas | 2,240 | 1.02 | +0.27 | |
| Independent | Pradip Kumar Biswas | 851 | 0.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,020 | 0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 218,791 | 79.06 | +0.57 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election,Dulal Bar ofIndian National Congress (INC) defeated his nearest rivalUpendra Nath Biswas ofAITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dulal Bar | 102,026 | 49.64 | ||
| AITC | Upendranath Biswas | 89,790 | 43.68 | ||
| BSP | Bikash Biswas | 1,532 | 0.75 | ||
| BJP | Biva Majumder | 8,987 | 4.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,324 | 0.64 | ||
| Independent | Harish Chandra Mondal | 792 | 0.39 | ||
| Guru Chand Mukti Morcha | Hirak Golder | 581 | 0.28 | ||
| RPI(A) | Gautam Malo | 498 | 0.24 | ||
| Turnout | 205,546 | 79.63 | |||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections[8] Dulal Chandra Bar ofTrinamool Congress won the Bagdah (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Kamalakshmi Biswas ofForward Bloc.
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
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Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeatedDulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[9] Kalidas Adhikari ofCongress in 1996,[10] and Ram Chandra Bose of Congress in 1991.[11] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress defeatedKamalakshi Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1987.[12] Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress in 1982[13] and Independent in 1977.[14][15]
Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1972,[16] 1971,[17] 1969[18] and 1967.[19] Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in1962.[20] Prior to that the Bagdah seat did not exist.
