| Barabani | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 283 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Barabani Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 184,970 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Barabani Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency coversBarabani andSalanpur community development blocks.[1]
Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Haridas Chakravarty | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Mihir Upadhyaya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Sukumar Bandopadhyaya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Ajit Chakrabarty | ||
| 1987 | Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty | ||
| 1989^ | Manik Upadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | S. R. Das | Communist Party of India | |
| 1996 | Manik Upadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Dilip Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | Bidhan Upadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 88,430 | 52.26 | 14.15 | |
| BJP | Arijit Roy | 64,973 | 38.40 | +17.58 | |
| INC | Ranendranath Bagchi | 8,962 | 5.30 | −83.22* | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,039 | 1.80 | ||
| IND | Paban Nunia | 2,156 | 1.27 | ||
| Majority | 23,457 | 14.08 | |||
| Turnout | 1,69,620 | 75.19 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 77,464 | 47.13 | ||
| CPI(M) | Shipra Mukherjee | 53,415 | 32.50 | ||
| BJP | Amal Roy | 25,224 | 15.35 | ||
| SHS | Krishnapada Nath Goswami | 3,480 | 2.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,761 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 24,049 | 14.63 | |||
| Turnout | 1,64,486 | 79.53 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 78,628 | 52.92 | +8.03# | |
| CPI(M) | Abhas Raychaudhuri | 58,051 | 39.07 | −12.95 | |
| BJP | Biswanath Roy | 4,980 | 3.35 | ||
| IND | Dinesh Karmakar | 3,332 | 2.24 | ||
| JMM | Amal Mondal | 2,623 | 1.77 | ||
| Majority | 20,577 | 13.85 | |||
| Turnout | 1,48,680 | 80.32 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +20.98# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.
In the2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar ofCPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeatingManik Upadhyay ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Manik Upadhyay representingTrinamool Congress in 2001 andCongress in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress.[7]
Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty ofCPI in1962.
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