| Bishnupur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 146 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 278,572 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bishnupur Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forScheduled Castes.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Bishnupur Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Basanta Kumar Mal | Indian National Congress | |
| Provash Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1957 | Provash Chandra Roy | ||
| Rabindranath Roy | |||
| Bishnupur Paschim | |||
| 1962 | Jugal Chandra Santra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Provash Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Kashi Nath Adak | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Sankar Saran Sarkar | ||
| 2001 | Subrata Bakshi | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Rathin Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bishnupur Purba | |||
| 1962 | Santilata Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Sundar Kumar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Ram Krishna Bar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sundar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Ananda Kumar Biswas | ||
| 2001 | Dilip Mondal | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bishnupur (Reunified) | |||
| 2011 | Dilip Mondal | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dilip Mondal | 136,509 | 57.46 | ||
| BJP | Agniswar Naskar | 77,677 | 32.70 | ||
| CPI(M) | Jhuma Kayal | 17,995 | 7.57 | ||
| BSP | Rabindranath Ranjan | 2,709 | 1.14 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,863 | 0.78 | ||
| Independent | Uttam Naskar | 817 | 0.34 | New | |
| Majority | 58,832 | 24.76 | |||
| Turnout | 2,37,570 | 85.26 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dilip Mondal | 107,129 | 52.36 | ||
| CPI(M) | Aloke Sardar | 76,499 | 37.39 | ||
| BJP | Shyama Prasad Halder | 14,264 | 6.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,402 | 1.17 | ||
| BSP | Dipankar Gayen | 1,594 | 0.78 | New | |
| Independent | Samar Kumar Biswas | 1,502 | 0.73 | New | |
| PDS | Uttam Kumar Halder | 1,203 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 30,630 | 14.97 | |||
| Turnout | 2,04,593 | 82.24 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dilip Mondal | 95,912 | 53.92 | ||
| CPI(M) | Bibhuti Bhushan Sarkar | 70,862 | 39.83 | ||
| BJP | Shekhar Naskar | 5,745 | 3.23 | ||
| Independent | Prabhat Kiran Mondal | 3,636 | 2.04 | ||
| PDS | Gopinath Naskar | 1,735 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 25,050 | 14.09 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,890 | 84.47 | |||
| AITCwin (new seat) | |||||
From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 2006,[4] Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating his nearest rivalDilip Mondal ofAITC and Rathin Sarkar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating his nearest rival Madan Mitra ofAITC.Dilip Mondal ofAITC won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ananda Kumar Biswas ofCPI(M) and Subrata Bakshi ofAITC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Rathin Sarkar ofCPI(M) in 2001.[5] Ananda Kumar Biswas ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar ofINC and Sankar Saran Naskar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar ofINC in 1996.[6] In 1991[7] and 1987,[8] Sundar Naskar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ram Krishna Bar and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both ofINC, respectively, and Kashi Nath Adak ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar and Shaik Moquebul Haque, both ofINC, respectively. In 1982[9] and 1977,[10] Sundar Naskar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar and Ram Krishna Bar, both ofINC, respectively, and Provash Chandra Roy ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Niranjan Ghosh and Moaue Haque Shaik, both ofINC, respectively.[11][12]
From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 1972[13] and 1971,[14] Ram Krishna Bar ofINC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1969[15] and 1967,[16] Sundar Kumar Naskar ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy ofCPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1962,[17] Santilata Mondal ofINC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Jugal Chandra Santra ofINC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1957 and 1952, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,[18] Provash Chandra Roy and Rabindranath Roy, both ofCPI, won. In 1952,[19] Basanta Kumar Mal ofINC and Provash Chandra Roy ofCPI, won.