| Jadavpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 150 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Jadavpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata (Mostly) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 299,710 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal which lies mostly inKolkata district, while a fraction of it is inSouth 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area).
The constituency is considered to be a bastion ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. As the electoral constituency of formerChief ministerBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee, it is one of the most prestigious seat in the state.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]Earlier, before 2011, Jadavpur assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos.101,102,103,104,105,106107,108,109,110,111112,113,114 ofKolkata Municipal Corporation.
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bikesh Chandra Guha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Dinesh Chandra Majumder | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | Sankar Gupta | ||
| 1983by-poll | Ashok Mitra | ||
| 1987 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Manish Gupta | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Sujan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | |
| 2021 | Debabrata Majumder | All India Trinamool Congress | |
In the 2021 elections,Debabrata Majumdar ofTMC defeated his nearest rival,Dr. Sujan Chakraborty ofCPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Debabrata Majumdar | 98,100 | 45.54 | +4.39 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty | 59,231 | 27.50 | −18.50 | |
| BJP | Rinku Naskar | 53,139 | 24.67 | +17.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,730 | 1.27 | −0.73 | |
| BSP | Sujoy Naskar | 649 | 0.30 | −0.09 | |
| Majority | 38,869 | 18.24 | |||
| Turnout | 2,15,862 | 72.00 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections,Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalManish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.
[2]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty | 98,977 | 49.50 | +4.74 | |
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 84,035 | 41.15 | −12.16 | |
| BJP | Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray | 13,922 | 6.82 | +5.41 | |
| None of the Above | None of the above | 4,093 | 2.00 | +2.00 | |
| BSP | Subhas Chandra Naskar | 803 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 14,942 | 8.35 | |||
| Turnout | 2,04,210 | 74.58 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromAITC | Swing | 15.87 | |||
In the 2011 elections,Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rivalBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 1,03,972 | 53.31 | +16.08# | |
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 87,288 | 44.76 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Dhononjoy Mukherjee | 2,749 | 1.39 | ||
| BSP | Rabindra Nath Choudhury | 693 | 0.35 | ||
| IND | Siddartha Bhattacharya | 678 | 0.34 | ||
| Majority | 16,684 | 8.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,99,096 | 78.41 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 33.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 elections,Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ofCPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalDipak Kumar Ghosh ofAITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 127,837 | 61.30 | ||
| AITC | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | 69,709 | 33.70 | ||
| INC | Prof. Omprakash Mishra | 7,986 | 2.03 | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Howalder | 3,189 | |||
| Majority | 58,128 | ||||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2001 elections,Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ofCPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalMadhabi Mukherjee ofAITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 110,011 | 54.60 | +16.08# | |
| AITC | Madhabi Mukherjee | 80,730 | 40.06 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Radhesyham Brahmachari | 5,166 | 2.56 | ||
| PDS | Samir Putatundu | 1,798 | 0.89 | ||
| NCP | Asim Datta | 1,438 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Maya Saha | 1,083 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 753 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Babua Dutta | 520 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
In the 1996 elections,Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ofCPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalKakoli Ghosh Dastidar ofINC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 108,549 | 55.58 | +16.08# | |
| INC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 72,364 | 37.05 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Rajat Roy | 11,531 | 5.90 | ||
| BSP | Sandhya Mandal | 1,130 | 0.58 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Dhiresh Goswami | 740 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 440 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Deboshmita Dey | 344 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Haradhan Sarkar | 221 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 80.77 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly electionsBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee ofCPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeatingDipak Kumar Ghosh ofTrinamool Congress in 2006,[8]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[9]Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar ofCongress in 1996,[10] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[11] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[12]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[13] Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee ofJanata Party in 1977.[14][15]
Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972[16] and 1971.[17] Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[18] and 1967.[19] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.
