| Shibpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 172 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Shibpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 197,161 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Shibpur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHowrah district in the Indian state ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 172 Shibpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 8, 9, 21 to 23, 43 and 47 to 50 ofHowrah Municipal Corporation.[1]
Shibpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 25Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Hari Sadhan Mitra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Mrigendra Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Kanailal Bhattacharyya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Satyendra Nath Ghose | ||
| 1991 | Jatu Lahiri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2011 | Jatu Lahiri | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Manoj Tiwary | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manoj Tiwary | 92,372 | 50.69 | ||
| BJP | Rathin Chakrabarty | 59,769 | 32.8 | ||
| AIFB | Jagannath Bhattacharyya | 24,970 | 13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,82,219 | {{{percentage}}} | {{{change}}} | ||
| AITChold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jatu Lahiri | 100,739 | 61.83 | +10.93# | |
| AIFB | Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya | 54,335 | 33.35 | −13.04 | |
| BJP | Prabir Ray | 3,967 | 2.43 | ||
| BSP | Asgar Ali | 1,850 | |||
| Independent | Bidyut Rakshit | 1,119 | |||
| Independent | Anup Chowdhury | 913 | |||
| Turnout | 162,923 | 82.63 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | 23.97# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya ofForward Bloc won the 165 Shibpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jatu Lahiri ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jatu Lahiri of Trinamool Congress defeated Nepal Kanti Bhattacharjee of Forward Bloc in 2001.[6] Jatu Lahiri ofCongress defeated Prabir Kumar Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 1996[7] and Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc in 1991.[8] Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc defeated Mrigen Mukherjee of Congress in 1987.[9] Kanailal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc defeated Utpal Bhowmick of Congress in 1982[10] and Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972.[13] Harisadhan Mitra ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won in 1971.[14]Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1967.[15]
