Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bolpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bolpur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Bolpur Bolpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°40′N 87°43′E / 23.667°N 87.717°E / 23.667; 87.717Coordinates: 23°40′N 87°43′E / 23.667°N 87.717°E / 23.667; 87.717
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Constituency No.	286
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	41. Bolpur (SC)
Electorate (year)	201,049 (2011)

Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 286, Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bolpur municipality, Ilambazar CD Block and Raipur Supur, Ruppur and Sattor gram panchayats of Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block.^[1]

Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bolpur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BJP	Dr. Anirban Ganguly
	AITC	Chandranath Sinha
	RSP	Tapan Hore
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 elections, Chandranath Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated Tapan Hore of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bolpur ^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Chandranath Singha	89,394	50.51	+16.03#
	RSP	Tapan Hore	72,767	41.11	-17.39
	BJP	Dilip Ghosh	6,381	3.61
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Marjina Khatun	3,291
	BSP	Samiran Das	2,100
	JDP	Lakshmiram Kisku	1,836
	JD(U)	Subrata Bhakat	1,224
Turnout			176,993	88.03
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	+33.42#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	6	5
Indian National Congress	2	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	4
Forward Bloc	1	2
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Tapan Hore of RSP won the Bolpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Chittaranjan Rakshit of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Shibshankar Banerjee of Congress in 1996 and Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Tarapada Ghosh of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In a by-election necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Jyotsna Kumar Gupta, Dr. Sushovan Banerjee of Congress won the seat in 1984. Jyotsna Kumar Gupta of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1982 and Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1977.^[5]

1951–1972[edit]

Harashankar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1971. Prasanta Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Panna Lal Dasgupta, Independent, won in 1969. R.K. Sinha, Independent, won in 1967. Basu Acharya of RSP won in 1962. Amarendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1957. Hanseswar Roy and Bhusan Hansdah, both of Congress, jointly won the Bolpur seat in 1951.^[6]

References[edit]

^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
^ "Bolpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bolpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bolpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ "284 - Bolpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

[2] "Bolpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bolpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bolpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[5] "284 - Bolpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[6] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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