Bidhannagar Assembly constituency

Bidhannagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bidhannagar
Constituency No. 116 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bidhannagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarasat
Established2011
Total electors198,318
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sujit Bose
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Wards 28-41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Bidhannagar Municipality) and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]

Bidhannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
2011Sujit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016
2021

Election results

2021
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bidhannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 75,912 46.85 +4.00
BJP Sabyasachi Dutta 67,915 41.91 +27.83
INC Abhishek Banerjee 12,821 7.91 -24.41
NOTA None of the above 2,213 1.37
Independent Samir Sardar 647 0.40
BSP Smriti Kana Howlader 611 0.38
Independent Sabyasachi Dutta 545 0.34
Independent Sujit Bose 496 0.31
Independent Biplab Kumar Halder 454 0.28
Independent Susoma Loho 421 0.26
Turnout 162,035 70.10 +2.09
AITC hold Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bidhannagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 66,130 42.85 -16.68
INC Arunava Ghosh 59,142 38.32 N/A
BJP Susanta Ranjan Pal 21,735 14.08 +10.13
None of the Above None of the above 3,255 0.02
Majority 6,988 4.52
Turnout 154,303 68.01
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bidhannagar[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sujit Bose 88,642 59.53
CPI(M) Palash Das 52,717 35.40
BJP Ashoke Sarkar 5,877 3.95
Independent Palash Biswas 1,668 1.12
Majority 35,925 24.13
Turnout 148,904 75.08
AITC win (new seat)

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bidhannagar. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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