Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Mothabari Assembly constituency and Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency. BJP won the 2016 assembly elections in Baisnabnagar.[4] In 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Chandana Sarkar of AITC won the seat by a margin of 2,799 votes over her nearest rival Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of BJP. She is the current MLA of Baisnabnagar constituency.
Baisnabnagar | |
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Assembly constituency | |
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Coordinates: 24°51′06″N 88°00′39″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Malda |
Constituency No | 54 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 8. Maldaha Dakshin |
Electorate (year) | 172,528 (2011)[1] 211,923 (2016)[2] 246,956 (2021)[3] |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak III community development block.[5]
Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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2011 | Baisnabnagar | Isha Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress[6] |
2016 | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2021 | Chandana Sarkar | All India Trinamool Congress |
For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kaliachak Assembly constituency
In the 2016 election, Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of the BJP defeated Azizul Haque of the INC-CPI(M) alliance.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | 70,185 | 38.20 | +24.12 | |
INC | Azizul Haque | 65,688 | 35.75 | -7.27 | |
AITC | Asit Bose | 40,262 | 21.91 | N/A | |
SHS | Dhaneshyam Das | 1,528 | 0.83 | N/A | |
BSP | Nikhil Chandra Mondal | 1,525 | 0.83 | N/A | |
Independent | Suresh Chandra Sarkar | 1,301 | 0.70 | N/A | |
CPI(ML)L | Md. Ebrahim Sheikh | 713 | 0.38 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,520 | 1.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,497 | 2.45 | -1.00 | ||
Turnout | 183,722 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | +8.43 | |||
In the 2011 election, Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Ishaque Khan Choudhury | 62,589 | 43.02 | ||
CPI(M) | Biswanath Ghosh | 57,566 | 39.57 | ||
BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | 20,483 | 14.08 | ||
Independent | Manirul | 3,436 | 2.36 | ||
JD(U) | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 1,415 | |||
Majority | 5,023 | 3.45 | |||
Turnout | 145,489 | 84.34 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
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