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Bangaon Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency and Bangaon Dakshin Assembly constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.

Bangaon Dakshin
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 23°04′0″N 88°49′0″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	96
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year)	189,044 (2011)[1] 225,008 (2016)[2] 236,855 (2019)[3] 248,278 (2021)[4]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 96 Bangaon Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bairampur, Chauberia I, Chauberia II, Dighari, Kalupur and Palla gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block, and Chandpara, Dooma, Fulsara, Jaleswar II, Jhaudanga and Ramnagar gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block.[5]

Bangaon Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[5] Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Bongaon	Jiban Ratan Dhar	Indian National Congress[7]
1957		Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[8]
		Manindra Bhusan Biswas	Indian National Congress[8]
1962		Jiban Ratan Dhar	Indian National Congress [9]
1967		K.Bhowmick	Indian National Congress[10]
1969		Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[11]
1971		Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[12]
1972		Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[13]
1977		Ranajit Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
1982		Bhupendranath Seth	Indian National Congress[15]
1987		Ranajit Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
1991		Bhupendranath Seth	Indian National Congress[17]
1996		Pankaj Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
2001		Pankaj Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
2006		Bhupendranath Seth	All India Trinamool Congress[20]
2006 Bye election		Saugata Roy	All India Trinamool Congress.[21]
2009 Bye election		Gopal Seth	All India Trinamool Congress.[22][23]
2011	Bangaon Dakshin	Surajit Kumar Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress[24]
2016	Bangaon Dakshin	Surajit Kumar Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress[24]
2021	Bangaon Dakshin	Swapan Majumdar	BJP[25]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Swapan Majumder of BJP defeated his nearest rival ALO RANI SARKAR of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bangaon Dakshin (SC) constituency[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Swapan Majumder	97828	47.07
	AITC	ALO RANI SARKAR	95824	46.11
	CPI(M)	TAPAS KUMAR BISWAS	10069	4.24
	SUCI(C)	RABINDRA NATH BARAI	953	0.46
	BSP	PRADIP KUMAR SARKAR	820	0.39
Turnout			207834
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2011

In the 2011 election, Surajit Kumar Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anuj Baran Sarkar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bangaon Dakshin (SC) constituency[24][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Surajit Kumar Biswas	87,677	53.71
	CPI(M)	Anuj Baran Sarkar	65,788	40.30
	BJP	Arun Halder	5,243	3.21
	CPI(ML)L	Himangshu Biswas	2,561
	BSP	Rabindra Nath Biswas	1,961
Turnout			163,230	86.63
	AITC win (new seat)

1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat

In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[22][23]

In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).[21]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[20] Bhupendranath Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and Congress respectively) in 2001[19] and 1996.[18] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.[17] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.[16] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[15] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.[14][28]

1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat

Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972,[13] 1971[12] and 1969.[11] K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.[10] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962.[9] In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957.[8] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.[7]

References

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