Barrackpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Barrackpur Assembly constituency comes into existence in 2011, Titagarh Assembly constituency ceases to exist from the same year.
Barrackpur | |
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Assembly constituency | |
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Coordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | North 24 Parganas |
Constituency No. | 108 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
Electorate (year) | 168,641 (2011) |
Government | |
• Incumbent MLA | Raj Chakraborty |
• Political Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 108 Barrackpore Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Barrackpore municipality and Titagarh municipality.[1]
Barrackpore Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Barrackpore | Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] |
2011 | Shilbhadra Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress[3] | |
2016 | Shilbhadra Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress | |
2021 | Raj Chakraborty | All India Trinamool Congress |
Note:For MLCAs from the area in previous years see Titagarh Assembly constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Raj Chakraborty | 68,887 | 46.47 | ||
BJP | Dr. Chandramani Shukla | 59,665 | 40.25 | ||
CPI(M) | Debasish Bhowmick | 16,145 | 10.89 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,930 | 1.30 | ||
BSP | Tapash Sarkar | 970 | 0.65 | ||
Majority | 9,222 | 6.29 | |||
Turnout | 1,48,492 | 68.95 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Silbhadra Dutta | 58,109 | 40.23 | ||
CPI(M) | Debasish Bhowmick | 50,790 | 35.16 | ||
BJP | Amitava Roy | 29,227 | 20.23 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,733 | 1.83 | ||
BSP | Tapas Sarkar | 1,384 | 0.96 | ||
Majority | 7,319 | 5.07 | |||
Turnout | 1,44,450 | 71.78 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).[3][4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Silbhadra Dutta | 79,515 | 60.02 | ||
CPI(M) | Dr. Madhusudan Samanta | 43,392 | 32.75 | ||
BJP | Shambhu Nath Gupta | 5,040 | 3.80 | ||
BSP | Tapas Sarkar | 1,843 | 1.39 | ||
IND | Umasankar Biswakarma | 1,434 | 1.08 | ||
Majority | 36,123 | 27.27 | |||
Turnout | 1,32,558 | 77.86 | |||
AITC win (new seat) |
In independent India's first election in 1951, Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barrackpore seat. Thereafter, the seat was not there till 2011.[2]
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