Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Baisnabnagar
—  Vidhan Sabha constituency  —
Baisnabnagar
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates:
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Malda
Constituency No 54
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 8. Maldaha Dakshin
Electorate (year) 172,496 (2011)

Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বৈষ্ণবনগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011. There are two new constituencies in the area – Mothabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Contents

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Kaliachak III community development block.[1]

Baisnabnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Results

2011

In the 2011 election , Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baisnabnagar [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Congress Ishaque Khan Choudhury 62,589 43.02
CPI(M) Biswanath Ghosh 57,566 39.57
BJP Swadhin Kumar Sakar 20,483 14.08
Independent Manirul 3,436 2.36
JD(U) Manjur Alahi Munshi 1,415
Turnout 145,489 84.34
e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Malda district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 8 4
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 1
Forward bloc 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  2. ^ "Baisnabnagar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2554.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=54. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 
  4. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates, Phase I". West Bengal Assembly Election 2011. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_1st_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-31.