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Bangaon Uttar
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 95 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 14. Bangaon (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 188,443 (2011) |
Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বনগাঁ উত্তর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bangaon Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 95 Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bangaon municipality, and Akaipur, Chhaigheria, Dharma Pukuria, Ganganandapur, Ghatbore, Gopalnagar I and Gopalnagar II gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.[1]
Bangaon Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bangaon Uttar [3][4][5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Biswajit Das | 89,265 | 54.55 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr. Biswajit Biswas | 65,645 | 40.12 | ||
| BJP | Hari Chand Biswas | 5,149 | 3.15 | ||
| BSP | Ganesh Chandra Biswas | 1,828 | |||
| The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India | Pinaki Ranjan Bharati | 995 | |||
| Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party | Gobinda Mandal | 75 | |||
| Turnout | 163,641 | 86.84 | |||
| Trinamool Congress hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 28 | 23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[6][7]
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).[8]
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bhupendranath Seth of 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 and 1996. Bhupemdranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991. Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987. Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982. Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.[9]
Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967. Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957. Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.[10]
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