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Swarupnagar
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 98 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 14. Bangaon (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 195,584 (2011) |
Swarupnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: স্বরূপনগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 98 Swarupnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Swarupnagar community development block, and Ramchandrapur Uday and Sayesta Nagar I gram panchayats of Baduria community development block.[1]
Swarupnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
In the 2011 elections, Bina Mondol of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Shiva Pada Das of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Swarupnagar [3][4][5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Bina Mondal | 83,641 | 48.94 | -1.78# | |
| CPI(M) | Shiva Pada Das | 76,227 | 44.60 | -2.08 | |
| BJP | Rakhal Halder | 5,682 | 3.32 | ||
| RPI(A) | Sukriti Ranjan Biswas | 4,063 | |||
| BSP | Renuka Sarkar | 1,286 | |||
| Turnout | 170,899 | 87.38 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 1.30# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| 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 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Mustafa Bin Quassem of CPI(M) won the Swarupnagar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals - Narayan Goswami of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Swaraj Misra of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Dipti Jana of Congress in 1996 and Abdul Hai Siddiqui of Congress in 1991. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Anisur Rahman Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Hai Siddiqui of Congress in 1987, Harasit Ghosh of Congress in 1982 and Chandranath Misra of Congress in 1977.[6]
Chandranath Misra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Jamini Ranjan Sen of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Abdul Gafur of Congress won in 1962. Mohammad Ishaque of Congress won in 1957 and in independent India’s first election in 1951.[7]
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