Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jadavpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jadavpur

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°29′42″N 88°22′19″E / 22.49500°N 88.37194°ECoordinates: 22°29′42″N 88°22′19″E / 22.49500°N 88.37194°E
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 149
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency Jadavpur
Electorate (year) 252,427 (2011)

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jadavpur is a neighborhood in Kolkata.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 150 Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101 to 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata municipal corporation.[1]

Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967JadavpurBikesh Chandra GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1969Bikesh Chandra GuhaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1971Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1977Dinesh Chandra MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982Sankar GuptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2006Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011Manish GuptaAll India Trinamool Congress[13]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattcharya of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jadavpur constituency[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Manish Gupta 103,972 53.31 +16.08#
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 87,288 44.76 -16.49
BJP Dhononjoy Mukherjee 2,749
BSP Rabindra Nath Choudhury 693
Independent Siddartha Bhattacharya 678
CPI(ML) Liberation Malay Tewari 420
Independent Prasenjit Roy 389
Independent Prabuddha Bhattacharya 355
PDS Samir Putatundu 342
Independent Tapan Kumar Das 158
Independent Asish Ghosh 156
Independent Debdatta Ghosh 149
Rashtriya Janasachetan Party Swapan Kumar Mandal 143
Turnout 195,017 77.26
AITMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 33.57#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUC 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

2006

In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jadavpur constituency[13][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 127,143 53.31 +16.08#
AITMC Dipak Kumar Ghosh 69,532 44.76 -16.49
INC Omprakash Mishra 7,986
JVM(P) Sukumar Howalder 3,189
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI(M) hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[12]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[11] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[10]Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[9]and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[8]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[7]Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[6][16]

1967-1972

Dinesh Majumdar of CPI(M) won in 1972[5]and 1971.[4]Bikesh Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[3]and 1967.[2]The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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  4. 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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  8. 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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  15. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Jadavpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  16. "108 - Jadavpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.