Dubrajpur is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Dubrajpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 284 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dubrajpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| LS constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 181,978 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block.[1]
Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Members[2] | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bijoy Bagdi | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2016 | Chandra Naresh Bauri | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Anup Kumar Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anup Kumar Saha | 98,083 | 47.94 |  34.09 | |
| AITC | Debabrata Saha | 94,220 | 46.05 |  5.67 | |
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 6,014 | 2.94 | 26.90 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,157 | 1.54 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Naresh Chandra Bauri | 94,309 | 51.72 | 5.18 | |
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 54,415 | 29.84 | 18.43 | |
| BJP | Ramprasad Das | 25,258 | 13.85 | 7.39 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,658 | 2.01 | ||
| BMUP | Khagen Das | 2,906 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Biswanath Bauri | 1,812 | 0.99 | ||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 182,358 | 84.28 | -1.48 | ||
2011
In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 75,343 | 48.27 | -13.34 | |
| AITC | Santoshi Saha | 72,634 | 46.54 | +22.95# | |
| BJP | Paltu Pada Dhibar | 10,083 | 6.46 | ||
| Turnout | 156,064 | 85.76 | |||
| AIFB hold | Swing | -36.29# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhakti Pada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.[6]
1962–1972
Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.[7]