Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency

Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Jagatballavpur
Constituency No. 183 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Jagatballavpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
LS constituencySerampore
Established1951
Total electors225,602
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 183 Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Baragachhia I, Baragachhia II, Hantal Anantabati, Jagatballavpur I, Jagatballavpur II, Pantihal, Shankarhati I, Shankarhati II, Shialdanga, Laskarpur, Polgustia, Gobindapur, Islampur and Maju gram panchayats of Jagatballavpur community development block and Begari, Domjur, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Parbatipur, Rudrapur, Uttar Jhapardaha and Makardah I gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.[1]

Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951JagatballavpurAmritalal HazraIndian National Congress[2]
1957Brindaban Behari BasuForward Bloc (Marxist)[3]
1962Satyanarayan KhanIndian National Congress[4]
1967B.B.BoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Tarapada DeyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Tarapada DeyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Tarapada DeyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977M.AnsaruddinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982M.AnsaruddinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987M.AnsaruddinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991M.AnsaruddinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996M.AnsaruddinCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Biman ChakrabortyAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006Biplab MajumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Abdul Kassem MollaAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016Muhammad Abdul Ghani All India Trinamool Congress
2021Sitanath GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jagatballavpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSitanath Ghosh 116,562 49.00
BJPAnupam Ghosh87,36637.00
RSPSk Sabbir Ahmed25,36211.00
NOTA (None of the above) + Rest of the candidates~6,4002.80
Majority29,196
AITC holdSwing

2016

Trinamul Congress candidate Md. Abdul Ghani wins the seat.

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jagatballavpur constituency[16][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAbul Kasem Molla102,58054.19+6.16#
CPI(M)Kaji Jaffar Ahmed74,80039.51-9.25
BJPBaij Nath Sha5,5612.94
People’s Democratic Conference of IndiaA.S.Md. Monjurul Hoque Syed2,180
IndependentShankari Makhal1,981
IndependentNil Ratan Ram948
Indian Unity CentreGobardhan Manna811
IndependentAbul Kasem Khandakar450
Turnout189,31183.91
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing15.41#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Biplab Majumdar of CPI(M) won in the Jagatballavpur seat defeating his nearest rival Biman Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2001[14] elections Biman Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated M. Ansaruddin of CPI(M). M.Ansaruddin of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Maity of Congress in 1996,[13] Pulak Sarkar of Congress in 1991,[12] Binodananda Banerjee of Congress in 1987,[11] Nemai Porel, Independent in 1982[10] and Brindaban Ghosh of Congress in 1977.[9][19]

1951-1977

Tarapada Dey of CPI(M) won in 1972,[8] 1971[7] and 1969.[6] B.B.Bose of CPI(M) won in 1967.[5] Satyanarayan Khan of Congress won in 1962.[4] Brindaban Behari Basu of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957.[3] Amrita Lal Hazra of Congress won in 1951.[2]

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