Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Barwan) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Burwan
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Burwan
Location in West Bengal
Burwan
Burwan (India)
Coordinates: 23°56′27″N 87°56′06″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Constituency No67
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency10. Baharampur
Electorate (year)169,017 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.[1]

Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Burwan KhargramSatyendra Chandra Ghosh MoulikIndian National Congress[2]
Burwan KhargramSudhir MondalIndian National Congress[2]
1957No seat[3]
1962No seat[4]
1967BurwanAmalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[5]
1969Amalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[6]
1971Sunil Mohan Ghosh MoulikIndian National Congress[7]
1972Sunil Mohan Ghosh MoulikIndian National Congress [8]
1977Amalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982Amalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1987Amalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1991Debabrata BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[12]
1996Debabrata BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2001Amalendralal RoyRevolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006Biswanath BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2011Protima RajakIndian National Congress[16]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Burwan (SC) constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Protima Rajak 66,304 47.09 -1.60#
RSP Binoy Sarkar 65,688 46.65 -1.36
BJP Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi 8,809 6.26
Turnout 140,801 83.31
INC gain from RSP Swing -0.24#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Murshidabad district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 14 8
Trinamool Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 4
Samajwadi Party 1 0
Forward bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections[15] Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001.[14] Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996,[13] and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991.[12] Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987,[11] Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982,[10] and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951–1972

Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] The Burwan seat was not there in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Burwan. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  18. "67 - Barwan Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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