Baranagar Assembly constituency

Baranagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Baranagar Assembly constituency

Baranagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

Baranagar Assembly constituency

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 113 Baranagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baranagar Municipality and Ward Nos.17 to 20 of Kamarhati Municipality.

Baranagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Baranagar Assembly constituency

  CPI   CPI(M)   RSP   AITC

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th>Party affiliation</th><th>Ref(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>1951</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1957</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1962</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1967</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1969</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1971</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1972</td><td>Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee</td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1977</td><td>Matish Roy</td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1982</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1987</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1991</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1996</td><td>Amar Choudhury</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2001</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2006</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2011</td><td>Tapas Roy</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2016</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2021</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2024</td><td>Sayantika Banerjee</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2026</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sayantika Banerjee</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sajal Ghosh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sayandeep Mitra</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kalyani Chakraborty</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Supriyo Bhattacharya</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2024 by-election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sayantika Banerjee</td><td>69,251</td><td>43.04</td><td>−10.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sajal Ghosh</td><td>61,101</td><td>37.97</td><td>+6.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Tanmoy Bhattacharya</td><td>46,735</td><td>29.04</td><td>+14.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shubhrangshu Bhakta</td><td>545</td><td>0.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sajal Kumar Ghosh</td><td>428</td><td>0.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Samar Krishna Singha</td><td>410</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prasenjit Dey</td><td>224</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,678</td><td>1.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>8,148</td><td>44.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,60,885</td><td>73.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

In the 2021 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Parno Mitra of BJP.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Tapas Roy</td><td>85,615</td><td>53.42</td><td>+4.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Parno Mitra</td><td>50,468</td><td>31.49</td><td>+22.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay</td><td>20,135</td><td>12.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subrata De</td><td>630</td><td>0.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Surajit Ghosh</td><td>538</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shyamal Chandra Karmakar</td><td>495</td><td>0.31</td><td>−0.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>2,378</td><td>1.48</td><td>−1.15</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>35,147</td><td>21.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,60,259</td><td>73.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

In the 2016 election, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Tapas Roy</td><td>76,531</td><td>48.79</td><td>−11.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Sukumar Ghosh</td><td>60,431</td><td>38.52</td><td>+2.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sunil Dey</td><td>14,172</td><td>9.03</td><td>+6.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shyamal Chandra Karmakar</td><td>901</td><td>0.57</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RJSP</td><td>Prabir Chatterjee</td><td>704</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>4,129</td><td>2.63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>16,100</td><td>10.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,56,868</td><td>76.98</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

In the 2011 elections, Tapas Roy of AITC defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Tapas Roy</td><td>89,883</td><td>60.58</td><td>+20.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Sukumar Ghosh</td><td>53,055</td><td>35.76</td><td>−15.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bijoy Sankar Agarwal</td><td>3,581</td><td>2.41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sovan Bhattacharya</td><td>1,853</td><td>1.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>36,828</td><td>24.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,48,372</td><td>79.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from RSP</td><td>Swing</td><td>17.91</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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

2006

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Amar Choudhury</td><td>85,584</td><td>51.43</td><td>+3.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Atin Ghosh</td><td>67,428</td><td>40.43</td><td>−6.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Purnendu Bimal Dutta (Kalidas)</td><td>8,257</td><td>4.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Moumita Pal (Marik)</td><td>1,283</td><td>0.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Tridib Sinha</td><td>1,193</td><td>0.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sukha Ranjan Banik</td><td>1,100</td><td>0.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,66,383</td><td>78.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>18,156</td><td>11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.35</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Amar Choudhury</td><td>85,647</td><td>48.08</td><td>−0.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Atin Ghosh</td><td>83,106</td><td>46.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Hemen Guha Roy</td><td>6,298</td><td>3.54</td><td>−3.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anindya Dasgupta</td><td>1,545</td><td>0.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sukha Ranjan Banik</td><td>1,526</td><td>0.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,78,122</td><td>77.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>2,541</td><td>1.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Amar Choudhury</td><td>84,785</td><td>48.51</td><td>+1.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Silbhadra Dutta</td><td>76,895</td><td>44.00</td><td>+5.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Raiharan Debnath</td><td>11,470</td><td>6.56</td><td>−5.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Baidyanath Biswas</td><td>858</td><td>0.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Social Action Party</td><td>Arun Sikdar</td><td>766</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,74,774</td><td>79.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>7,890</td><td>4.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.59</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Matish Roy</td><td>66,397</td><td>46.90</td><td>−3.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ajoy Ghosal</td><td>54,925</td><td>38.80</td><td>−5.89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Nikhil Sarkar</td><td>17,688</td><td>12.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Prabir Gupta</td><td>1,111</td><td>0.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sadhan Chakraborty</td><td>837</td><td>0.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>Rabindra Kumar Bal</td><td>616</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,41,574</td><td>73.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>11,472</td><td>8.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.19</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1987

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Matish Roy</td><td>61,456</td><td>50.60</td><td>−7.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Pranab Kanti Ghosh</td><td>54,277</td><td>44.69</td><td>+4.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prabodh Ranjan Roy</td><td>3,605</td><td>2.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sambhu Nath Dutta</td><td>1,507</td><td>1.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Swapan Marik</td><td>217</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Babu Mukherjee</td><td>215</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sripati Ranjan Majumdar</td><td>177</td><td>0.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,21,454</td><td>72.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>7,179</td><td>5.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1982

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Matish Roy</td><td>59,985</td><td>58.32</td><td>+4.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sambhu Nath Dutta</td><td>41,581</td><td>40.43</td><td>+13.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Tilak Ganguly</td><td>1,064</td><td>1.03</td><td>−15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hari Sankar Chakravorty</td><td>224</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,02,854</td><td>72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>18,404</td><td>17.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Matish Roy</td><td>33,384</td><td>53.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kumud Bhattacharjee</td><td>16,798</td><td>27.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>Dwijesh Dutta Majumder</td><td>9,929</td><td>16.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee</td><td>1,404</td><td>2.27</td><td>−67.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bikash Mazumder</td><td>268</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Amar Majumdar</td><td>139</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>61,922</td><td>46.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>16,586</td><td>26.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td>60.63</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1972

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee</td><td>69,145</td><td>69.63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>30,158</td><td>30.37</td><td>−26.94</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>99,303</td><td>87.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>38,987</td><td>39.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>48.29</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1971

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>43,340</td><td>57.31</td><td>−4.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bangla Congress</td><td>Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee</td><td>32,287</td><td>42.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>75,627</td><td>72.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>11,053</td><td>14.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1969

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>45,261</td><td>61.79</td><td>+9.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A.N. Bhattacharjee</td><td>27,669</td><td>37.77</td><td>−8.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sudhangsu Bakshi</td><td>317</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>73,247</td><td>78.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>17,592</td><td>24.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>31,354</td><td>52.50</td><td>−4.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>N. Bhattacharjee</td><td>27,895</td><td>46.71</td><td>+8.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>B.H. Rao</td><td>472</td><td>0.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>59,721</td><td>74.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>3,459</td><td>5.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1962

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>40,830</td><td>56.97</td><td>−2.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay</td><td>27,418</td><td>38.26</td><td>−1.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>Kamakhya Kumar Guha</td><td>1,485</td><td>2.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>Bijoy Ratna Sen Sharma</td><td>974</td><td>1.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>HM</td><td>Sankar Ghosh</td><td>490</td><td>0.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>Sannyasi Charan Nath</td><td>307</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mohini Mohan Bandopadhyay</td><td>167</td><td>0.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>71,671</td><td>74.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>13,412</td><td>18.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>28,269</td><td>59.24</td><td>+3.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kanailal Dhole</td><td>18,852</td><td>39.50</td><td>+5.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramendra Kumar De</td><td>405</td><td>0.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhrubajyour Mazumder</td><td>195</td><td>0.41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>47,721</td><td>66.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>9,417</td><td>19.74</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1951

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Jyoti Basu</td><td>13,968</td><td>56.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Rai Harendra Nath Chowdhury</td><td>8,539</td><td>34.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhyay</td><td>1,524</td><td>6.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Moni Bhusan Chatterjee</td><td>281</td><td>1.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hari Bhusan Chattopadhyay</td><td>257</td><td>1.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KMPP</td><td>Ashok Das Gupta</td><td>157</td><td>0.63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Nikhil Das</td><td>66</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sailendra Kumar Mukhopadhyay</td><td>64</td><td>0.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>24,856</td><td>43.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>5,429</td><td>21.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>