Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

Murshidabad district Murshidabad district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of and having a population 7.103 million (according to 2011 census), it ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers

Baharampur Berhampore (), also known as Baharampur (), is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore is the seventh largest cit ...

municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar gram panchayats of

Berhampore Berhampore (), also known as Baharampur (), is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore is the seventh largest city ...

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. Baharampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 10

Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency) Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Berhampore) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Baharampur in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha const ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

In the 2016 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sujata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2011

In the 2011 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarit Brahmachari of RSP. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

2006

In the 2006 election, Manoj Chakraborty of Congress MP of

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024. He has ser ...

Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Manoj Chakraborty (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, princ ...

, Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of

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. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul. He was subsequently taken back into the Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of

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defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001, and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996. Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991. Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.

1951–1972

Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1969. S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

. Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in

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and in independent India's first election in 1951.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Murshidabad district Berhampore Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal