Dubrajpur is an assembly constituency in

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

in the

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. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:

Dubrajpur Dubrajpur is a town and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The town of Dubrajpur, was administered by the by Mallabhum kingdom during the medieval Indian period in the 13th ...

municipality, Balijuri,

Hetampur Hetampur is a large village in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is situated near Dubrajpur. The village is famous for the Royal and historical palace. Geography ...

, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of

CD Block, and

Khoyrasol Khoyrasol (also spelled Khayrashoal, Khoyrasole) is a village in Khoyrasol CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States ...

CD Block. Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42

Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency) Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency are ...

. It was earlier part of

Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

2021

2016

In the 2016 elections, Naresh Chandra Bauri of AITC defeated his nearest rival, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress. .# 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 The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, and was strongest in West Bengal. The party re-established ...

won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Bhakti Bhushan Mandal Bhakti Bhushan Mandal (1920 – 30 August 2004) was an Indian politician belonging to the All India Forward Bloc. He represented the Dubrajpur seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1962–1967, 1969–1971 and 1977–2001. Mandal held th ...

of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972.

Sheikh Manjurul Islam Sheikh Manjurul Islam was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life and family Manjurul Islam was born into a Bengali family of Muslim Sheik ...

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

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.

References

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Birbhum district Constituencies established in 1962 1962 establishments in West Bengal