Baharampur Assembly constituency (archaic spelling Berhampore) is an

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constituency in Murshidabad district in the

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n state of

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers

Baharampur Berhampore (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. As of 2011 census, Berhampore urban agglomeration had a population of 305,609 and is the seventh largest city in West Bengal (after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, D ...

municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar

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Berhampore Berhampore (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. As of 2011 census, Berhampore urban agglomeration had a population of 305,609 and is the seventh largest city in West Bengal (after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, D ...

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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 consti ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

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

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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

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

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won in 1969. S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in

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. 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