Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency is an
assembly
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constituency in
North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
West Bengal
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. Up to 2011 there was one assembly seat for Bangaon. From 2011 there are two seats – Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency and Bangaon Dakshin Assembly constituency. The seat is reserved for
scheduled castes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
. The Bangaon seat was an open seat up to 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, No. 95 Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:
Bangaon
Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.
Geography
Location
Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 m ...
municipality, and Akaipur, Chhaigheria, Dharma Pukuria, Ganganandapur, Ghatbore, Gopalnagar I and Gopalnagar II
gram panchayat
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s of
Bangaon
Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.
Geography
Location
Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 m ...
community development block
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.
Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14
Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and is centered on Bangaon. 5 of the 7 assembly segments of No.14 Bangaon Lok Sabha const ...
(SC).
[ Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of ]Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas dist ...
.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
In the 2021 election, Ashok Kirtania
Ashok Kirtania is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Bangaon Uttar (constituency). He defeated Shyamal Roy of All India Trinamool Congress
Th ...
of BJP
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defeated his nearest rival, Shyamal Roy of AITC.
2016
In the 2016 election, Biswajit Das of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sushanta Baowali of All India Forward Bloc.
2011
In the 2011 election, Biswajit Das of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Biswas of CPI(M).
1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat
In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy
Prof. Saugata Roy (born 6 August 1946) is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He was the Union Minister of ...
to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Etymology
During the 19th ...
, Gopal Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.[
In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of ]CPI(M)
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.[
In the 2006 state assembly elections,][ Bhupendranath Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and ]Congress
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respectively) in 2001[ and 1996.][ Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.][ Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.][ Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.][ Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.]
1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat
Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI
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Overview
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won in 1972,[ 1971][ and 1969.][ K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.][ Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in ]1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.[ In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in ]1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
.[ Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in ]1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
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References
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Politics of North 24 Parganas district