Bara Bazar Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of

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in the

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Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bara Bazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011. It was part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

2006

In the 2006 election, Mohammed Sohrab of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated his nearest rival Amitabha Chakraborti of

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1977-2009

In the 2006 elections to the state assembly, Mohammad Sohrab of

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

won the Burrabazarr seat defeating Amitabha Chakrabarty of

. In 2001, Tapas Roy

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defeated Md. Asiruddin of RJD. Rajesh Khaitan of Congress defeated Md Asiruddin of JD in 1996, Satya Narayan Bajaj of JD in 1991, Shaukat Rahmani, Independent, in 1987 and Rabi Shankar Pandey in 1982. In 1977, Rabi Shankar Pandey of

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defeated Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress.

1951-1972

Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress won the seat defeating Murlidhar Santhalia of CPI(M) in 1972, Durga Prasad Nathany of

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and Ajodhya Singh of CPI(M) in 1971, and Ram Niwas Lakhotia of BJS and Bijay Krishna Dhandhania of Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969. Ishawar Das Jalan of Congress won the seat defeating B.P.Kedia of BJS, and R.S.Pandey of SSP in 1967, Kishan Lal Makharia of CPI) in

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, Sitaram Seth, Independent, and Sachidanand Pandey of BJS in

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, and Rashbehari Sarkar of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in independent India’s first general election in 1951.

References

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