Burwan Assembly constituency (also spelt Barwan) is an
assembly
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constituency in
Murshidabad district in the
India
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of
West Bengal
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. The seat is reserved for
scheduled castes
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. It was an open seat earlier.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the vari ...
, No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur
gram panchayat
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s of
Burwan
Burwan (also spelled Barwan) is a village, with a police station, in the Burwan CD block in the Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Buewan is located at .
Area overview
The area s ...
community development block
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and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of
Bharatpur I
Bharatpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Bharatpur is located at
Bharatpur I CD block is bounded by Kandi ...
community development block.
Burwan 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 ...
.
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Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.
1977–2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections[ Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of ]Congress
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001.[ Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996,][ and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991.][ Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987,][ Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982,][ and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.]
1951–1972
Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969][ and 1967.][ The Burwan seat was not there in 1962][ and 1957.][ In independent India's first election in 1951 Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.][
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References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Murshidabad district