Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an District#India, administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five Divisions of West Bengal, administrative divisions of West Bengal. The distr ...

in the

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. The seat is reserved for

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. It was an open seat earlier, In 2021 -Elected MLA from Dubrajpur is Shri.Anup Kumar Saha from

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Overview

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

Dubrajpur Dubrajpur is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Dubrajpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet). Connectivi ...

municipality, Balijuri,

Hetampur Hetampur is a large village in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated near Dubrajpur. The village is famous for the Royal and historical palace and reputed college. Geography Location He ...

, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma

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s of

CD Block, and

Khoyrasol Khoyrasol (also spelled Khayrashoal, Khoyrasole) is a village in Khoyrasol (community development block), Khoyrasol CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geogr ...

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 Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserv ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

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 Bhaktipada Ghosh of

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

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respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of

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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. Manjurul Islam of

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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.

Khayrasole 1951

In independent India's first election Khayrasole was an assembly seat. It was won by Khagendra Nath Bandopadhyay.

References

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