English Bazar Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Maldah district Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (, , often ), is a district in West Bengal, India. It lies 347 km (215 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this district. ...

in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 51 English Bazar Assembly constituency covers

English Bazar Municipality English Bazar Municipality is responsible for the civic administration of the town of Malda in Malda district, West Bengal, India. Established in 1868, it is one of the oldest Municipalities in India Municipal or local governance refers to the ...

and Amriti,

Binodpur Gram Panchayat The Gram Panchayat of Sattari or Sattari Gram Panchayat also known as Binodpur Gram Panchayat ''(abbreviated as BGP)'', is a government office and local self-government body that governs the village of Sattari and 8 nearby villages with 13 G.P ...

, Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur gram panchayats of English Bazar

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, English Bazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress. .# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2013 bye election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress.

2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M). .# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the

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state assembly elections,

Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is an Indian advocate and politician currently serves as Chairman of English Bazar Municipality.He has served as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal.H ...

of Congress won the English Bazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samar Roy of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Roy of CPI(M) defeated Goutam Chakraborty of Congress in 2001. Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996. Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991.

Sailen Sarkar Sailen Sarkar (18 July 1940 —31 December 2013) was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician, a minister in the state government, five-time legislator and a CPI(M) secretariat member. Early days Born at Barisal, now in Bangladesh, on 1 ...

of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987, Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982 and Hari Prasanna Mitra of Janata Party in 1977.

1957–1972

Bimal Kanti Das of

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won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967,

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and

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. Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:English Bazar Assembly constituency Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Malda district