Indpur Assembly constituency was an
assembly
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constituency in
Bankura district
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in the
India
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n
state of
West Bengal
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. It was reserved for
scheduled castes
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.
Overview
As a consequence of the orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, Indpur Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.
Election results
1977-2006
In the
2006 state assembly elections,
Indrajit Tangi of
CPI
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won the Indpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gour Chandra Lohar of
BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kiriti Bagdi of CPI defeated
Madan Bauri of
Trinamool Congress
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in 2001 and Bibekananda Layek of
Congress
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in 1996.
Madan Bauri of CPI defeated Shib Shankar Mondal of Congress in 1991, and Binode Behari Maji of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Binode Behari Maji of
Janata Party
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defeated Radha Raman Moi of
Biplabi Bangla Congress in 1977.
1962-1972
Gour Chandra Lohar of Congress won in 1972. Prayag Mandal of Biplabi Bangla Congress won in 1971. Gour Lohar of
Bangla Congress won in 1969. B.B.Maji of Congress won in 1967. Ashutosh Mallick 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 ...
. Prior to that the Indpur seat did not exist.
References
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Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Bankura district