Singur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 188 Singur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Anandanagore, Bagdanga Chinamore, Baruipara Paltagarh, Beraberi, Bighati, Bouichipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, Gopalnagore, Mirzapur-Bankipur, Nasibpur, Singur I and Singur II gram panchayats of

Singur Singur is a census town in Singur CD block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and i ...

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

and

Begampur Begampur is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Begampur is located at Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, Bega ...

, Kapasaria and Panchghora gram panchayats of

Chanditala II Chanditala II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala II CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of ...

community development block. Singur Assembly constituency is part of No. 28

Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency) Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal. All seven assembly segments of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district. O ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and 2001 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Bhattacharya of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

won the Singur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Srikanta Chattopadhyay of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

and Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) defeated Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya of

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

in 1996, Chandra Sekhar Back of Congress in 1991 and Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1987. Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress defeated Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1982. Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Ajit Kumar Basu of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1969. Provaakar Pal of Congress won in 1967,

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and

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

. In independent India's first election in 1951 Singoor (as spelt then) had a double seat. It was won by Sourendra Nath Saha and Ajit Kumar Basu, both of CPI.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal