Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake village, see Baisnabnagar, Malda.

Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Baisnabnagar
Constituency No. 54 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Baisnabnagar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
LS constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Established	2011
Total electors	246,956
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chandana Sarkar
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 54 Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency covers Kaliachak III community development block.^[1]

Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2011	Isha Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[2]
2016	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2021	Chandana Sarkar	Trinamool Congress

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Kaliachak Assembly constituency

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Baisnabnagar constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Chandana Sarkar	83,061	40.00
	BJP	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	80,590	39.00
	INC	Azizul Hoque	37,443	18.00
		Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)	~7,500	3.60
Majority			2,471
Turnout
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Swadhin Kumar Sarkar of the BJP defeated Azizul Haque of the INC-CPI(M) alliance.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baisnabnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	70,185	38.20	+24.12
	INC	Azizul Haque	65,688	35.75	−7.27
	AITC	Asit Bose	40,262	21.91	N/A
	SS	Dhaneshyam Das	1,528	0.83	N/A
	BSP	Nikhil Chandra Mondal	1,525	0.83	N/A
	Independent	Suresh Chandra Sarkar	1,301	0.70	N/A
	CPI(ML)L	Md. Ebrahim Sheikh	713	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,520	1.37	N/A
Majority			4,497	2.45	−1.00
Turnout			183,722
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+8.43

2011

In the 2011 election, Ishaque Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Baisnabnagar constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ishaque Khan Choudhury	62,589	43.02
	CPI(M)	Biswanath Ghosh	57,566	39.57
	BJP	Swadhin Kumar Sarkar	20,483	14.08
	Independent	Manirul	3,436	2.36
	JD(U)	Manjur Alahi Munshi	1,415
Majority			5,023	3.45
Turnout			145,489	84.34
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Baisnabnagar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)