Bhatar Assembly constituency

Bhatar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bhatar
Constituency No. 267 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bhatar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
LS constituency	Bardhaman–Durgapur
Established	1957
Total electors	197,538
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Adhikari Mangobinda
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 267 Bhatar assembly constituency covers Bhatar community development block and Kurman I and Kshetia gram panchayats of Burdwan I CD Block.^[1]

Bhatar assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1957	Abhalata Kundu	Indian National Congress[2]
1962	Aswini Roy	Communist Party of India[3]
1967	S. Hazra	Indian National Congress[4]
1969	Aswini Roy	Communist Party of India[5]
1971	Anath Bandhu Ghose	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972	Bholanath Sen	Indian National Congress[7]
1977	Bholanath Sen	Indian National Congress[8]
1982	Syed Md Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987	Syed Md. Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991	Mahboob Zahedi	Communist Part of India (Marxist)[11]
1996	Subhas Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001	Subhas Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006	Syed Md. Mashi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14][15]
2011	Banamali Hazra	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016	Subhas Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2021	Adhikari Mangobinda	All India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhatar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mangobinda Adhikari	108,028	50.44	+16.73
	BJP	Mahendranath Kowar	76,287	35.62	+489.08
	CPI(M)	Nazrul Haque	19,607	9.15	−77.27
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	1,868	0.87
	BSP	Sukul Soren	1,575	0.74
	Independent	Somnath Sain	1,149	0.54
	Independent	Ayan Ghosh	828	0.39
	LJP	Mainuddin Sah	480	0.22
	NOTA	None of the above	4,346	1.01
Turnout			214,168
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhatar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subhas Mondal	92,544		−
	CPI(M)	Bamacharan Banerjee	86,264
	BJP	Anjan Mukherjee	12,950
	BSP	Dhananjay Ghosal	2,176
	Independent	Santosh Nandi	1,438
	NOTA	None of the above	2,108
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhatar^[19][20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Banamali Hazra	83,883	47.29	+9.36#
	CPI(M)	Srijit Konar	83,585	47.12	−10.84
	BJP	Dhatripada Konar	5,586	3.15
	People's Democratic Conference of India	Iyar Mohammad Sekh	2,469
	BSP	Sekh Toyeb	1,854
Turnout			177,377	89.79
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+20.20#

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

1977-2006

Syed Md. Masih of CPI (M) won the Bhatar assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Banamali Hajra of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Subhas Mondal of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra of Trinamool Congress and Susanta Ghosh of Congress, in respective years. In 1991, Mahboob Zahedi of CPI (M) defeated Bholanath Sen of Congress. In 1987 and 1982, Syed Md. Masih of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra and Bholanath Sen, both of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Bholanath Sen defeated Saktipada Chattopdahyay of Forward Bloc.^[22]

1957-1972

Bholanath Sen of Congress won the seat in 1972. Anath Bandhu Ghosh of CPI (M) won it in 1971. In 1969, Aswini Roy of CPI won the seat. S.Hazra of Congress, won it in 1967. Aswini Roy, representing CPI won it in 1962. The constituency was formed in 1957. It was won in that year by Abalata Kundu of Congress.^[23]

References

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