Bishnupur, Bankura Assembly constituency

For the constituency in South 24 Parganas, see Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas.

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bishnupur
Constituency No. 255 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
LS constituency	Bishnupur
Established	1951
Total electors	170,838
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tanmay Ghosh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 255 Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bishnupur municipality; Bishnupur community development block; and Amdangra, Saltora and Satmauli gram panchayats of Taldangra community development block.^[1]

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member[2]	Party
2011	Syama Prasad Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress
2021	Tanmay Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress

2021 Bengal Legislative Assembly Election

In 2021, TMC fielded Archita Bid, a new face. On the other hand, the BJP made Tanmoy Ghosh (Bumba) their candidate, who defected to the latter from TMC days before the declaration of candidates by the BJP. In this battle of two newcomers, Tanmoy Ghosh emerged victorious by securing 89,689 (47.7%) votes against his nearest opponent Archita Bid who bagged 78,269 (41.6%) votes. But, later, Tanmoy Ghosh joined TMC on 31st August, 2021.

Election results

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly Election, the Left-Cong candidate Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya defeated Shyam Mukherjee ( who was then a member of TMC) by less than 1000 votes. Though later Tusharkanti Bhattacharya joined TMC.

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Bishnupur^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	77,662	50.30	+13.53#
	CPI(M)	Swapan Ghosh	67,805	43.91	−15.19
	BJP	Pankaj Dhar	5,223	3.38
	JDP	Purna Chandra Murmu	3,716
Turnout			154,406	90.38
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	28.72#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Swapan Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur seat defeating his nearest rival Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayanta Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Buddhadeb Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Achintya Krishna Ray of CPI(M) defeated Subhasis Batabayal of Congress in 1991, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee of Congress in 1987, Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1982 and Ardhendu Mitra of Congress in 1977.^[6]

1952-1972

Bhabataran Chakravarty of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Sasthidas Sarkar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. B.C.Mandal of Congress won in 1967. Radhika Dhibar of CPI won in 1962. In 1957 and 1952 the Bishnupur seat was a dual one. Purabi Mukhopadhyay and Kiran Chandra Digar, both of Congress, won in 1957. Kiran Chandra Digar and Radha Gobinda Roy, both of Congress, won in independent India's first election in 1952.^[7]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
2. "Bishnupur Election 2021: Assembly Elections News, Bishnupur Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat". News18. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Bishnupur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bishnupur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bishnupur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "253 - Vishnupur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
7. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.