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Electoral History  Mekliganj is currently represented in the West Bengal legislative assembly by Paresh Chandra Adhikary who won the seat in 2021 on the ticket of Trinamool Congress. In that election while 99,338 votes were polled in favour Paresh Chandra Adhikary, his nearest rival was the BJP nominee Dadhiram Ray who secured 84,653 votes and was distantly followed by Gobindo Ray of AIFB with 6,853 votes.  Earlier Paresh Chandra Adhikary had won the seat third time in a row in 2011 on the ticket of Forward Block. Once a  stronghold of Forward Block, Mekliganj had been sending Forward Block MLAS to the state legislative assembly on all occasions since 1962 to 2011 except in 1972. Background One of nine assembly constituencies located in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, Mekliganj contains in its jurisdiction the blocks of Mekliganj and Haldibari as well as the municipalities of Mekliganj and Haldibari. Reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes, ...

Andal Railway Station  One of the 9 assembly constituencies located in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, Raniganj assembly is composed of the geographical areas covered by Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Andal community development block.  Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Barabani, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Jamuria, Kulti, Pandabeswar are the other eight assembly seats in the district.  The constituency is one of the seven assembly segments that fall under the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency.  Electoral History Raniganj assembly seat is currently held by Tapas Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. In 2021 he had defeated his nearest BJP rival Bijan Mukherjee by a close margin of 3,556 votes in a bipolar contest. In 2016, Runu Dutta had won the seat on the ticket of CPI (M). In the previous assembly elections in 2011, he was defeated by  Sohrab Ali of Trinamool Congress.  Earlier Raniganj had been a pocket borough o...

Panch Mandir premises at Bhatpara / Image Credit Located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Bhatpara assembly constituency is formed by the areas covered by  Ward Nos.1 to 17 in  Bhatpara municipality. Bhatpara is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the parliamentary seat of Barrackpore. Barrackpore Lok Sabha is currently represented by TMC MP Partha Bhowmick. Other six assembly segments in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat are Barrackpore, Bijpur, Noapara, Jagatdal, Naihati and Amdanga.   Electoral History: Bhatpara is currently held by Pawan Singh who won it in 2021 as a candidate of BJP. Earlier   Arjun Singh had won the seat four times in a row (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016.)   Earlier Arjun Singh had won the seat in 2001 and 2006. Bidyut Ganguly of CPI(M) emerged victorious from the seat 1991 and 1996. CPM(I)’s Sitaram Gupta was elected in 1957, 1969, 1977 and 1982. 

Shyama Sundara at Bhagabanpur / Image Credit One of the sixteen assembly constituencies in the Purbi Medinipur district of West Bengal, Bhagabanpur covers Bhagabanpur, Kotbarh, Kajlagarh and Shimulia gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur- 1 block, Basudevberia, Arjunnagar, Baroj, Jukhia, Itaberia, Mugberia and Radhapur gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur-2 block, and Mathura and Argoyal gram panchayats of Patashpur- 2 block.  Bhagabanpur is one of the seven assembly constituency falling under Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency. Electoral History Rabindranath Maity is the sitting BJP MLA of Bhagabanpur which was won by him in 2021 by defeating his nearest TMC candidate and incumbent MLA Ardhendu Maity. In that election while  Rabindranath Maity polled 121,480 votes, the TMC nominee 93,931 received votes and was distantly followed by Congress’s Shiu Maiti who secured 5,274 votes. Earlier Ardhendu Maity was elected from Bhagabanpur seat for the fourth time in a row in 2016.  CPM had won the ...

Ichamati River_View_from_Basirhat_Bridge/ Image Credit Polling Date: 29th April, 2026 Located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal,  Basirhat South constituency came into being on the recommendations of delimitation commission in 2008.       Basirhat South, one of the seven assembly segments in the Basirhat parliamentary constituency,  is home to Basirhat and Taki municipalities, in addition to the block of Basirhat. Saptarshi Banerjee is the sitting TMC MLA of Basirhat South Assembly which he won in 2021 by defeating his nearest rival of the BJP by 24,468 votes. In that election, Saptarshi Banerjee polled 115,873 votes,  Footballer   Dipendu Biswas of the TMC had won the seat in 2016 by defeating Samik Bhattacharya, now West bengal BJP President. Dipendu Biswas had lost to Samik Bhattacharya in 2014 in a by-poll, necessitated by the death of sitting CPM legislator Niranjan Mu...

Reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes, Baruipur Purba is located in the South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal.  The constituency is formed by the areas covered by Bamangachhi, Dhosa Chandaneswar, Chaltaberia, Jangalia, Narayanitala and Khakurdaha gram panchayats of Jaynagar block and Belegachhi, Begumpur, Brindakhali, Hardhah, Champahati, Nabagram, Ramnagar I, Ramnagar II and South Garia gram panchayats of Baruipur block. Baruipur Purba, which came into being before 2011, is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the parliamentary constituency of Jadavpur.  Electoral History  Currently, Baruipur Purba is held TMC’s  Bivas Sardar  who won the seat in 2021 by defeating his nearest BJP rival  Chandan Mondal  by an impressive margin votes  49,641  in a bipolar contest. In that election while    Bivas Sardar   secured  123,243  votes, the BJP candidate polled  73,602 ...