Baharampur Assembly constituency
West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency
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Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Indian National Congress (10 times) (55.5%)
- Communist Party of India (2 times) (11.1%)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (3 times) (16.7%)
- Independent politician (1 time) (5.56%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (11.1%)
| Baharampur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 72 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Baharampur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Baharampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 260,667 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 72 Baharampur Assembly constituency covers Baharampur municipality, and Bhakuri I, Daulatabad, Gurudaspur, Hatinagar and Manindranagar gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]
Baharampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berhampore | |||
| 1951 | Bijoy Kumar Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | S. Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| 1971 | Sankar Das Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Sankar Das Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Maya Rani Paul | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Manoj Chakraborty | Independent politician | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Baharampur | |||
| 2011 | Manoj Chakraborty | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Subrata Maitra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Maitra | 91,088 | 40.62 |  4.59 | |
| INC | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 73,540 | 32.79 |  12.46 | |
| AITC | Naru Gopal Mukherjee | 49,586 | 22.11 | 9.51 | |
| AJUP | Sukbor Molla | 4,207 | 1.88 |  | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,359 | 0.61 | 0.67 | |
| Majority | 17,548 | 7.83 | 5.76 | ||
| Turnout | 224,268 | 92.89 | 17.08 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Maitra | 89,340 | 45.21 | ||
| AITC | Naru Gopal Mukherjee | 62,488 | 31.62 | ||
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 40,167 | 20.33 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,525 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 26,852 | 13.59 | |||
| Turnout | 197,607 | 75.81 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 127,762 | 67.89 | 12.99 | |
| AITC | Sujata Banerjee | 35,489 | 18.86 | | |
| BJP | Mala Banerjee | 18,805 | 9.99 | 2.34 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,523 | 1.87 | | |
| Majority | 92,273 | 49.03 | 23.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,88,187 | 79.53 | 1.39 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manoj Chakraborty | 91,578 | 54.90 | ||
| RSP | Tarit Brahmachari | 48,265 | 28.93 | ||
| BJP | Debasis Sarkar | 12,758 | 7.65 | ||
| Independent | Debjani Saha | 8,162 | 4.89 | ||
| SDPI | Tayebdul Islam | 3,787 | 2.27 | ||
| IPFB | Sujit Kumar Das | 1,331 | 0.80 | ||
| JD(U) | Sunil Kumar Mondal | 940 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 43,313 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 166,821 | 81.13 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2006
In the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[4] Manoj Chakraborty, Independent, won the Berhampore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Amal Karmakar of RSP. Manoj Chakraborty, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Maya Rani Paul.[5] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Maya Rani Paul of Congress defeated Kartick Sahana of RSP in 2001,[7] and Biswanath Banerjee of RSP in 1996.[8] Sankar Das Paul of Congress defeated Ipsita Gupta of RSP in 1991.[9] Debabrata Bandopadhyay of RSP defeated Sankar Das Paul of Congress in 1987[10] and 1982,[11] and Subrata Saha of Congress in 1977.[12][13]
1972
Sankar Das Paul of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1969.[16] S. Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967.[17] Sanat Kumar Raha of CPI won in 1962.[18] Bejoy Kumar Ghosh of Congress won in 1957[19] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[20]