Barasat Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Barasat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Barasat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 119 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Barasat Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 208,810 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Chiranjeet Chakraborty |
- All India Forward Block (9 times) (50.0%)
- Indian National Congress (4 times) (22.2%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (4 times) (22.2%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.50%)
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 119 Barasat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Barasat municipality and Chhota Jagulia gram panchayat of Barasat I community development block,[1]
Barasat Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1962 | Ashok Krishna Dutt | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | H.K. Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | Saral Deb | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Kanti Rangan Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Saral Deb | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Ashoke Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Dr. Bithika Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2011 | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Sankar Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sankar Chatterjee | 122,171 | 51.64 |  15.91 | |
| AITC | Sabyasachi Dutta | 87,613 | 37.03 |  9.24 | |
| AIFB | Hemanta Das | 18,700 | 7.9 | 7.24 | |
| INC | Tarak Mukherjee | 2,252 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,543 | 0.65 | 0.54 | |
| Majority | 34,558 | 14.61 | 4.07 | ||
| Turnout | 236,603 | 93.64 | 12.91 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | 104,431 | 46.27 | ||
| BJP | Sankar Chatterjee | 80,648 | 35.73 | ||
| AIFB | Sanjib Chatterjee | 34,171 | 15.14 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,688 | 1.19 | ||
| Majority | 23,783 | 10.54 | |||
| Turnout | 225,707 | 80.73 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | 99,667 | 48.44 | 9.84 | |
| AIFB | Sanjib Chatterjee | 74,668 | 36.29 | 0.55 | |
| BJP | Dr. Bithika Mandal | 22,537 | 10.95 | 7.61 | |
| BSP | Sunil Chandra Roy | 2,827 | 1.37 | 0.08 | |
| Majority | 24,999 | 15.15 | 7.39 | ||
| Turnout | 205,770 | 82.93 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Chiranjeet of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sanjib Chatterjee of Forward Bloc.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | 103,954 | 58.28 | +9.46# | |
| AIFB | Sanjib Chatterjee | 63,743 | 35.74 | −11.02 | |
| BJP | Tuhin Kumar Mondal | 5,957 | 3.34 | ||
| BSP | Tapan Sarkar | 2,302 | 1.29 | ||
| Independent | Bablu Jana | 1,584 | 0.89 | ||
| SAP | Ramtanay Bhattacharya | 823 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 40,211 | 22.54 | |||
| Turnout | 178,363 | 85.42 | |||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | 20.48# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[5] Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Saral Deb of Forward Bloc in 2001[6] and 1996.[7] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc defeated Souren Sen of Congress in 1991,[8] Amar Chandar Deb of Congress in 1987,[9] Ashis Kumar Basu of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kanti Ranjan Chattopadhyay in of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
1972
Kanti Rangan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.[13] Saral Deb of Forward Bloc won in 1971[14] and 1969.[15] H.K.Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1967.[16] Ashok Krishna Dutt of Congress won in 1962.[17]Chitta Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1957.[18] In independent India's first election in 1951, Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barasat seat.[19]