Bhabanipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India
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Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it's the seat of current chief minister.
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| Bhabanipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 159 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 160,313 (2026) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Mamata Banerjee |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
| Borough | Ward No. | Councillor | 2021 Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VII | 63 | Susmita Bhattacharya Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| VIII | 70 | Ashim Kumar Bose | ||
| IX | 71 | Papiya Singh | ||
| VIII | 72 | Sandip Ranjan Bakshi | ||
| IX | 73 | Kajari Banerjee | ||
| 74 | Debalina Biswas | |||
| 77 | Shamima Rehan Khan | |||
| 82 | Firhad Hakim | |||
Bhabanipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Mira Datta Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1962 | Independent | ||
| Constituency renamed as Kalighat | |||
| 1967 | Beva Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sadhan Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Rathin Talukdar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977–2009: Constituency did not exist | |||
- ^ by-election
Bhabanipur (since 2011)
| # | Portrait | Name
(born – died) |
Tenure in office | Political Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  |
Subrata Bakshi
(born 1950) |
20 May 2011[α] | 4 September 2011[β] | 107 days | Trinamool Congress | 2011 |
| 2 | _(cropped).JPG) |
Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955) |
4 September 2011[γ] | 8 May 2021 | 9 years, 246 days | ||
| 2016 | |||||||
| 3 |  |
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay (born 1944) |
8 May 2021 | 21 May 2021 [δ] | 122 days | 2021 | |
| 4 | |
Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955) |
30 September 2021 [ε] | 7 May 2026 | 4 years, 219 days | ||
| 5 | |
Suvendu Adhikari
(born 1970) |
13 May 2026 [ζ][η] | Incumbent | 111 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2026 |
Election results
2026
In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival Mamata Banerjee of TMC by 15,105 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suvendu Adhikari | 73,917 | 53.02 |  30.73 | |
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 58,812 | 42.19 |  29.71 | |
| CPI(M) | Shrijeeb Biswas | 3,556 | 2.55 | 1.01 | |
| INC | Pradip Prasad | 1,257 | 0.9 |  | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 829 | 0.59 | 0.64 | |
| Majority | 15,105 | 10.83 | 38.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,40,252 | 87.35 | 29.86 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | 60.44 | |||
2021 By-Poll
Following her narrow loss in the 2021 Nandigram Assembly constituency to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari she needed to win a by-election to retain her position as Chief Minister of West Bengal. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay who won the Bhabanipur seat in the April 2021 assembly elections, resigned from his position on May 21, 2021, to vacate the seat for Mamata.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 85,263 | 71.90 | 14.19 | |
| BJP | Priyanka Tibrewal | 26,428 | 22.29 | 12.87 | |
| CPI(M) | Shrijeeb Biswas | 4,226 | 3.56 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,453 | 1.23 | Hold | |
| Majority | 58,835 | 49.61 | 27.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,614 | 57.49 | 4.30 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 14.19 |
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2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | 73,505 | 57.71 | 10.04 | |
| BJP | Rudranil Ghosh | 44,786 | 35.16 | 16.03 | |
| INC | Md. Shadab Khan | 5,211 | 4.09 | 25.17 | |
| BSP | Anita Rajwar | 564 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,570 | |||
| Majority | 28,719 | 22.55 | 4.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,27,536 | 61.79 | 5.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 10.04 |
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2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 65,520 | 47.67 | 29.79 | |
| INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 40,219 | 29.26 | New | |
| BJP | Chandra Kumar Bose | 26,299 | 19.13 | New | |
| BSP | Nirmal Kanti Samaddar[2] | 669 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,461 | |||
| Majority | 25,301 | 18.41 | 38.62 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,475 | 66.83 | 22.11 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 29.79 |
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By-election, 2011
The bypoll to the Bhawanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 73,635 | 77.46 | 12.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Nandini Mukherjee | 19,422 | 20.43 | 7.55 | |
| Independent | Sujay Krishna Bhadra | 809 | 0.85 | New | |
| Majority | 54,213 | 57.03 | 20.24 | ||
| Turnout | 95,064 | 44.73 | 19.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 12.69 |
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2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subrata Bakshi | 87,903 | 64.77 | ||
| CPI(M) | Narayan Prasad Jain | 37,967 | 27.98 | ||
| BJP | Ram Chandra Jaiswal | 5,078 | 3.74 | ||
| BSP | Dulal Mistri | 1,050 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 49,936 | 36.79 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,741 | 63.78 | |||
| AITC win | |||||