Bishnupur, Bankura Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 170,838 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | BJP+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kiran Chandra Digar | Indian National Congress | |
| Radha Gobinda Roy | |||
| 1957 | Purabi Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Kiran Chandra Digar | |||
| 1962 | Radhika Dhibar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1967 | B.C. Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Sasthidas Sarkar | Bangla Congress | |
| 1971 | Bhabataran Chakravarty | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Achintya Krishna Ray | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Jayanta Chaudhury | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Swapan Ghosh | ||
| 2011 | Shyam Mukherjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | Tanmay Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | Shukla Chatterjee | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shukla Chatterjee | 111,082 | 53.54 | ||
| AITC | Tanmay Ghosh | 80,477 | 38.79 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Titas Gupta | 5,385 | 2.6 | ||
| INC | Ujjal Chandra | 3,646 | 1.76 | ||
| Independent | Sukla Bandyopadhyay | 1,776 | 0.86 | ||
| AJUP | Guljar Bayen | 1,668 | 0.80 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Shashibhusan Banerjee | 1,264 | 0.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,180 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 30,605 | 14.75 | |||
| Turnout | 207,478 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Tanmay Ghosh[a] | 89,689 | 46.84 |  40.35 | |
| AITC | Archita Bid | 78,269 | 40.88 |  2.83 | |
| INC | Debu Chatterjee | 15,814 | 8.26 | 35.96 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,419 | 1.79 | 0.13 | |
| Majority | 11,420 | 5.96 | 5.45 | ||
| Turnout | 1,91,469 | 87.32 | 1.38 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya[b] | 76,641 | 44.22 | New | |
| AITC | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | 75,750 | 43.71 | 6.59 | |
| BJP | Nanda Dulal Banerjee | 11,254 | 6.49 | 3.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,336 | 1.92 | ||
| Majority | 891 | 0.51 | 5.88 | ||
| Turnout | 1,73,305 | 88.70 | 1.68 | ||
| INC gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2011
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.[5]
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.[6]