Bolpur Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Bolpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Bolpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 286 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bolpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 201,049 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 286, Bolpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bolpur municipality, Ilambazar CD Block and Raipur Supur, Ruppur and Sattor gram panchayats of Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block.[1]
Bolpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency (SC).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hansadah Bhusan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Amarendra Nath Naskar | ||
| 1962 | Radha Krishna Singha | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | R. K. Sinha | Independent | |
| 1969 | Pannalal Dasgupta | ||
| 1971 | Prasanta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Harasankar Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Jyotsna Kumar Gupta | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Tarapada Ghosh | ||
| 1991 | Tapan Hore | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Chandranath Sinha | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chandranath Sinha | 114,915 | 46.65 |  3.92 | |
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Ghosh | 101,727 | 41.3 |  0.41 | |
| ISF | Bapi Soren | 18,390 | 7.47 | ||
| INC | Rathin Sen | 2,411 | 0.98 | ||
| BSP | Das Samiran | 1,525 | 0.62 | ||
| Independent | Arun Das | 1,185 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | Saurav Mudi | 936 | 0.38 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Samarjit Barman | 618 | 0.25 | ||
| Rastriya Aam Jan Seva Party | Mihir Kumar Banerjee | 560 | 0.23 | ||
| AJUP | Syed Sarwardi | 518 | 0.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,554 | 1.44 | 0.01 | |
| Majority | 13,188 | 5.35 | 4.33 | ||
| Turnout | 246,339 | 94.61 | 10.54 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chandranath Sinha | 116,443 | 50.57 | 4.23 | |
| BJP | Anirban Ganguly | 94,163 | 40.89 | 31.43 | |
| RSP | Tapan Hore | 9,965 | 4.33 | 26.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,337 | 1.45 | ||
| Majority | 22,280 | 9.68 | |||
| Turnout | 230,260 | 84.07 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chandranath Sinha | 113,258 | 54.80 | 4.29 | |
| RSP | Tapan Hore | 63,231 | 30.60 | 10.51 | |
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Ghosh | 19,553 | 9.46 | 5.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,712 | 2.28 |  | |
| BSP | Suresh Das | 1,573 | 0.76 | 0.43 | |
| Majority | 50,027 | 24.20 | 14.80 | ||
| Turnout | 2,06,661 | 84.60 | 3.11 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chandranath Sinha | 89,394 | 50.51 | ||
| RSP | Tapan Hore | 72,767 | 41.11 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Ghosh | 6,381 | 3.61 | ||
| PDCI | Marjina Khatun | 3,291 | 1.86 | ||
| BSP | Samiran Das | 2,100 | 1.19 | ||
| JDP | Lakshmiram Kisku | 1,836 | 1.04 | ||
| JD(U) | Subrata Bhakat | 1,224 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 16,627 | 9.40 | |||
| Turnout | 1,76,993 | 87.71 | |||
| AITC gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2006
In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Tapan Hore of RSP won the Bolpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Chittaranjan Rakshit of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Shibshankar Banerjee of Congress in 1996 and Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1991. Tarapada Ghosh of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In a by-election necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Jyotsna Kumar Gupta, Dr. Sushovan Banerjee of Congress won the seat in 1984. Jyotsna Kumar Gupta of RSP defeated Dr. Sushobhan Banerjee of Congress in 1982 and Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1977.[4]
1972
Harashankar Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1971. Prasanta Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Panna Lal Dasgupta, Independent, won in 1969. R.K. Sinha, Independent, won in 1967. Radha Krishna Singha of RSP won in 1962. Amarendra Nath Sarkar of Congress won in 1957. Hanseswar Roy and Bhusan Hansdah, both of Congress, jointly won the Bolpur seat in 1951.[5]