Jadavpur Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in West Bengal, India
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Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

| Jadavpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 150 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Jadavpur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 299,710 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
The constituency is considered to be a bastion of Communist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. As the electoral constituency of former Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, it is one of the most prestigious seat in the state.
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (13 times) (86.7%)
- Trinamool Congress (2 times) (13.3%)
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
| Borough | Ward No. | Councillor | 2021 Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 96 | Vasundhara Goswami | Trinamool Congress | |
| 99 | Mitali Banerjee | |||
| XII | 101 | Bappaditya Dasgupta | ||
| 102 | Sima Ghosh | |||
| XI | 103 | Nandita Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 104 | Tarakeswar Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | ||
| XII | 105 | Sushila Mondal | ||
| 106 | Arijit Das Thakur | |||
| 109 | Ananya Banerjee | |||
| XI | 110 | Swaraj Kumar Mondal | ||
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Earlier, before 2011, Jadavpur assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 112, 113, 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Debabrata Majumder | ||||
| CPI(M) | Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya | ||||
| BJP | Sarbari Mukherjee | ||||
| INC | Shyamoli Mondal | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
The 2021 election saw Debabrata Majumder of the All India Trinamool Congress emerge victorious against Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Debabrata Majumder | 98,100 | 45.54 | +4.39 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty | 59,231 | 27.50 | −22.00 | |
| BJP | Rinku Naskar | 53,139 | 24.67 | +17.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2730 | 1.27 | −0.73 | |
| Majority | 38,869 | 18.04 | |||
| Turnout | 215,419 | 75.49 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 13.20 | |||
2016 election
In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr. Sujan Chakraborty | 98,977 | 49.50 | +4.74 | |
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 84,035 | 41.15 | −12.16 | |
| BJP | Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray | 13,922 | 6.82 | +5.41 | |
| None of the Above | None of the above | 4,093 | 2.00 | +2.00 | |
| BSP | Subhas Chandra Naskar | 803 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 14,942 | 8.35 | |||
| Turnout | 2,04,210 | 74.58 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | 15.87 | |||
2011
In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manish Gupta | 1,03,972 | 53.31 | +16.08# | |
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 87,288 | 44.76 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Dhononjoy Mukherjee | 2,749 | 1.39 | ||
| BSP | Rabindra Nath Choudhury | 693 | 0.35 | ||
| IND | Siddartha Bhattacharya | 678 | 0.34 | ||
| Majority | 16,684 | 8.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,99,096 | 78.41 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 33.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 127,837 | 61.30 | ||
| AITC | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | 69,709 | 33.70 | ||
| INC | Prof. Omprakash Mishra | 7,986 | 2.03 | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Howalder | 3,189 | |||
| Majority | 58,128 | ||||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2001
In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 110,011 | 54.60 | +16.08# | |
| AITC | Madhabi Mukherjee | 80,730 | 40.06 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Radhesyham Brahmachari | 5,166 | 2.56 | ||
| PDS | Samir Putatundu | 1,798 | 0.89 | ||
| NCP | Asim Datta | 1,438 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Maya Saha | 1,083 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 753 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Babua Dutta | 520 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 69.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
1996
In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 108,549 | 55.58 | +16.08# | |
| INC | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | 72,364 | 37.05 | −16.49 | |
| BJP | Rajat Roy | 11,531 | 5.90 | ||
| BSP | Sandhya Mandal | 1,130 | 0.58 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Dhiresh Goswami | 740 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Bhusan Mondal | 440 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Deboshmita Dey | 344 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Haradhan Sarkar | 221 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 207,85 | 80.77 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[8]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[9] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[10] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[11] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[12]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[13] Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[14][15]
1967-1972
Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972[16] and 1971.[17] Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[18] and 1967.[19] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.
