Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Bangaon (disambiguation).

Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Bangaon Uttar
Constituency No. 95 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bangaon Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangaon
Established	1951
Total electors	251,387
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Kirtania
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 95 Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bangaon municipality, and Akaipur, Chhaigheria, Dharma Pukuria, Ganganandapur, Ghatbore, Gopalnagar I and Gopalnagar II gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.^[1]

Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1] Bongaon assembly constituency was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
Bongaon
1951	Jiban Ratan Dhar	Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[4]
	Manindra Bhusan Biswas	Indian National Congress[4]
1962	Jiban Ratan Dhar	Indian National Congress [5]
1967	K.Bhowmick	Indian National Congress[6]
1969	Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[7]
1971	Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[8]
1972	Ajit Kumar Ganguly	Communist Party of India[9]
1977	Ranajit Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982	Bhupendranath Seth	Indian National Congress[11]
1987	Ranajit Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991	Bhupendranath Seth	Indian National Congress[13]
1996	Pankaj Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001	Pankaj Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006	Bhupendranath Seth	Trinamool Congress[16]
2006 Bye election	Saugata Roy	Trinamool Congress.[17]
2009 Bye election	Gopal Seth	Trinamool Congress.[18][19]
Bangaon Uttar
2011	Biswajit Das	Trinamool Congress[20]
2016	Biswajit Das	Trinamool Congress (till 2019) Bharatiya Janata Party (2019)
2021	Ashok Kirtania	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Ashok Kirtania of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Shyamal Roy of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bangaon Uttar (SC) constituency^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Kirtania	97,761	47.65	+36.42
	AITC	Shyamal Roy	87,273	42.54	−8.05
	CPI(M)	Pijush Kanti Saha	14,051	6.85
	NOTA	None of the above	1,833	0.89	−0.26
	Independent	Dinesh Das	1,480	0.72
	BSP	Suniti Mallick	1082	0.53	−2.03
	Independent	Subhasis Biswas	580	0.28
	Independent	Arabinda Biswas	321	0.16
	SUCI(C)	Shyamsundar Halder	228	0.11	−0.33
	BMP	Subrata Biswas	141	0.07
Turnout			205,175
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Biswajit Das of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sushanta Baowali of All India Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bangaon Uttar (SC) constituency^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Biswajit Das	95,822	50.59
	AIFB	Sushanta Baowali	62,630	33.07
	BJP	K D Biswas	21,262	11.23
	BSP	Suniti Mallick	4,840	2.56
	NOTA	None of the above	2,182	1.15
	RPI(A)	Juran Chandra Pandey	1290	0.68
	SUCI(C)	Shyamsundar Halder	831	0.44
Turnout			189,396	82.46
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Biswajit Das of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Biswajit Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bangaon Uttar (SC) constituency^[20][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Biswajit Das	89,265	54.55
	CPI(M)	Dr. Biswajit Biswas	65,645	40.12
	BJP	Hari Chand Biswas	5,149	3.15
	BSP	Ganesh Chandra Biswas	1,828
	The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India	Pinaki Ranjan Bharati	995
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Gobinda Mandal	75
Turnout			163,641	86.84
	AITC win (new seat)

2006

In the 2006 election, Bhupendra nath Seth of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bangaon^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	86,213
	CPI(M)	Pankaj Ghosh	82748
	BSP	Makhan Roy	2176
	Independent	Pinaki Ranjan Bharati	1565
	The Religion of Man Revolving Political Party of India	Sukriti Ranjan Biswas	1298
	Amra Bangalee	Biseswar Mondal	871
Turnout			174871
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal state assembly election: Bangaon^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pankaj Ghosh	66561	44.93%
	Independent	Bhupendra Nath Seth	44595	30.1%
	AITC	Prosanto Nath	26567	17.93%
	BJP	Kishore Biswas	4546	3.07%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	Kalyan Mallick	3268	2.21%
	Party For Democratic Socialism	Ashoke Ghosh	1424		0.96%
	Amra Bangalee	Ashim Biswas	1186	0.8%
Turnout			148147	82.37%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Bangaon constituency^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pankaj Ghosh	68,251	47.83%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	66,583	46.66%
	BJP	Ajoy Ghosh	4639	3.25%
	BSP	Phanindra Nath Sikdar	2874	2.01%
	AMB	Bisweshwar Mondal	356	0.25%
Turnout			1,42,703	88.25%
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1991

West Bengal assembly elections, 1991: Bangaon constituency^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	53153	42.76%
	CPI(M)	Ranajit Mitra	51521	41.44%
	BJP	Kishore Kumar Biswas	16668	13.41%
	BSP	Sachindra Nath Biswas	1799	1.45%
	Independent	Bisweshwar Mondal	586	0.47%
	Independent	Rabindra Nath Mondal	209	0.13%
	Independent	Bina Chakraborty	162	0.13%
Turnout			1,24,313	85.28%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal state assembly election: Bangaon^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ranajit Mitra	52061	50.3%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	49554	47.87%
	Independent	Bisweshwar Mondal	759	0.73%
	Independent	Ajit Biswas	755	0.73%
	Independent	Paramananda Haldar	382	0.37%
Turnout			1,03,511	84.21%
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1982

In 1982, Bongaon legislative assembly constituency had total 109673 electors. Total number of valid vote was 90755. Indian National Congress candidate Bhupendra Nath Seth won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 46545 votes. Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Ranjit Mitra stood second with total 42939 votes. He lost by 3606 votes.

1987 West Bengal state assembly election: Bangaon^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	46545	51.29%
	CPI(M)	Ranajit Mitra	42939	47.31%
	Janta Party	Ranjit Biswas	1141	1.26%
	Independent	Ashutosh Paul	130	0.14%
Turnout			90,755	83.91%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal state assembly election: Bangaon^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ranajit Mitra	27820	47.15%
	INC	Bhupendra Nath Seth	18619	31.55%
	Communist Party Of India	Krishna Dulal Biswas	7427	12.59%
	JP	Balohari Mondal	5141	8.71%
Turnout			59007	63.78%
	CPI(M) gain from Communist Party Of India		Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bangaon^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Ajit Kumar Ganguly	28310	64.7%
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Kumar Mitra	15445	35.3%
Turnout			43755	63.52%
	Communist Party Of India hold		Swing

1977-2009 Bongaon assembly seat

In the 2009 bye-election caused by the election of sitting MLA, Saugata Roy to the Lok Sabha from Dum Dum, Gopal Seth of All India Trinamool Congress won the Bangaon seat.^[18][19]

In the 2006 bye-election caused by the death of the sitting MLA, Bhupen Seth, Saugato Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M).^[17]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[16] Bhupendranath Seth of Trinamool Congress won the Bongaon assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pankaj Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth, Independent and Congress respectively) in 2001^[15] and 1996.^[14] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1991.^[13] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1987.^[12] Bhupendranath Seth of Congress defeated Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.^[11] Ranajit Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Bhupendranath Seth of Congress in 1977.^[10]

1951-1972 Bongaon assembly seat

Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI won in 1972,^[9] 1971^[8] and 1969.^[7] K.Bhowmick of Congress won in 1967.^[6] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1962.^[5] In 1957, Bongaon was a joint seat. Ajit Kumar Ganguly of CPI and Manindra Bhusan Biswas of Congress won in 1957.^[4] Jiban Ratan Dhar of Congress won in 1951.^[3]