Barabani Assembly constituency

Barabani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Barabani
Constituency No. 283 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Barabani Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Established	1962
Total electors	184,970
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bidhan Upadhyay
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks.^[1]

Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1962	Haridas Chakravarty	Communist Party of India[2]
1967	Mihir Upadhyaya	Indian National Congress[3]
1969	Sunil Basu Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1971		Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1972	Sukumar Bandopadhyaya	Indian National Congress[6]
1977	Sunil Basu Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1982	Ajit Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1987	Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1989 bye election	Manik Upadhyay	Indian National Congress [10]
1991	S.R.Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996	Manik Upadhyay	Indian National Congress [12]
2001		All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006	Dilip Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011	Bidhan Upadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2016		All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2021		All India Trinamool Congress [17]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	88,430	52.26	14.15
	BJP	Arijit Roy	64,973	38.40	+17.58
	INC	Ranendranath Bagchi	8,962	5.30	−83.22*
	NOTA	None of the above	3,039	1.80
	IND	Paban Nunia	2,156	1.27
Majority			23,457	14.08
Turnout			1,69,620	75.19
	AITC hold		Swing

*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	77,464	47.13
	CPI(M)	Shipra Mukherjee	53,415	32.50
	BJP	Amal Roy	25,224	15.35
	SHS	Krishnapada Nath Goswami	3,480	2.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,761	1.68
Majority			24,049	14.63
Turnout			1,64,486	79.53
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani^[18][19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bidhan Upadhyay	78,628	52.92	+8.03#
	CPI(M)	Abhas Raychaudhuri	58,051	39.07	−12.95
	BJP	Biswanath Roy	4,980	3.35
	IND	Dinesh Karmakar	3,332	2.24
	JMM	Amal Mondal	2,623	1.77
Majority			20,577	13.85
Turnout			1,48,680	80.32
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+20.98#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeating Manik Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manik Upadhyay representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress.^[21]

1962-1972

Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty of CPI in 1962.