Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Bankura, see Bishnupur, Bankura.

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Bishnupur
Constituency No. 146 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bishnupur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Total electors	278,572
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dilip Mondal
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC+
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Bishnupur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Bishnupur I community development block
• Thakurpukur Maheshtala community development block

Bishnupur Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Basanta Kumar Mal		Indian National Congress
	Provash Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India
1957	Provash Chandra Roy
	Rabindranath Roy
Bishnupur Paschim
1962	Jugal Chandra Santra		Indian National Congress
1967	Provash Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982
1987	Kashi Nath Adak
1991
1996	Sankar Saran Sarkar
2001	Subrata Bakshi		Trinamool Congress
2006	Rathin Sarkar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bishnupur Purba
1962	Santilata Mondal		Indian National Congress
1967	Sundar Kumar Naskar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971	Ram Krishna Bar		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Sundar Naskar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996	Ananda Kumar Biswas
2001	Dilip Mondal		Trinamool Congress
2006	Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bishnupur (Reunified)
2011	Dilip Mondal		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dilip Mondal	136,509	57.46	5.10
	BJP	Agniswar Naskar	77,677	32.70	25.73
	CPI(M)	Jhuma Kayal	17,995	7.57	29.82
	BSP	Rabindranath Ranjan	2,709	1.14	0.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,863	0.78	0.39
	Independent	Uttam Naskar	817	0.34	New
Majority			58,832	24.76	9.79
Turnout			2,37,570	85.26	3.02
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dilip Mondal	107,129	52.36	1.56
	CPI(M)	Aloke Sardar	76,499	37.39	2.44
	BJP	Shyama Prasad Halder	14,264	6.97	3.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,402	1.17
	BSP	Dipankar Gayen	1,594	0.78	New
	Independent	Samar Kumar Biswas	1,502	0.73	New
	PDS	Uttam Kumar Halder	1,203	0.59	0.39
Majority			30,630	14.97	0.88
Turnout			2,04,593	82.24	2.23
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dilip Mondal	95,912	53.92
	CPI(M)	Bibhuti Bhushan Sarkar	70,862	39.83
	BJP	Shekhar Naskar	5,745	3.23
	Independent	Prabhat Kiran Mondal	3,636	2.04
	PDS	Gopinath Naskar	1,735	0.98
Majority			25,050	14.09
Turnout			1,77,890	84.47
	AITC win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

From 1977 to 2006, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 2006,^[4] Bibhuti Bhusan Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating his nearest rival Dilip Mondal of AITC and Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating his nearest rival Madan Mitra of AITC. Dilip Mondal of AITC won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) and Subrata Bakshi of AITC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Rathin Sarkar of CPI(M) in 2001.^[5] Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar of INC and Sankar Saran Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of INC in 1996.^[6] In 1991^[7] and 1987,^[8] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Ram Krishna Bar and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, respectively, and Kashi Nath Adak of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Aruna Ghosh Dastidar and Shaik Moquebul Haque, both of INC, respectively. In 1982^[9] and 1977,^[10] Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat defeating Mahadeb Naskar and Ram Krishna Bar, both of INC, respectively, and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat defeating Niranjan Ghosh and Moaue Haque Shaik, both of INC, respectively.^[11][12]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

From 1962 to 1972, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had two seats. In 1972^[13] and 1971,^[14] Ram Krishna Bar of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1969^[15] and 1967,^[16] Sundar Kumar Naskar of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1962,^[17] Santilata Mondal of INC won the Bishnupur Purba seat and Jugal Chandra Santra of INC won the Bishnupur Paschim seat. In 1957 and 1952, Bishnupur Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,^[18] Provash Chandra Roy and Rabindranath Roy, both of CPI, won. In 1952,^[19] Basanta Kumar Mal of INC and Provash Chandra Roy of CPI, won.