Shibpur Assembly constituency

Shibpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Shibpur
Constituency No. 172 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Shibpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Howrah
Established	1967
Total electors	197,161
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manoj Tiwary
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 172 Shibpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 8, 9, 21 to 23, 43 and 47 to 50 of Howrah Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Shibpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election year	Constituency	Name of MLA	Party affiliation
1967	Shibpur	Mrityunjoy Banerjee	Indian National Congress[2]
1971		Hari Sadhan Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1972		Mrigendra Mukherjee	Indian National Congress[4]
1977		Kanailal Bhattacharyya	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1982		Kanailal Bhattacharyya	All India Forward Bloc[6]
1987		Satyendra Nath Ghose	All India Forward Bloc[7]
1991		Jatu Lahiri	Indian National Congress[8]
1996		Jatu Lahiri	Indian National Congress[9]
2001		Jatu Lahiri	All India Trinamool Congress[10]
2006		Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya	All India Forward Bloc[11]
2011		Jatu Lahiri	All India Trinamool Congress[12]
2016		Jatu Lahiri	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Manoj Tiwary	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Shibpur^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manoj Tiwary	92,372	50.69	{{{change}}}
	BJP	Rathin Chakrabarty	59,769	32.8
	AIFB	Jagannath Bhattacharyya	24,970	13.7
Turnout			1,82,219	{{{percentage}}}	{{{change}}}
	AITC hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Shibpur constituency^[12][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jatu Lahiri	100,739	61.83	+10.93#
	AIFB	Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya	54,335	33.35	−13.04
	BJP	Prabir Ray	3,967	2.43
	BSP	Asgar Ali	1,850
	Independent	Bidyut Rakshit	1,119
	Independent	Anup Chowdhury	913
Turnout			162,923	82.63
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	23.97#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[11] Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won the 165 Shibpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Jatu Lahiri of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jatu Lahiri of Trinamool Congress defeated Nepal Kanti Bhattacharjee of Forward Bloc in 2001.^[10] Jatu Lahiri of Congress defeated Prabir Kumar Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 1996^[9] and Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc in 1991.^[8] Satyendra Nath Ghose of Forward Bloc defeated Mrigen Mukherjee of Congress in 1987.^[7] Kanailal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc defeated Utpal Bhowmick of Congress in 1982^[6] and Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress in 1977.^[5][15]

1967–1972

Mrigendra Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972.^[4] Harisadhan Mitra of Communist Party of India (Marxist) won in 1971.^[3] Mrityunjoy Banerjee of Congress won in 1967.^[2]