Burwan Assembly constituency

Burwan
Constituency No. 67 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Burwan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Lok Sabha constituencyBaharampur
Established1951
Total electors217,500
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026
Preceded byJiban Krishna Saha

Burwan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Most Successful parties from Burwan assembly
  1. Indian National Congress (5 times) (31.2%)
  2. Revolutionary Socialist Party (9 times) (56.2%)
  3. All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) (6.25%)
  4. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (6.25%)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.[1]

Burwan Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1951 Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress
Sudhir Mondal
1957 No seat
1962 No seat
1967 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
1969
1971 Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982
1987
1991 Debabrata Banerjee
1996
2001 Amalendralal Roy
2006 Biswanath Banerjee
2011 Protima Rajak Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Jiban Krishna Saha Trinamool Congress
2026 Sukhen Kumar Bagdi Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sukhen Kumar Bagdi 91,661 48.52 Increase3.76
AITC Protima Rajak 69,361 36.72 Decrease9.6
INC Sanjit Das 18,440 9.76 Increase2.83
RSP Ananda Das Bagdi 2,647 1.4
NOTA None of the above 2,500 1.32 Increase0.18
Majority 22,300 11.8 Increase10.24
Turnout 188,917 87.91 Increase6.62
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jiban Krishna Saha 81,890 46.32
BJP Amiya Kumar Das 79,141 44.76
INC Shiladitya Haldar 12,260 6.93
NOTA None of the above 2,008 1.14
Majority 2,749 1.56
Turnout 176,803 81.29
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Protima Rajak 55,906 36.99 Decrease10.2
AITC Shasthi Charan Mal 40,904 26.99 New
RSP Binoy Sarkar 33,040 21.8 Decrease24.85
BJP Amiya Kumar Das 15,440 10.19 Increase3.93
NOTA None of the Above 3,290 2.17 N/A
SP Ranjit Das 1,876 1.24 New
Independent Jata Shankar Thandar 1,094 0.72 New
Majority 15,002 9.9 Increase9.46
Turnout 1,51,550 77.95 Decrease5.29
INC hold Swing


2011

In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Burwan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Protima Rajak 66,304 47.09 −1.60#
RSP Binoy Sarkar 65,688 46.65 −1.36
BJP Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi 8,809 6.26
Turnout 140,801 83.31
INC gain from RSP Swing Decrease0.24

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswa Nath Banerjee 61,311 48.01
INC Arit Majumder 57,058 44.68
AITC Imran Hossen 5,117 4.01
IND Sri Rabindra Nath Roy 2,574 2.02
IND Jane Alam Seikh 1,636 1.28
Majority 4,253 3.33
Turnout 127,696 80.69
RSP hold Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Amalendralal Roy 54,314 46.75
INC Tapas Dasgupta 45,645 39.29
PDS Asish Roychowdhury 7,007 6.03
BJP Samir Kumar Mondal 5,943 5.12
IND Amit Rajak 1,843 1.59
JD(U) Syed Jahangir Kabir 1,418 1.22
Majority 8,669 7.46
Turnout 116,270 72.38
RSP hold Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Debabrata Banerjee 59,537 50.57
INC Ali Hossain Mondal 49,335 41.90
BJP Jitendranath Ghosh 8,120 6.90
IND Sasti Charan Mal 360 0.31
SAP Mofaza Khatun 299 0.25
AMB Sujit Kumar Ghosh 80 0.07
Majority 10,202 8.67
Turnout 120,268 78.96
RSP hold Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Debabratta Bandapadyay 52,144 49.95
INC Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik 28,942 27.73
BJP Shyamal Gupta 21,758 20.84
Majority 23,202 22.22
Turnout 107,685 73.02
RSP hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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