Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 116 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Electorate (year) | 198,318 (2011) |
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বিধাননগর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 116 Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Number 28-41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Ward Nos. 19, 20 and 28 to 35 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]
Bidhannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bidhannagar | Sujit Bose | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2016
The election is scheduled on 25th April 2016 and results will be declared on 19th May 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Sujit Bose | 66,130 | 42.85% | ||
| INC | Arunava Ghosh | 59,142 | 38.32% | ||
| BJP | SUSANTA RANJAN PAL | 21,735 | 14.08% | ||
| NOTA | NOTA | 3255 | 0.02% | ||
| Majority | 6,988 | 4.52 | |||
| Turnout | 154,303 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Sujit Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Palash Das of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Sujit Bose | 88,642 | 59.53 | ||
| CPI(M) | Palash Das | 52,717 | 35.40 | ||
| BJP | Ashoke Sarkar | 5,877 | 3.95 | ||
| Independent | Palash Biswas | 1,668 | 1.12 | ||
| Majority | 35,925 | 24.13 | |||
| Turnout | 148,904 | 75.08 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 28 |  23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |  16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
