English Bazar Assembly constituency

English Bazar
Constituency No. 51 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining English Bazar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DivisionMalda
DistrictMalda
Lok Sabha constituencyMaldaha Dakshin
Established1957
Total electors249,137
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026
Preceded bySreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (BJP)

English Bazar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 51 English Bazar Assembly constituency covers English Bazar Municipality and Amriti, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur gram panchayats of English Bazar community development block,[1]

English Bazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1957 Santi Gopal Sen Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1969 Bimal Kanti Das Communist Party of India
1971
1972
1977 Sailen Sarkar
1982
1987
1991 Prabhat Acharya
1996 Goutam Chakraborty Indian National Congress
2001 Samar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006 Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress
2011
2013^ Trinamool Congress
2016 Nihar Ranjan Ghosh Independent
2021 Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury Bharatiya Janata Party
2026 Amlan Bhaduri
  • ^ by-election

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2026
 
 65.70%
2021
 
 49.96%
2016
 
 52.80%
2013
 
 39.33%
2011
 
 51.79%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Amlan Bhaduri 154,096 65.7 +15.74
AITC Asis Kundu 60,312 25.71 −14.93
CPI(M) Ambar Mitra 7,122 3.04 −2.04
INC Masud Alam 6,929 2.95
NOTA None of the above 1,727 0.74 −0.74
Majority 93,784 39.99 +30.67
Turnout 234,560 93.95 +15.61
BJP hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury 107,755 49.96
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 87,656 40.64
CPI(M) Koushik Mishra 10,953 5.08
NOTA None of the above 3,196 1.48
Majority 20,099 9.32
Turnout 215,675 78.34
BJP gain from Independent Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.[4][5]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nihar Ranjan Ghosh 107,183 52.80
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 67,456 33.30
BJP Suman Banerjee 23,171 11.4
NOTA None of the above 4,336 2.09
Independent politician Nihar Ghosh 2,293 1.11
NOTA None of the above 4,336 2.09
Majority 39,727 19.17
Turnout 2,07,542 84.10
Independent gain from AITC Swing

.# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2013 bypoll

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress.[6]

By-election, 2013: English Bazar[6][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 70,791 39.33 +39.33
CPI(M) Koushik Mishra (Saheb) 50,339 27.96 −11.19
INC Narendra Nath Tiwari 45,271 25.15 −26.64
BJP Sanjit Misra 9,442 5.24 −0.62
IND Satish Rajbanshi 2,851 1.58
Majority 20,452 11.36
Turnout 179,990 81.79
AITC gain from INC Swing


2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M).[4][7]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 89,421 51.79 +0.48#
CPI(M) Samarendra Roy 67,592 39.15 −6.49
BJP Gobinda Chandra Mandal 10,116 5.86
IND Satish Rajbanshi 2,527 1.46
IND Uma Das 1,535 0.89
Majority 21,829 12.64
Turnout 1,72,830 82.88
INC hold Swing +6.97#

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


2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 67,246 46.03
CPI(M) Samar Roy 66,670 45.64
AITC Chaitali Ghosh (Sarkar) 5,886 4.03
Independent Ananta Chakraborty 3,805 2.60
BSP Chandra Kanta Roy 2,120 1.45
Majority 576 0.39
Turnout 146,088
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samar Roy 50,507 38.49
INC Goutam Chakraborty 38,557 29.39
AITC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury 32,833 25.02
BJP Govinda Mondal 9,313 7.10
Majority 11,950 9.10
Turnout 131,302 77.34
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Goutam Chakravartty 53,653 41.23
CPI(M) Ashok Bhattacharjya 42,992 33.04
BJP Tapan Sikdar 31,965 24.57
Independent Manab Banerjee 853 0.66
Independent Dharanidhar Mondal 351 0.27
Independent Bimal Kumar Kundu 240 0.18
Independent Md. Hasen Ali 64 0.05
Majority 10,661 8.19
Turnout 130,118 82.87
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prabhat Acharya 37,462 34.74
INC Pradip Kar 35,069 32.53
BJP Tapan Sikdar 35,050 32.51
Independent Raghupati Bhattacharyya 239 0.22
Majority 2,393 2.21
Turnout 110,066 79.75
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 45,316 52.99
INC Asok Kundu 34,040 39.80
BJP Jatindra Nath Ghosh 3,198 3.74
Independent Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 2,089 2.44
Independent Asadul Sardar 478 0.56
Independent Nirmal Das 267 0.31
Independent Sajjad 136 0.16
Majority 11,276 13.19
Turnout 86,849 76.50
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 36,023 46.72
INC Swapan Mitra 34,326 44.52
BJP Hari Prasanna Misra 6,754 8.76
Majority 1,697 2.20
Turnout 78,396 79.94
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar 13,851 31.56
JP Hari Prasanna Misra 13,601 30.99
CPI Bimal Das 7,993 18.21
INC Asit Basu 4,988 11.37
Independent Mannan Sheikh 2,853 6.50
Independent Shaikh Ayub 231 0.53
Independent Arun Mondal 149 0.34
Independent Narendra Nath Mondal 125 0.28
Independent Madan Mohan Choudhury 97 0.22
Majority 250 0.57
Turnout 44,706 52.61
Swing to CPI(M) from JP Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Bimal Das 25,116 54.94
CPI(M) Sailendra Sarkar 14,281 31.24
ABJS Hari Prasanna Misra 6,319 13.82
Majority 10,835 23.70
Turnout 47,320 62.96
Swing to CPI from CPI(M) Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Bimal Kanti Das 14,290 31.59
ABJS Hari Prasanna Misra 12,063 26.67
CPI(M) Sailendu Jha Manik 10,287 22.74
INC Nikhil Bihari Gupta 7,782 17.21
Independent Kamiruddin Ahmed 807 1.78
Majority 2,227 4.92
Turnout 48,644 65.86
Swing to CPI from ABJS Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Bimal Kanti Das 24,306 54.76
INC Santi Gopal Sen 14,184 31.96
ABJS Hariprasanna Misra 5,213 11.75
NDF Md. Hossain 681 1.53
Majority 10,122 22.80
Turnout 45,586 68.02
Swing to CPI from INC Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. G. Sen 12,593 32.56
CPI B. K. Das 9,647 24.94
CPI(M) S. Jha 7,034 18.19
ABJS H. Misra 5,789 14.97
Independent M. H. F. Rahaman 2,102 5.43
SWA A. D. Dutta 1,515 3.92
Majority 2,946 7.62
Turnout 41,853 65.56
Swing to INC from CPI Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Santigopal Sen 12,055 40.60
Independent Profulladhan Mukerjee 10,006 33.70
Independent Syed Mustaq Ali 5,834 19.65
Independent Krishna Kripal Satial 1,794 6.04
Majority 2,049 6.90
Turnout 32,324 54.20
Swing to INC from Independent Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Englishbazar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Santi Gopal Sen 13,545 49.14
CPI Narendra Nath Chakraborty 9,628 34.93
ABJS Subh Naraan Giri 4,392 15.93
Majority 3,917 14.21
Turnout 27,565 53.47
Swing to INC from CPI Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 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. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". English Bazar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati". PTI, 28 February 2013. moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". English Bazar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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