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Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Baduria
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Baduria is located in West Bengal
Baduria
Baduria
Baduria is located in India
Baduria
Baduria
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°44′0″N 88°47′0″E / 22.73333°N 88.78333°E / 22.73333; 88.78333Coordinates: 22°44′0″N 88°47′0″E / 22.73333°N 88.78333°E / 22.73333; 88.78333
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 99
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 18. Basirhat
Electorate (year) 187,984 (2011)

Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 99 Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Baduria municipality, and Aturia, Bagjola, Bajitpur, Chandipur, Chhatra, South Jadurhati, North Jadurhati, Jagannathpur, Jasikati Atghara, Nayabastia Milani, Raghunathpur and Sayesta Nagar II gram panchayats of Baduria community development block.

Baduria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 18 Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2011 election, Quazi Abdul Ghaffar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Md. Selim Gayen of CPI(M).

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

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)


In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) won the Baduria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Gaffar Kazi of Congress defeated Sambhu Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001 and Mohammad Shelim of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991. In 1987, the result was in favour of Mohammad Shelim when Abdul Gaffar Kazi had lost. In 1982, Abdul Gaffar Kazi had won against CPI(M) candidate Mustafa Bin Quasem, who had won in 1977 against Zulfiqar Ali of Congress.


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