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Bagdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bagdah
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bagdah is located in West Bengal
Bagdah
Bagdah
Location in West Bengal
Bagdah is located in India
Bagdah
Bagdah
Bagdah (India)
Coordinates: 23°13′0″N 88°53′0″E / 23.21667°N 88.88333°E / 23.21667; 88.88333Coordinates: 23°13′0″N 88°53′0″E / 23.21667°N 88.88333°E / 23.21667; 88.88333
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No 94
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency 14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year) 202,790 (2011)

Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 94 Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bagdah community development block, and Gangrapota, Sundarpur and Tengra gram panchayats of Bangaon community development block.

Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2011 election, Upen Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Mrinal Sikdar of AIFB.

.# 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 electionsDulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress won the Bagdah (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Dulal Chandra Bar of Trinamool Congress in 2001,Kalidas Adhikari of Congress in 1996,Ram Chandra Bose of Congress in 1991.Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress defeated Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1987.Kamalakshmi Biswas of Forward Bloc defeated Apurba Lal Majumdar of Congress in 1982and Independent in 1977.


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