Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 22°38′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.63333°N 88.36667°ECoordinates: 22°38′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.63333°N 88.36667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 113 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 16. Dum Dum |
| Electorate (year) | 185,955 (2011) |
Baranagar (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. 113 Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Baranagar municipality and Ward Nos.17 to 20 of Kamarhati municipality.
Baranagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 elections, Tapas Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.
.# 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, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Amar Chaudhuri of RSP won the Baranagar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Atin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006and 2001,and Silbhadra Dutta of Congress in 1996.Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Matish Roy of RSP defeated Ajoy Ghoshal of Congress in 1991,Pranab Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1987,Sambhu Nath Dutta of Congress in 1982,and Kumud Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1977.
Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee of CPI defeated Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) in 1972.Jyoti Basu, representing CPI(M) from 1967 onwards and undivided CPI prior to that, won the Baranagar seat in 1971,1969,1967,1962,1957and in independent India’s first election in 1951.
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