Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.76667°N 88.36667°ECoordinates: 22°46′0″N 88°22′0″E / 22.76667°N 88.36667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 108 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Electorate (year) | 168,641 (2011) |
Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Barrackpur) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) comes into existence in 2011, Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from the same year.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 108 Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barrackpore municipality and Titagarh municipality.
Barrackpore (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).
Note:For MLCAs from the area in previous years see Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election, Silbhadra Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Madhusudan Samanta of CPI(M).
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
In independent India’s first election in 1951, Phanindranath Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barrackpore seat. Thereafter, the seat was not there till 2011.
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