Bijpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Bijpur | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Bijpur
 Bijpur
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| Coordinates: 22°56′N 88°26′E / 22.933°N 88.433°ECoordinates: 22°56′N 88°26′E / 22.933°N 88.433°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 103 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 15. Barrackpore |
| Electorate (year) | 158,495 (2011) |
Bijpur (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. 103 Bijpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kanchrapara municipality and Halisahar municipality.
Bijpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 elections, Subhrangsu Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirjharini Chakraborty 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 electionsDr. Nirjharini Chakraborty of CPI(M) won the Bijpur seat defeating Kalyani Biswas (Basu) of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won defeating Jagadish Das, son of Akul Das, of Trinamool Congress. Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI(M) defeated Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy of Congress in 1996.Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Bimalananda Dutta of Congress in 1991and 1987,Prabir Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982and Jagadish Chandra Das, s/o Akul in 1977.
Jagadish Chandra Das, s/o Akul, of Congress won in 1972and 1971.Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won in 1969and 1967.Monoranjan Roy of CPI won in 1962.Niranjan Sengupta of CPI won in 1957and in independent India’s first election in 1951.
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