Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 22°23′00″N 88°16′00″E / 22.38333°N 88.26667°ECoordinates: 22°23′00″N 88°16′00″E / 22.38333°N 88.26667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 146 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Electorate (year) | 210,543 (2011) |
Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 146 Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bishnupur I community development block, and Asuti I, Asuti II, Chatta and Raspunja gram panchayats of Thakurpukur Mahestala community development block.
Bishnupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).While Bishnupur West was part of Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), Bishnupur East was part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See for details)
Earlier Bishnupur had two seats.
The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated by the death of sitting MLA of CPIM Rathin Sarkar.Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated Iskandar Hossain of CPIM
Percentage swing with respect to General Election 2006.
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) won the Bishnupur East (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dilip Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dilip Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001.Ananda Kumar Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Mahadeb Naskar of Congress in 1996. Sundar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ram Krishna Bar of Congress in 1991,Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1987,Mahadeb Naskar of Congress in 1982and Ram Krishna Bar of Congress in 1977.
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