Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 23°56′27″N 87°56′06″E / 23.94083°N 87.93500°ECoordinates: 23°56′27″N 87°56′06″E / 23.94083°N 87.93500°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Constituency No | 67 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 10. Baharampur |
| Electorate (year) | 169,017 (2011) |
Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Barwan) is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.
Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)
In the 2006 state assembly elections Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001. Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996, and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991. Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987, Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982, and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.
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