Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Dubrajpur | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Dubrajpur
 Dubrajpur
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| Coordinates: 23°48′N 87°23′E / 23.800°N 87.383°ECoordinates: 23°48′N 87°23′E / 23.800°N 87.383°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Constituency No. | 284 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 42. Birbhum |
| Electorate (year) | 181,978 (2011) |
Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum 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. 284 Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur community development block, and Khayrasol community development block.
Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 elections, Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktipada Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.
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