Singur | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in West Bengal | |
Coordinates: 22°49′00″N 88°14′00″E / 22.81667°N 88.23333°ECoordinates: 22°49′00″N 88°14′00″E / 22.81667°N 88.23333°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Hooghly |
Constituency No. | 188 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
Electorate (year) | 205,434 (2011) |
Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 188 Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Anandanagore, Bagdanga Chinamore, Baruipara Paltagarh, Beraberi, Bighati, Bouichipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, Gopalnagore, Mirzapur-Bankipur, Nasibpur, Singur I and Singur II gram panchayats of Singur community development block and Begampur, Kapasaria and Panchghora gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block.
Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress won the Singur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals, Srikanta Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) and Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bidyut Kumar Das of CPI(M) defeated Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996, Chandra Sekhar Back of Congress in 1991 and Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1987. Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress defeated Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1982. Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1977.