Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Labpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Labpur
Labpur

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 23°50′N 87°49′E / 23.833°N 87.817°E / 23.833; 87.817Coordinates: 23°50′N 87°49′E / 23.833°N 87.817°E / 23.833; 87.817
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Constituency No. 288
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 41. Bolpur (SC)
Electorate (year) 186,852 (2011)

Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 288 Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Labhpur community development block, and Ahmedpur, Amarpur, Bhromorkol, Panrui, Sangra and Sreenidhipur gram panchayats of Sainthia community development block.[1]

Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manirul Islam of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nabanita Mukherjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Labpur [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Manirul Islam 78,697 47.68 +12.73#
CPI(M) Nabanita Mukherjee 75,691 45.86 -11.83
BJP Kashinath Mishra 10,668 6.46
Turnout 165,056 88.34
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing +24.56#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 6 Increase5
Indian National Congress 2 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 Decrease4
Forward Bloc 1 Decrease2
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Nabanita Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Labhpur assembly seat defeating Debasish Ojha of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and Arup Kumar Mishra of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manik Chandra Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Deb Ranjan Mukhopadhyay of Congress in 1996 and Eunus Mallick of Congress in 1991. Sunil Kumar Mazumdar of CPI(M) defeated Eunus Mallick of Congress in 1987, Sisir Dutta of Congress in 1982, and Eunus Mallick of Congress in 1977.[5]

1957–1972

Nirmal Kumar Sinha of CPI won in 1972. Sunil Kumar Mazumdar of CPI won in 1971. Radhanath Chattoraj of CPI(M) won in 1969. S. Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967. Radhanath Chattoraj representing CPI won in 1962 and 1957. Prior to that the seat was not there. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  2. "Labpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Labpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Labpur. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  5. "285 – Labpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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