Jadavpur Assembly constituency

Jadavpur
Jadavpur
Constituency No. 150 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Jadavpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata (Mostly)
Lok Sabha constituency	Jadavpur
Established	1967
Total electors	299,710
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Debabrata Majumder
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal which lies mostly in Kolkata district, while a fraction of it is in South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area).

The constituency is considered to be a bastion of Communist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. As the electoral constituency of former Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, it is one of the most prestigious seat in the state.

Most Successful parties from Jadavpur Vidhansabha

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (13 times) (86.7%)
Trinamool Congress (2 times) (13.3%)
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Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1967	Bikesh Chandra Guha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969	Bikesh Chandra Guha
1971	Dinesh Chandra Majumder
1972
1977
1982	Sankar Gupta
1983^by-poll	Ashok Mitra
1987	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011	Manish Gupta	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Sujan Chakraborty	Communist Party of India
2021	Debabrata Majumder	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 election

In the 2021 elections, Debabrata Majumdar of TMC defeated his nearest rival, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of CPI(M).

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debabrata Majumdar	98,100	45.54	+4.39
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sujan Chakraborty	59,231	27.50	−18.50
	BJP	Rinku Naskar	53,139	24.67	+17.85
	NOTA	None of the above	2,730	1.27	−0.73
	BSP	Sujoy Naskar	649	0.30	−0.09
Majority			38,869	18.24
Turnout			2,15,862	72.00
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016 election

In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr. Sujan Chakraborty	98,977	49.50	+4.74
	AITC	Manish Gupta	84,035	41.15	−12.16
	BJP	Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray	13,922	6.82	+5.41
	None of the Above	None of the above	4,093	2.00	+2.00
	BSP	Subhas Chandra Naskar	803	0.39
Majority			14,942	8.35
Turnout			2,04,210	74.58
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing	15.87

2011

In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manish Gupta	1,03,972	53.31	+16.08#
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	87,288	44.76	−16.49
	BJP	Dhononjoy Mukherjee	2,749	1.39
	BSP	Rabindra Nath Choudhury	693	0.35
	IND	Siddartha Bhattacharya	678	0.34
Majority			16,684	8.45
Turnout			1,99,096	78.41
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	33.57#

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

2006

In the 2006 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Ghosh of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Jadavpur constituency^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	127,837	61.30
	AITC	Dipak Kumar Ghosh	69,709	33.70
	INC	Prof. Omprakash Mishra	7,986	2.03
	Independent	Sukumar Howalder	3,189
Majority			58,128
Turnout			207,85	69.90
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

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

2001

In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Jadavpur constituency^[3]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	110,011	54.60	+16.08#
	AITC	Madhabi Mukherjee	80,730	40.06	−16.49
	BJP	Radhesyham Brahmachari	5,166	2.56
	PDS	Samir Putatundu	1,798	0.89
	NCP	Asim Datta	1,438	0.71
	Independent	Maya Saha	1,083	0.54
	Independent	Bhusan Mondal	753	0.37
	Independent	Babua Dutta	520	0.26
Turnout			207,85	69.90
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1996

In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Jadavpur constituency^[3]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	108,549	55.58	+16.08#
	INC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	72,364	37.05	−16.49
	BJP	Rajat Roy	11,531	5.90
	BSP	Sandhya Mandal	1,130	0.58
	CPI(ML)	Dhiresh Goswami	740	0.38
	Independent	Bhusan Mondal	440	0.54
	Independent	Deboshmita Dey	344	0.37
	Independent	Haradhan Sarkar	221	0.26
Turnout			207,85	80.77
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,^[8]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,^[9] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,^[10] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,^[11] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.^[12]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.^[13] Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.^[14]^[15]

1967-1972

Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972^[16] and 1971.^[17] Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969^[18] and 1967.^[19] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.