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Singur Assembly constituency

Singur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Constituency No. 188 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Lok Sabha constituencyHooghly
Established1951
Total electors222,573
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Singur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 188 Singur Assembly 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.1

Singur Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency.1

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1951 Sourendra Nath Saha Communist Party of India
1951 Ajit Kumar Basu
1957 Provakar Pal Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1969 Gopal Bandopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Ajit Kumar Basu Communist Party of India
1972
1977 Dr Gopal Bandopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 Tarapada Sadhukhan Indian National Congress
1987 Bidyut Kumar Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
2001 Rabindranath Bhattacharya Trinamool Congress
2006
2011
2016
2021 Becharam Manna
2026 Arup Kumar Das Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Singur2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arup Kumar Das 113,008 50.77 Increase14.97
AITC Becharam Manna 91,570 41.14 Decrease7.01
CPI(M) Debashis Chatterjee 12,320 5.54 Decrease8.76
INC Barun Kumar Malik 1,015 0.46 Decrease1.21
NOTA None of the above 1,890 0.85 Decrease0.27
Majority 21,438 9.63 Decrease2.72
Turnout 222,573 93.71 Increase8.67
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Singur3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Becharam Manna 101,077 48.15 Decrease1.08
BJP Rabindranath Bhattacharya 75,154 35.8 Increase25.8
CPI(M) Srijan Bhattacharya 30,016 14.3 Decrease24.53
NOTA None of the above 2,345 1.12 Decrease0.47
Majority 25,923 12.35 Increase1.95
Turnout 209,938 85.04 Decrease0.47
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Singur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabindranath Bhattacharya 96,212 49.23 Decrease8.38
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 75,885 38.83 Increase1.10
BJP Souren Patra 14,264 7.30 Increase2.64
NOTA None of the Above 3,098 1.59 New entry
Independent Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya 2,606 1.33 New entry
FDLP Uma Das Paul 1,712 0.88 New entry
SUCI(C) Shankar Jana 1,667 0.85 New entry
Majority 20,327 10.40 Decrease9.48
Turnout 1,95,444 84.57 Decrease0.59
AITC hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Singur4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabindranath Bhattacharya 100,869 57.61
CPI(M) Asit Das 66,058 37.73
BJP Souren Patra 8,158 4.66
Majority 34,811 19.88
Turnout 1,75,085 85.16
AITC hold Swing

1971-2006

In the 20065 and 20016 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 1996,7 Chandra Sekhar Back of Congress in 19918 and Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1987.9 Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress defeated Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1982.10 Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Tarapada Sadhukhan of Congress in 1977.1112

1952-1972

Ajit Kumar Basu of CPI won in 197213 and 1971.14 Gopal Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won in 1969.15 Provaakar Pal of Congress won in 1967,16 196217 and 1957.18 In independent India's first election in 195119 Singoor (as spelt then) had a double seat. It was won by Sourendra Nath Saha and Ajit Kumar Basu, both of CPI.

References

References

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