Baruipur Purba is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 137 Baruipur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Bamangachhi, Chaltaberia, Dhosa Chandaneswar, Jangalia, Khakurdaha and Narayanitala gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Jaynagar

Jaynagar I (community development block)

Jaynagar I is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jaynagar and Kultali police stations serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Baru...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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 and Begumpur, Belegachhi, Brindakhali, Champahati, Hardhah, Nabagram, Ramnagar I, Ramnagar II and South Garia gram panchayats of Baruipur

Baruipur (community development block)

Baruipur is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Baruipur police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Baruipur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jadavpur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jadavpur in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

.

2011

1977-2006 Baruipur

Up to 2006 Baruipur had a single seat. It was an open seat during the period. In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Rahul Ghosh of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Baruipur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arup Bhadra of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Arup Bhadra of Trinamool Congress defeated Dr. Sujan Chakraborti of CPI(M) in 2001. Sobhan Deb Chattopadhyay of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 defeated Dr. Sujan Chakrabort of CPI(M) in 1996 and Hemen Mojumdar of CPI(M) in 1991. Hemen Mojumdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Bhadra of Congress in 1987, Jalil Gazi of Congress in 1982 and Ram Kanta Mondal of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972 Baruipur

During the period 1962 to 1972 the Baruipur seat was reserved for SC. Lalit Gayen of Congress won in 1972. Bimal Mistry of CPI(M) won in 1971. Kumud Ranjan Mondal of SSP

Samyukta Socialist Party

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 won in 1969 and 1967. Sakti Kumar Sarkar of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. In 1957 and 1951 Baruipur had joint seats. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury and Gangadhar Naskar, both of CPI

Communist Party of India

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, won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

, Lalit Kumar Sinha of CPI and Abdus Shokur of Congress won from Baruipore (as it was then spelt).