Bhagabanpur is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Purba Medinipur district 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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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 214 Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh and Shimulia 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 Bhagabanpur I community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur II

Bhagabanpur II (community development block)

Bhagabanpur II is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhupatinagar police station serves this block...

 community development block, and Argoyal and Mathura gram panchayats of Patashpur II

Patashpur II (community development block)

Patashpur II is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Patashpur police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

In the 2011 election , Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ranajit Manna of SP.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 won the Bhagabanpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Gour Kanti Bal and Prasanta Pradhan, both of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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, in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Khanra of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1996. Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) defeated Asoktaru Panda of Congress in 1991, Haripada Jana of Congress in 1987 and Ramkrishna Sarkar of Congress in 1982. Haripada Jana of Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1977.

1957-1972

Amales Jana of Congress won in 1972. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abha Maiti

Abha Maiti

Abha Maiti is a former minister of state of India. She was minister of state for Industry in the Morarji Desai government from 1977 to 1979.She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977 from Panskura in West Bengal on Janata Party ticket....

 of Congress won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Bhagabanpur had a dual seat. It was won by Basanta Kumar Panda of PSP

Praja Socialist Party

The Praja Socialist Party was an Indian political party in existence from 1952 to 1972. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh , merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J.B. Kripalani...

and Bhikhari Mondal of Congress.