Bhangar 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

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 148 Bhangar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhangar II

Bhangore II (community development block)

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

 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...

, and Jagulgachhi, Narayanpur and Pranganj gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s of Bhangar I

Bhangore I (community development block)

Bhangore I is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhangar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Gobindapur...

 community development block.

Bhangar (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:...

. Bhangar was earlier part of Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

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2011

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

, Arabul Islam 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 Bhangar Assembly seat defeating Mosharaf Hossain Laskar of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Badal Zamadar of CPI(M) defeated Abdus Sattar Mollah of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Azibar Rahaman of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996, and Nuzuzzaman Molla of Congress in 1991. Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) defeated Shaikh Shahidar Rahman of Congress in 1987. Daud Khan of CPI(M) defeated Seriful Aslam Ishaque of Congress in 1982 and Amir Ali Molla 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...

 in 1977.

1951-1972

Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) won in 1972. A K M Hassan Uzzaman, Independent, won in 1971. A.K.M.Ishaque of Congress won in 1969. A.Molla of Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

 won in 1967. A.K.M.Ishaque of Congress won in 1962. Hem Chandra Naskar of Congress won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Hem Chandra Naskar of Congress and Gangadhar Naskar of CPI

Communist Party of India

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won the Bhangar joint seat.