Burwan (also spelt Barwan) is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district is a district of West Bengal in eastern India. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of 5,341 km² and having a population 5.863m it is a densely populated district and the ninth most populous in India...

 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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. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 67 Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur 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 Burwan

Burwan (Community development block)

Burwan is an administrative division in Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Burwan police station serves this block...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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 and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I

Bharatpur I (Community development block)

Bharatpur I is an administrative division in Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bharatpur police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Burwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

In the 2011 election , Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. Considering the Congress vote percentage alone in 2006, the swing was +5.37%.

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...

 Biswanath Banerjee of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

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 won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress

Indian National Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amarendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001. Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996, and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1881. Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987, Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982, and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.

1951–1972

Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969 and 1967. The Burwan seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. 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,...

Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.