Kranti Assembly constituency explained

Kranti
Type:SLA
State:West Bengal
District:Jalpaiguri
Loksabha Cons:Jalpaiguri
Constituency No:19
Established:1977
Reservation:None
Abolished:2011

Kranti Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission Kranti Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011 and the new Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency comes into being.[1] [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election YearName of MLAParty Affiliation
1977Parimal MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987Sudhan Raha

1991
1996
2001
2006Fazlul Karim
For MLAs in the area after 2006 see Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency

Results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[3] Fazlul Karim of CPI(M) won the Kranti assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Atul Roy, Independent. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhan Raha of CPI(M) defeated Aburabbani Ahmed (Badshah) of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[4] Subhash Das of Congress in 1996,[5] Aftabul Alam of Congress in 1991,[6] and Kallol Basu of Congress in 1987.[7] Parimal Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Deba Prasad Roy of Congress in 1982[8] and Abdul Hasnat Mohammed Abu Saleque of Congress in 1977.[9] [10] The constituency was not there prior to that.

References

26.71°N 88.72°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minister loses rural votebank - CPM worried about Asok’s redrawn constituency Avijit Sinha - The Telegraph . Darjeeling Times.com . 29 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091026171302/http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/News/Siliguri-joined-hands-to-protest-against-the-GJMM.html . 26 October 2009 . dead .
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 30 June 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 18 June 2014.
  10. Web site: 19 - Kranti Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 29 August 2009.

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