{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} '''Burwan''' is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Burwan | type= SLA | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Burwan.map}} | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Burwan Assembly Constituency | map_alt = | preceded_by = Jiban Krishna Saha | state = West Bengal | district = Murshidabad | loksabha_cons = Baharampur | constituency_no = 67 | established = 1951 | reservation = SC | abolished = | mla = Sukhen Kumar Bagdi | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | alliance = | latest_election_year = 2026 | electors = 217,500 }} {{Pie chart | value1 = 31.25 | value2 = 56.25 | value3 = 6.25 | value4 = 6.25 | label1 = Indian National Congress (5 times) | label2 = Revolutionary Socialist Party (9 times) | label3 = All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) | label4 = Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) | color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}} | color2 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}} | color3 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} | color4 = {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}} | caption = Most Successful parties from Burwan assembly }}
==Overview== As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur gram panchayats of Burwan community development block and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of Bharatpur I community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 13 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>
Burwan Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name =delimitation/>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |rowspan="2"|1951 |Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |Sudhir Mondal |- |1957 !colspan="3"|No seat |- |1962 !colspan="3"|No seat |- |1967 |rowspan="2"|Amalendralal Roy |{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}} |- |1969 |- |1971 |rowspan="2"|Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1972 |- |1977 |rowspan="3"|Amalendralal Roy |{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=7}} |- |1982 |- |1987 |- |1991 |rowspan="2"|Debabrata Banerjee |- |1996 |- |2001 |Amalendralal Roy |- |2006 |Biswanath Banerjee |- |2011 |rowspan="2"|Protima Rajak |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |2016 |- |2021 |Jiban Krishna Saha |{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}} |- |2026 |Sukhen Kumar Bagdi |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}
==Election results== === 2026 === {{Election box begin|title=2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan<ref name="election2026">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2026/27 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Sukhen Kumar Bagdi |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:91661}} |percentage = 48.52 |change = {{increase}}3.76 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Protima Rajak |votes = {{formatnum:69361}} |percentage = 36.72 |change = {{decrease}}9.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sanjit Das |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:18440}} |percentage = 9.76 |change = {{increase}}2.83 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |candidate = Ananda Das Bagdi |votes = {{formatnum:2647}} |percentage = 1.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rakesh Bagdi |votes = {{formatnum:1275}} |percentage = 0.67 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Sunita Konai |votes = {{formatnum:871}} |percentage = 0.46 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Prosenjit Hazra |votes = {{formatnum:773}} |percentage = 0.41 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Janata Unnayan Party |candidate = Shasthi Charan Mal |votes = {{formatnum:731}} |percentage = 0.39 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Radhikanath Bagdi |votes = {{formatnum:658}} |percentage = 0.35 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2500}} |percentage = 1.32 |change = {{increase}}0.18 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:22300}} |percentage = 11.8 |change = {{increase}}10.24 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:188917}} |percentage = 87.91 |change = {{increase}}6.62 }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = BJP |loser = Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2021 === {{Election box begin| |title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan<ref name="election2021">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14106-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021-including-ac-56-58/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Jiban Krishna Saha |votes = {{formatnum:81890}} |percentage = 46.32 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Amiya Kumar Das |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:79141}} |percentage = 44.76 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Shiladitya Haldar |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:12260}} |percentage = 6.93 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2008}} |percentage = 1.14 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:2749}} |percentage = 1.56 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:176803}} |percentage = 81.29 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = Trinamool Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2016 === {{Election box begin| |title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Burwan}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = Protima Rajak |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 55,906 |percentage = 36.99 |change = {{decrease}}10.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Shasthi Charan Mal |party = All India Trinamool Congress |votes = 40,904 |percentage = 26.99 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Binoy Sarkar |party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |votes = 33,040 |percentage = 21.8 |change = {{decrease}}24.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Amiya Kumar Das |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 15,440 |percentage = 10.19 |change = {{increase}}3.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = None of the Above |party = None of the above |votes = 3,290 |percentage = 2.17 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Ranjit Das |party = Samajwadi Party |votes = 1,876 |percentage = 1.24 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Jata Shankar Thandar |party = Independent |votes = 1,094 |percentage = 0.72 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority | |votes = 15,002 |percentage = 9.9 |change = {{increase}}9.46 }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 1,51,550 |percentage = 77.95 |change = {{decrease}}5.29 }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2011 === In the 2011 election, Protima Rajak of Congress defeated her nearest rival Binoy Sarkar of RSP. {{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Burwan<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Protima Rajak |votes = 66,304 |percentage = 47.09 |change = −1.60# }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |candidate = Binoy Sarkar |votes = 65,688 |percentage = 46.65 |change = −1.36 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi |votes = 8,809 |percentage = 6.26 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 140,801 |percentage = 83.31 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |swing = {{decrease}}0.24 }} {{Election box end}}
<small>.# 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%.</small>
=== 2006 === In the 2006 state assembly elections<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Biswanath Banerjee of RSP won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amalendralal Roy of RSP defeated Tapas Dasgupta of Congress in 2001.<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Debabrata Banerjee of RSP defeated Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1996,<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Sudip Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1991.<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Amalendra Roy of RSP defeated Gadadar Ghosh of Congress in 1987,<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Ali Hossain Mondal of Congress in 1982,<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp67.htm | title = 67 - Barwan Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>
=== 1972 === Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik of Congress won in 1972<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Amalendra Lal Roy of RSP won in 1969<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> The Burwan seat was not there in 1962<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1957.<ref name="vidhansabha1957">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> In independent India's first election in 1951 Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.<ref name="vidhansabha1952">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
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