# Burwan Assembly constituency

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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
'''Burwan''' is an [assembly](/source/Vidhan_Sabha) constituency in [Murshidabad district](/source/Murshidabad_district) in the [India](/source/India)n [state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal). It is reserved for [scheduled castes](/source/Scheduled_castes_and_scheduled_tribes).
{{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](/source/Jiban_Krishna_Saha)
| state                  = [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal)
| district               = [Murshidabad](/source/Murshidabad_district)
| loksabha_cons = [Baharampur](/source/Baharampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency))
| constituency_no        = 67
| established            = 1951
| reservation            = SC
| abolished              = 
| mla                    = [Sukhen Kumar Bagdi](/source/Sukhen_Kumar_Bagdi)
| party                  = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance               = 
| latest_election_year                   = [2026](/source/2026_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
| electors               = 217,500
}}
{{Pie chart
| value1 = 31.25
| value2 = 56.25
| value3 = 6.25
| value4 = 6.25
| label1 = [Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress) (5 times)
| label2 = [Revolutionary Socialist Party](/source/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)) (9 times)
| label3 = [All India Trinamool Congress](/source/All_India_Trinamool_Congress) (1 time)
| label4 = [Bharatiya Janata Party](/source/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](/source/Delimitation_Commission_of_India), No. 67 Burwan Assembly constituency (SC) covers Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnorun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur [gram panchayat](/source/gram_panchayat)s of [Burwan](/source/Burwan_(community_development_block)) [community development block](/source/Community_Development_Block_in_India) and Gadda, Jajan and Gundiria gram panchayats of [Bharatpur I](/source/Bharatpur_I_(community_development_block)) 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)](/source/Baharampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)).<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|[1951](/source/1951_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|Sudhir Mondal
|-
|[1957](/source/1957_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
!colspan="3"|No seat
|-
|[1962](/source/1962_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
!colspan="3"|No seat
|-
|[1967](/source/1967_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|rowspan="2"|Amalendralal Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[1969](/source/1969_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[1971](/source/1971_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|rowspan="2"|Sunil Mohan Ghosh Moulik
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[1972](/source/1972_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[1977](/source/1977_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|rowspan="3"|Amalendralal Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[1982](/source/1982_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[1987](/source/1987_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[1991](/source/1991_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|rowspan="2"|Debabrata Banerjee
|-
|[1996](/source/1996_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[2001](/source/2001_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|Amalendralal Roy
|-
|[2006](/source/2006_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|Biswanath Banerjee
|-
|[2011](/source/2011_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|rowspan="2"|Protima Rajak
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[2016](/source/2016_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
|[2021](/source/2021_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|[Jiban Krishna Saha](/source/Jiban_Krishna_Saha)
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[2026](/source/2026_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|[Sukhen Kumar Bagdi](/source/Sukhen_Kumar_Bagdi)
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
=== 2026 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election](/source/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](/source/Election_Commission_of_India)}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [Sukhen Kumar Bagdi](/source/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](/source/None_of_the_above_(India))
  |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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/None_of_the_above_(India))
  |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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2006_West_Bengal_state_assembly_election)<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](/source/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)) won the Barwan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arit Majumdar of [Congress](/source/Indian_National_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](/source/1952_West_Bengal_state_assembly_election) 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>

==References==
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