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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election Year Name of MLAParty Affiliation 1977 Parimal Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1982 1987 Sudhan Raha 1991 1996 2001 2006 Fazlul Karim For MLAs in the area after 2006 see Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency
Results
1977-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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, Subhash Das of Congress in 1996, Aftabul Alam of Congress in 1991, and Kallol Basu of Congress in 1987. Parimal Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Deba Prasad Roy of Congress in 1982 and Abdul Hasnat Mohammed Abu Saleque of Congress in 1977. The constituency was not there prior to that.
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