Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The constituency is considered to be a bastion of Communist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. As the electoral constituency of former Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, it is one of the most prestigious seat in the state.
Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109 and 110 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Borough Ward No. Councillor2021 WinnerX96Vasundhara Goswami99Mitali BanerjeeXII101Bappaditya Dasgupta102Sima GhoshXI103Nandita Roy104Tarakeswar ChakrabortyXII105Sushila Mondal106Arijit Das Thakur109Ananya BanerjeeXI110Swaraj Kumar Mondal
Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency. Earlier, before 2011, Jadavpur assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 112, 113, 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NameParty1967Bikash Chandra Guha19691971Dinesh Majumdar197219771982Shankar Gupta1983^Ashok Mitra1987Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee19911996200120062011Manish Gupta2016Sujan Chakraborty2021Debabrata Majumdar2026Sarbori Mukherjee
^ denotes by-election
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
2006 In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996, Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991, and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982. Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.
2001 In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC
1996
1967-1977 Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972 and 1971. Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969 and 1967. The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.
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