Dubrajpur is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Birbhum district

Birbhum district

Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is located at Suri...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284 Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur

Dubrajpur

Dubrajpur is a town and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Dubrajpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 77 metres .-Demographics:...

 municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur

Hetampur

Hetampur is a town in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated near Dubrajpur . It is famous for the Rajbari, which has historical value.-Geography:Hetampur is located at .-History:...

, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Dubrajpur community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

, and Khayrasol

Khayrasol

Khoyrasole is an administrative division in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Khoyrasole and Kankartala police stations serve this block...

 community development block.

Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)

Birbhum is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the western part of Birbhum district in West Bengal...

. It was earlier part of Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bolpur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections....

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2011

In the 2011 elections , Bijoy Bagdi of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Santoshi Saha of Trinamool Congress.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhaktipada Ghosh of Forward Bloc

All India Forward Bloc

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 won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Manjurul Islam of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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won in 1971. Bhakti Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.

Khayrasole 1951

In independent India’s first election Khayrasole was an assembly seat. It was won by Khagendra Nath Bandopadhyay.