# Bardhaman Uttar Assembly constituency

Bardhaman Uttar is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 266 Bardhaman Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) covers Burdwan II community development block and Belkash, Bandul I, Rayan I, Rayan II, Saraitikar, Baghar I and Baghar II gram panchayats of Burdwan I community development block.
Bardhaman Uttar assembly segments is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Bardhaman |||
| 1951 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Radharani Mahtab | Indian National Congress |
| Bardhaman Uttar |||
| 1967 | S. Sahedullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Debabrata Datta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Debabrata Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Kashinath Ta | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Dwarakanath Ta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Ram Narayan Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Benoy Choudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Benoy Choudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Nisith Adhikary | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Nisith Adhikary | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Pradip Tah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Aparna Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | Nisith Kumar Malik | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Nisith Kumar Malik | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bardhaman Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nisith Kumar Malik | 111,211 | 45.97 | +17.81 |
| | BJP | Radha Kanta Roy | 93,943 | 38.83 | +640.87 |
| | CPI(M) | Chandi Charan Let | 31,028 | 12.83 | −66.0 |
| | BSP | Ramkrishna Malik | 3,347 | 1.38 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,396 | 0.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 241,925 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bardhaman Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Nisith Kumar Malik | 102,886 | 47.43 |
| | CPI(M) | Aparna Saha | 91,381 | 42.12 |
| | BJP | Prasanta Saha | 15,275 | 7.04 |
| | CPI(ML)L | Tarun Kanti Majhi | 2,275 | 1.05 |
| | BSP | Mahadev Malik | 1,715 | 0.79 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,401 | 1.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bardhaman Uttar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Aparna Saha | 98,182 | 50.87 | −12.76 |
| | AITC | Nishit Malick | 83,949 | 43.50 | +23.29# |
| | BJP | Sunil Sen | 5,607 | 2.91 | |
| | JD(U) | Dipu Chowdhury | 2,228 | 1.15 | |
| | BSP | Joygopal Das | 1,699 | 0.88 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Tarun Kanti Majhi | 1,342 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 193,007 | 91.57 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -32.97# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the Bardhaman Uttar constituency.

### 1967-2006

Pradip Tah of CPI (M) won the Bardhaman Uttar seat defeating his nearest rival Deb Narayan Guha of Trinamool Congress in the 2006 assembly elections. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Nisith Adhikary of CPI (M) defeated Lakshmi Narayan Nayek and Raimoni Das (both of Congress) in the respective years. In 1991 and 1987, Benoy Krishna Chowdhury of CPI (M) defeated Sadhan Ghosh and Santosh Saha Sikdar (both of Congress) in the respective years. In 1982, Goswami Ramnarayan of CPI (M) defeated Lakshmi Narayan Rej of ICS. In 1977, Dwarka Nath Tah of CPI (M) won the seat defeating Sudhir Chandra Dawn of Congress. Kashinath Ta of Congress won the seat in 1972. Debabrata Dutta of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971 and 1969. Sahedullah of CPI (M) won the seat in 1967.

### 1951-1962

Radharani Mahtab of Congress won the Bardhaman seat in 1962. Benoy Choudhuri representing CPI won the seat in 1957 and 1951.