# Barabani Assembly constituency

Barabani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers Barabani and Salanpur community development blocks.
Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Haridas Chakravarty | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Mihir Upadhyaya | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Sukumar Bandopadhyaya | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Ajit Chakrabarty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 bye election | Manik Upadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | S.R.Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Manik Upadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Manik Upadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Dilip Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Bidhan Upadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Bidhan Upadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Bidhan Upadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 88,430 | 52.26 | 14.15 |
| | BJP | Arijit Roy | 64,973 | 38.40 | +17.58 |
| | INC | Ranendranath Bagchi | 8,962 | 5.30 | −83.22* |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,039 | 1.80 | |
| | IND | Paban Nunia | 2,156 | 1.27 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,457 | 14.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,69,620 | 75.19 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |
*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 77,464 | 47.13 |
| | CPI(M) | Shipra Mukherjee | 53,415 | 32.50 |
| | BJP | Amal Roy | 25,224 | 15.35 |
| | SHS | Krishnapada Nath Goswami | 3,480 | 2.12 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,761 | 1.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,049 | 14.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,486 | 79.53 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barabani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | 78,628 | 52.92 | +8.03# |
| | CPI(M) | Abhas Raychaudhuri | 58,051 | 39.07 | −12.95 |
| | BJP | Biswanath Roy | 4,980 | 3.35 | |
| | IND | Dinesh Karmakar | 3,332 | 2.24 | |
| | JMM | Amal Mondal | 2,623 | 1.77 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,577 | 13.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,680 | 80.32 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +20.98# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeating Manik Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Manik Upadhyay representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress.

### 1962-1972

Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty of CPI in 1962.