# Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency

Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 214 Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh and Shimulia gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur I community development block, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur II community development block, and Argoyal and Mathura gram panchayats of Patashpur II community development block.
Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 2021 | Rabindranath Maity | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 election, Rabindranath Maity of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bhagabanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Rabindranath Maity | 121,480 | 54.56 | +50.76 |
| | AITC | Ardhendu Maity | 93,931 | 42.19 | −11.99 |
| | INC | Shiu Maiti | 5,274 | 2.37 | −36.25 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,019 | 0.46 | −0.10 |
| | SUCI(C) | Ashoktaru Pradhan | 946 | 0.42 | −0.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 222,650 | 90.64 | +2.42 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Hemangshu Shekhar Mahapatra of Indian National Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bhagabanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ardhendu Maity | 111,201 | 54.18 | +3.03 |
| | INC | Hemangshu Shekhar Mahapatra | 79,258 | 38.62 | |
| | BJP | Prasanta Panda | 7,802 | 3.80 | +1.21 |
| | Independent | Priyabrata Dutta | 1,634 | 0.80 | |
| | BSP | Ansar Ali Sk. | 1,621 | 0.79 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Ashoktaru Pradhan | 1,259 | 0.61 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,149 | 0.56 | |
| | Bharat Nirman Party | Goutam Pradhan | 763 | 0.37 | |
| | ABHM | Thakurdas Mandal | 540 | 0.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 205,227 | 88.22 | −4.14 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ranajit Manna of SP.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bhagabanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ardhendu Maity | 93,945 | 51.15 | −0.87# |
| | SP | Ranjit Manna | 84,948 | 46.25 | −0.05 |
| | BJP | Sadananda De | 4,763 | 2.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183,656 | 92.36 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -0.92# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Ardhendu Maity of Trinamool Congress won the Bhagabanpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Gour Kanti Bal and Prasanta Pradhan, both of CPI(M), in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Khanra of Congress defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1996. Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) defeated Asoktaru Panda of Congress in 1991, Haripada Jana of Congress in 1987 and Ramkrishna Sarkar of Congress in 1982. Haripada Jana of Janata Party defeated Prasanta Pradhan of CPI(M) in 1977.

### 1957-1972

Amales Jana of Congress won in 1972. Prasanta Kumar Pradhan of CPI(M) won in 1971. Abha Maiti of Congress won in 1969, 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Bhagabanpur had a dual seat. It was won by Basanta Kumar Panda of PSP and Bhikhari Mondal of Congress.