# Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency

Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Begumpur, Belegachhia, Brindakhali, Champahati, Hardhah, Nabagram, Ramnagar-I, Ramnagar-II and South Garia gram panchayats of Baruipur community development block
* Bamangachhi, Chaltaberia, Dhosa Chandaneswar, Jangalia, Khakurdaha and Narayanitala gram panchayats of Jaynagar I community development block
Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Baruipur |||
| 1952 | Lalit Kumar Sinha | Communist Party of India |
| 1952 | Abdus Shukur | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Sakti Kumar Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Kumud Ranjan Mondal | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Kumud Ranjan Mondal | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1971 | Bimal Mistry | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Lalit Gayen | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Hemen Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Hemen Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Hemen Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 by-poll | Sujan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Arup Bhadra | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Rahul Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Baruipur Purba |||
| 2011 | Nirmal Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Nirmal Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Bivas Sardar | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election Results
### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Baruipur Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nirmal Mondal | 83,636 | 52.19 | |
| | CPI(M) | Bimal Mistry | 65,157 | 40.66 | |
| | BJP | Tapas Naskar | 5,432 | 3.39 | |
| | BSP | Sukumar Mondal | 1,721 | 1.07 | |
| | Independent | Shibdas Naskar | 1,627 | 1.02 | |
| | Independent | Pramod Mondal | 1,429 | 0.89 | |
| | PDS | Rabindranath Mistri | 1,239 | 0.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,241 | 82.91 | |
| | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) |

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, Rahul Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Baruipur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Arup Bhadra of AITC. Arup Bhadra of AITC defeated Sujan Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 2001. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of INC defeated Sujan Chakraborty of CPI(M) in 1996 and Hemen Majumdar of CPI(M) in 1991. Hemen Majumdar of CPI(M) defeated Arup Bhadra of INC in 1987, Jalil Gazi of INC in 1982 and Ram Kanta Mondal of INC in 1977.

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Lalit Gayen of INC won in 1972. Bimal Mistry of CPI(M) won in 1971. Kumud Ranjan Mondal of SSP won in 1969 and 1967. Sakti Kumar Sarkar of INC won in 1962. In 1957 and 1952, Baruipur Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury and Gangadhar Naskar, both of CPI, won in 1957. In 1952, Lalit Kumar Sinha of CPI and Abdus Shukur of INC, won.