# Barjora Assembly constituency

Barjora Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 253 Barjora Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Barjora community development block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati community development block.
Barjora Assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| 2021 | Alok Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Sujit Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Asutosh Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Susmita Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Susmita Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Susmita Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Jayasri Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Jayasri Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Lalbihari Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | Aswini Kumar Raj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Aswini Kumar Raj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Aswini Kumar Raj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1967 | A.Chatterje | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Pramatha Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1957 | No Seat | No Seat |
| 1952 | Prafulla Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Alok Mukherjee | 93,290 | 42.51 | −0.60 |
| | BJP | Supriti Chatterjee | 90,021 | 41.02 | +33.03 |
| | CPI(M) | Sujit Chakraborty | 25,235 | 11.50 | −31.92 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,903 | 2.23 | +0.11 |
| | Independent | Tarani Roy | 2,081 | 0.95 | N/A |
| | Independent | Satyam Bauri | 1,391 | 0.63 | N/A |
| | BMP | Bablu Gorai | 1,371 | 0.62 | −0.40 |
| | SUCI(C) | Sudarshan Adhikari | 1,160 | 0.53 | −0.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,269 | 1.49 | +1.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 219,452 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Barjora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Sujit Chakraborty | 86,873 | 43.42 | +0.53 |
| | AITC | Soham Chakraborty | 86,257 | 43.11 | −4.58 |
| | BJP | Sujit Agasthi | 15,991 | 7.99 | +4.46 |
| | SUCI(C) | Sudarshan Adhikari | 2,352 | 1.18 | N/A |
| | Independent | Raghunath Roy | 2,326 | 1.16 | N/A |
| | BMP | Indrani Sardar | 2,050 | 1.02 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,235 | 2.12 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 | 0.31 | −4.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,00,084 | 86.46 | −0.55 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,31,414 | | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Barjora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Asutosh Mukherjee | 84,457 | 47.69 | +9.18 |
| | CPI(M) | Susmita Biswas | 75,966 | 42.89 | −10.28 |
| | BJP | Sanjoy Pal | 6,245 | 3.53 | |
| | Independent | Prasanta Hembram | 5,577 | | |
| | Independent | Thakurdas Hembram | 2,592 | | |
| | BSP | Bhabesh Tudu | 2,265 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,102 | 87.01 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 19.46 | |

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Susmita Biswas of CPI(M) won the Barjora seat defeating Shampa Daripa of Trinamool Congress, Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Trinamool Congress and Tapasi Banerjee of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jayasri Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Sabyasachi Roy of Congress in 1991 and Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1987. Lalbihari Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1982. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) defeated Sudhansu Sekhar Tewari of Congress in 1977.

### 1952-1972

Sudhansu Sekhar Tewary of Congress won in 1972. Aswini Kumar Raj of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. A.Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. Pramatha Ghosh of CPI won in 1962. The Barjora seat was not there in 1957. Prafulla Chandra Roy of Congress won the Barjora seat in independent India's first election in 1952.