# English Bazar Assembly constituency

English Bazar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Maldah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 51 English Bazar Assembly constituency covers English Bazar Municipality and Amriti, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur gram panchayats of English Bazar community development block,
English Bazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1957 | English Bazar | Santi Gopal Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Santi Gopal Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Santi Gopal Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Bimal Kanti Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | | Bimal Kanti Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1972 | | Bimal Kanti Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | | Sailen Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Sailen Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Sailen Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Prabhat Acharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Goutam Chakraborty | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | | Samar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 2013 bye election | | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | Independent |
| 2021 | | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury | 107,755 | 49.96 |
| | AITC | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | 87,656 | 40.64 |
| | CPI(M) | Koushik Mishra | 10,953 | 5.08 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,196 | 1.48 |
| | IND | Md Anisur Rahaman | 1,787 | 0.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,099 | 9.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,17,988 | 79.18 |
| | BJP gain from Independent | BJP gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress.
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | 107,183 | 52.80 |
| | AITC | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | 67,456 | 33.30 |
| | BJP | Suman Banerjee | 23,171 | 11.4 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,336 | 2.09 |
| | Independent | Nihar Ghosh | 2,293 | 1.11 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,336 | 2.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,727 | 19.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,07,542 | 84.10 |
| | Independent gain from AITC | Independent gain from AITC | Swing | |
.# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

### 2013 by-election

The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress.
By-election, 2013: English Bazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | 70,791 | 39.33 | +39.33 |
| | CPI(M) | Koushik Mishra (Saheb) | 50,339 | 27.96 | −11.19 |
| | INC | Narendra Nath Tiwari | 45,271 | 25.15 | −26.64 |
| | BJP | Sanjit Misra | 9,442 | 5.24 | −0.62 |
| | IND | Satish Rajbanshi | 2,851 | 1.58 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,452 | 11.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,990 | 81.79 | |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: English Bazar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | 89,421 | 51.79 | +0.48# |
| | CPI(M) | Samarendra Roy | 67,592 | 39.15 | −6.49 |
| | BJP | Gobinda Chandra Mandal | 10,116 | 5.86 | |
| | IND | Satish Rajbanshi | 2,527 | 1.46 | |
| | IND | Uma Das | 1,535 | 0.89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,829 | 12.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,72,830 | 82.88 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +6.97# | |
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury of Congress won the English Bazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samar Roy of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Roy of CPI(M) defeated Goutam Chakraborty of Congress in 2001. Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996. Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991. Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987, Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982 and Hari Prasanna Mitra of Janata Party in 1977.

### 1957–1972

Bimal Kanti Das of CPI won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.