# Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency

Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 183 Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Baragachhia I, Baragachhia II, Hantal Anantabati, Jagatballavpur I, Jagatballavpur II, Pantihal, Shankarhati I, Shankarhati II, Shialdanga, Laskarpur, Polgustia, Gobindapur, Islampur and Maju gram panchayats of Jagatballavpur community development block and Begari, Domjur, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Parbatipur, Rudrapur, Uttar Jhapardaha and Makardah I gram panchayats of Domjur community development block.
Jagatballavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Jagatballavpur | Amritalal Hazra | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Brindaban Behari Basu | Forward Bloc (Marxist) |
| 1962 | | Satyanarayan Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | B.B.Bose | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Tarapada Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Tarapada Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Tarapada Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | | M.Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | M.Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | M.Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | M.Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | M.Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Biman Chakraborty | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Biplab Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Abdul Kassem Molla | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Muhammad Abdul Ghani | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Sitanath Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jagatballavpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Sitanath Ghosh | 116,562 | 49.00 |
| | BJP | Anupam Ghosh | 87,366 | 37.00 |
| | ISF | Sk Sabbir Ahmed | 25,362 | 11.00 |
| | | NOTA (None of the above) + Rest of the candidates | ~6,400 | 2.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,196 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2016

Trinamul Congress candidate Md. Abdul Ghani wins the seat.

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jagatballavpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Abul Kasem Molla | 102,580 | 54.19 | +6.16# |
| | CPI(M) | Kaji Jaffar Ahmed | 74,800 | 39.51 | −9.25 |
| | BJP | Baij Nath Sha | 5,561 | 2.94 | |
| | People’s Democratic Conference of India | A.S.Md. Monjurul Hoque Syed | 2,180 | | |
| | Independent | Shankari Makhal | 1,981 | | |
| | Independent | Nil Ratan Ram | 948 | | |
| | Indian Unity Centre | Gobardhan Manna | 811 | | |
| | Independent | Abul Kasem Khandakar | 450 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 189,311 | 83.91 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 15.41# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Biplab Majumdar of CPI(M) won in the Jagatballavpur seat defeating his nearest rival Biman Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2001 elections Biman Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated M. Ansaruddin of CPI(M). M.Ansaruddin of CPI(M) defeated Nityananda Maity of Congress in 1996, Pulak Sarkar of Congress in 1991, Binodananda Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Nemai Porel, Independent in 1982 and Brindaban Ghosh of Congress in 1977.

### 1951-1977

Tarapada Dey of CPI(M) won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. B.B.Bose of CPI(M) won in 1967. Satyanarayan Khan of Congress won in 1962. Brindaban Behari Basu of Forward Bloc (Marxist) won in 1957. Amrita Lal Hazra of Congress won in 1951.