Barasat

Barasat (/ˈbɑːrəˌsʌt/; Bengali: বারাসাত Barasat) is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district headquarters of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction. Barasat is also the name of a sub-division centering the city.

As an urban setup in the vicinity of the Kolkata, the town is within the area of Greater Kolkata. Several significant roads like National Highway 34 (Krishnanagar Road leading towards North Bengal), Jessore Road (road leading to Jessore in Bangladesh via Bongaon); road leading to Basirhat etc. cross through the town.

History

During the period of Moghuls, Ram Sundar Mitra had got the Laminar at Barasat town. Sankar Chakrabrorty, a commander of Pratapaditya, The king of Jessore (at present in Bangladesh), came to Barasat in 1600, and established himself in Barasat town. In 1700 AD Hazarat Ekdil Shah, the Muslim saint, started residing at Kazipara, Barasat. He was known as a social reformer. His tomb, located in Kazipara, is a pilgrimage place of Muslim community. Pratapaditya had made his way to Kolkata from Jessore and Sirajudoulla had made his way to Kolkata from Murshidabad via Barasat, which are later on converted into two National Highways.

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 119 Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Barasat municipality and Chhoto Jagulia gram panchayat of Barasat I community development block,

Barasat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Chiranjeet of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sanjib Chatterjee of Forward Bloc.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,Dr. Bithika Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Saral Deb of Forward Bloc in 2001and 1996.Saral Deb of Forward Bloc defeated Souren Sen of Congress in 1991,Amar Chandar Deb of Congress in 1987,Ashis Kumar Basu of Congress in 1982,and Kanti Ranjan Chattopadhyay in of Congress in 1977.

Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বারাসাত লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) are in North 24 Parganas district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 17 Barasat is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:

In 2004, Barasat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bagadaha (SC) (assembly constituency no. 84), Bangaon (assembly constituency no. 85), Gaighata (assembly constituency no. 86), Habra (assembly constituency no. 87), Ashoknagar (assembly constituency no. 88), Barasat (assembly constituency no. 90), Deganga (assembly constituency no. 92)