Bara Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Bara Bazar was an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Bara Bazar ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Calcutta North West.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

2006

In the 2006 election, Mohammed Sohrab of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated his nearest rival Amitabha Chakraborti of Congress.

1977-2009

In the 2006 elections to the state assembly, Mohammad Sohrab of RJD won the Burrabazarr seat defeating Amitabha Chakrabarty of Congress. In 2001, Tapas Roy Trinamool Congress defeated Md. Asiruddin of RJD. Rajesh Khaitan of Congress defeated Md Asiruddin of JD in 1996, Satya Narayan Bajaj of JD in 1991, Shaukat Rahmani, Independent, in 1987 and Rabi Shankar Pandey in 1982. In 1977, Rabi Shankar Pandey of Janata Party defeated Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress.

1951-1972

Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress won the seat defeating Murlidhar Santhalia of CPI in 1972, Durga Prasad Nathany of Bharatiya Jan Sangh and Ajodhya Singh of CPI in 1962, Sitaram Seth, Independent, and Sachidanand Pandey of BJS in 1957, and Rashbehari Sarkar of Forward Bloc in independent India’s first general election in 1951.