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{{Short description|Former West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bara Bazar
| type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta North West]]
| constituency_no = 144
| established = 1951
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2011
}}

'''Bara Bazar Assembly constituency''' was a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], Bara Bazar Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf |title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006|access-date = 15 November 2010 |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

It was part of [[Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 15 November 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006140327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf| archive-date= 6 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
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|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Barabazar||[[Ishwar Das Jalan]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 173 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Ishwar Das Jalan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 137|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Ishwar Das Jalan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 130|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Ishwar Das Jalan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Ram Krishna Saraogi||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 2 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Ram Krishna Saraogi||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Ram Krishna Saraogi||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Rabi Shankar Pandey|| [[Janata Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 132|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||[[Rajesh Khaitan]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Rajesh Khaitan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Rajesh Khaitan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Rajesh Khaitan||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Tapas Roy]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Mohammad Sohrab]]||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 144|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|}

==Results==
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Mohammed Sohrab of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] defeated his nearest rival Amitabha Chakraborti of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election]]: Bara Bazar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2006/><ref>{{Cite news|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 |work = Bara Bazar | publisher =Empowering India }}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Mohammed Sohrab
|votes = 9,527
|percentage = 34.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Amitabha Chakraborti
|votes = 8,760
|percentage = 31.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tapas Roy
|votes = 8,405
|percentage = 30.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Asiruddin
|votes = 241
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Shyamal Chandra Karmakar
|votes = 193
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rizwan Ahmed Siddique
|votes = 157
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Kanhaiyalal Agarwal
|votes = 123
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Kishore Kumar Mishra
|votes = 113
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Rajiv Roy
|votes = 82
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dara Singh
|votes = 63
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Manik Chand Bose
|votes = 54
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Janmejoy Pandey
|votes = 20
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 767
|percentage = 2.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,772
|percentage = (42.2%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2009===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 elections to the state assembly]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Mohammad Sohrab of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] won the Burrabazarr seat defeating Amitabha Chakrabarty of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. In 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Tapas Roy [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] defeated Md. Asiruddin of RJD. Rajesh Khaitan of Congress defeated Md Asiruddin of [[Janata Dal|JD]] in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Satya Narayan Bajaj of JD in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Shaukat Rahmani, Independent, in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and Rabi Shankar Pandey in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> In 1977, Rabi Shankar Pandey of [[Janata Party]] defeated Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp144.htm |title = 144 - Bara Bazar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 November 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Ramkrishna Sarogi of Congress won the seat defeating Murlidhar Santhalia of CPI(M) in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Durga Prasad Nathany of [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]] and Ajodhya Singh of CPI(M) in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> and Ram Niwas Lakhotia of BJS and Bijay Krishna Dhandhania of [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> Ishawar Das Jalan of Congress won the seat defeating B.P.Kedia of BJS, and R.S.Pandey of SSP in 1967,<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Kishan Lal Makharia of [[Communist Party of India|CPI)]] in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Sitaram Seth, Independent, and Sachidanand Pandey of BJS in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]],<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and Rashbehari Sarkar of Forward Bloc (Marxists) in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India’s first general election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kolkata constituencies}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

Bara Bazar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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