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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Barabani
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Barabani.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Barabani Assembly Constituency
| mla = [[Bidhan Upadhyay]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| constituency_no = 283
| established = 1962
| electors = 184,970
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Barabani Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 283 Barabani assembly constituency covers [[Barabani (community development block)|Barabani]] and [[Salanpur (community development block)|Salanpur]] community development blocks.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Barabani assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Haridas Chakravarty
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| Mihir Upadhyaya
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2"|Sunil Basu Roy
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Sukumar Bandopadhyaya
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Sunil Basu Roy
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| Ajit Chakrabarty
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| Ajit Kumar Chakrabarty
|-
| 1989^
| [[Manik Upadhyay]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| S. R. Das
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Manik Upadhyay]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[Dilip Sarkar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Bidhan Upadhyay]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Barabani}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Bidhan Upadhyay]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 80,055
|percentage = 43.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Arijit Roy
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 91,777
|percentage = 49.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Biswajit Bauri
|party = Indian Secular Front
|votes = 5,576
|percentage = 3.01
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Joydev Roy
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,621
|percentage = 1.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 2,765
|percentage = 1.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Barabani]]<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/pandabeswar-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Pandabeswar Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |accessdate = 12 May 2021}}</ref> }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Bidhan Upadhyay|votes=88,430|percentage=52.26|change=14.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Arijit Roy|votes=64,973|percentage=38.40|change=+17.58}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ranendranath Bagchi|votes=8,962|percentage=5.30|change=-83.22*}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,039|percentage=1.80|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=[[Independent politician|IND]]|candidate= Paban Nunia |votes=2,156|percentage=1.27|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=23,457|percentage=14.08|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,69,620|percentage=75.19|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>*The change percentage is based on votes polled by CPI(M) in the previous election. In this election INC is in alliance with CPI(M) and in the previous election it did not contest from this seat.</small>

===2016===
{{Election box begin || title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Barabani]]<ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/barbani-constituency-s25a283/ | title = Barabani | publisher = CNBCTV18 | accessdate = 12 May 2021 | archive-date = 12 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150224/https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/barbani-constituency-s25a283/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Bidhan Upadhyay ||votes=77,464||percentage=47.13||change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)||candidate= Shipra Mukherjee||votes=53,415||percentage=32.50||change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party||candidate= Amal Roy ||votes=25,224||percentage= 15.35||change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party= SHS||candidate= Krishnapada Nath Goswami ||votes=3,480||percentage=2.12||change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above||candidate= None of the above||votes=2,761||percentage=1.68||change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=24,049|percentage=14.63|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,64,486|percentage=79.53|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Bidhan Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abhas Raychaudhuri of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Barabani]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25283.htm |title = Barabani |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516060805/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25283.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=283| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222820/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=283| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Barabani| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Barabani |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bidhan Upadhyay
|votes = 78,628
|percentage = 52.92
|change = +8.03#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Abhas Raychaudhuri
|votes = 58,051
|percentage = 39.07
|change = -12.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Biswanath Roy
|votes = 4,980
|percentage = 3.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Dinesh Karmakar
|votes = 3,332
|percentage = 2.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Amal Mondal
|votes = 2,623
|percentage = 1.77
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,577
|percentage = 13.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,48,680
|percentage = 80.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +20.98#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Dilip Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Barabani assembly seat defeating [[Manik Upadhyay]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Manik Upadhyay]] representing [[Trinamool Congress]] in 2001 and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, won the seat twice defeating Rudranath Mukherjee and Paresh Maji, both of CPI (M), respectively. In 1991, S.R.Das of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay of Congress. In 1989, Manik Upadhyay of Congress won the Barabani seat in a bye election. In 1987 and 1982, Ajit Chakraborty of CPI (M) defeated Manik Upadhyay and Dhiraj Sain, both of Congress, respectively. In 1977, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) defeated Sukumar Bandopadhyay of Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp258.htm | title = 258 - Barabani Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29}}</ref>

===1962-1972===
Prior to that those who won the Barabani seat were Sukumar Banerjee of Congress in 1972, Sunil Basu Roy of CPI (M) in 1971 and 1969, Mihir Upadhyay of Congress in 1967, and Haridas Chakraborty of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].

==References==
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{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
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[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

Barabani Assembly constituency - Revision history

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