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|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
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|pushpin_map = India Kolkata
|map_caption = Location in Kolkata
|coordinates = {{coord|22|38|0|N|88|22|0|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 113
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|16. Dum Dum]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 208,417 (2019)

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'''Baranagar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 113 Baranagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Baranagar]] municipality and Ward Nos.17 to 20 of [[Kamarhati]] municipality.<ref name=delimitation>{{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 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Baranagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} {{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}} {{Party index link|All India Trinamool Congress}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"|Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation!!{{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="17"|Baranagar
! rowspan="6"|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Communist Party of India||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Communist Party of India||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)||<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|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
! [[Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee]]
|Communist Party of India
|<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
! rowspan="4"|Matish Roy
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist 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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
! rowspan="3"|Amar Chaudhuri
|Revolutionary Socialist Party
|<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party||<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
! rowspan="3"|[[Tapas Roy]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|All India Trinamool Congress
|<ref>[http://myneta.info/westbengal2016/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default List of Winners in West Bengal 2016]</ref>
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|All India Trinamool Congress
|<ref name="Election2021">{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25113.htm?ac=113|title=''2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election result of Baranagar''|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=2 May 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Election results==

===2021===

In the 2021 election, [[Tapas Roy]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival [[Parno Mitra]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Baranagar constituency<ref name=Election2021/>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tapas Roy]]
|votes = 85,615
|percentage = 53.42
|change = +4.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Parno Mitra]]
|votes = 50,468
|percentage = 31.49
|change = +22.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay
|votes = 20,135
|percentage = 12.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,378
|percentage = 1.48
|change = -1.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Subrata De
|votes = 630
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = National Republic Party of India
|candidate = Surajit Ghosh
|votes = 538
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shyamal Chandra Karmakar
|votes = 495
|percentage = 0.31
|change = -0.26
}},
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 160,259
|percentage = 76.85
|change = -0.13
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, [[Tapas Roy]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections,2016]]: Baranagar constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tapas Roy]]
|votes = 76,531
|percentage = 48.79
|change = -11.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Sukumar Ghosh
|votes = 60,431
|percentage = 38.52
|change = +2.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sunil Dey
|votes = 14,172
|percentage = 9.03
|change = +6.62
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,129
|percentage = 2.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shyamal Chandra Karmakar
|votes = 901
|percentage = 0.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
|candidate = Prabir Chatterjee
|votes = 704
|percentage = 0.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 156,868
|percentage = 76.98
|change = -2.81
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Tapas Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Ghosh of RSP.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Baranagar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=113|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Baranagar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Tapas Roy
|votes = 89,883
|percentage = 60.58
|change = +15.09#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Sukumar Ghosh
|votes = 53,055
|percentage = 35.76
|change = -15.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bijoy Sankar Agarwal
|votes = 3,581
|percentage = 2.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sovan Bhattacharya
|votes = 1,853
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 148,372
|percentage = 79.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing = 30.87 #
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Amar Chaudhuri of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Baranagar assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Atin Ghosh of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Silbhadra Dutta of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Matish Roy of RSP defeated Ajoy Ghoshal of Congress in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Pranab Kanti Ghosh of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Sambhu Nath Dutta of Congress in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Kumud Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp137.htm |title = 137 - Baranagar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-10-15 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Shiba Pada Bhattacharjee of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] defeated [[Jyoti Basu]] of [[CPI(M)]] in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Jyoti Basu, representing CPI(M) from 1967 onwards and undivided CPI prior to that, won the Baranagar seat in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969,<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> 1967,<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>[[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name=vidhansabha1962/>[[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
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