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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bhatar
| 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/Bhatar.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Bhatar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Soumen Karfa
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]

| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]

| constituency_no = 267
| established = 1957
| electors = 197,538
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

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

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 267 Bhatar assembly constituency covers [[Bhatar (community development block)|Bhatar]] community development block and Kurman I and Kshetia gram panchayats of [[Burdwan I (community development block)|Burdwan I]] CD Block.<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>

Bhatar assembly segment was earlier part of [[Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Abhalata Kundu
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Aswini Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S. Hazra
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Aswini Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Anath Bandhu Ghose
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|rowspan="2"|Bholanath Sen
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|rowspan="2"|Syed Md Mashi
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|[[Mahboob Zahedi]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Subhash Mondal]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Syed Md. Mashi
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|[[Banamali Hazra]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Subhash Mondal]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Adhikari Mangobinda]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Karfa Soumen
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhatar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Soumen Karfa|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes= {{formatnum:98820}}|percentage= 46.03 |change={{increase}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shantanu Kowar|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:92292}}|percentage= 42.99 |change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Hasina Khatun|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum: 12839}}|percentage=5.98|change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dhurjati Maji|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum: 1647}}|percentage=0.77|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Lakshmi Narayan Hemram|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum: 484}}|percentage=0.23|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:3252}} |percentage=1.51|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum: 214694}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Bhatar<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/bhatar-west-bengal-election-result-2021 | title = Bhatar Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate= Mangobinda Adhikari|votes=108,028|percentage=50.44|change=+16.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Mahendranath Kowar|votes=76,287|percentage=35.62|change=+489.08}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Nazrul Haque|votes=19,607|percentage= 9.15|change=-77.27}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Independent|candidate=Nazrul Islam|votes=1,868|percentage=0.87|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sukul Soren|votes=1,575|percentage=0.74|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Independent|candidate=Somnath Sain|votes=1,149|percentage=0.54|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Independent|candidate=Ayan Ghosh|votes=828|percentage=0.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Janshakti Party|candidate=Mainuddin Sah|votes=480|percentage=0.22|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=4,346|percentage=1.01|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 214,168|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Bhatar<ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/bhatar/| title = Bhatar| work = Election Results| publisher = India.com |access-date = 13 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Subhash Mondal]]|votes=92,544|percentage=|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Bamacharan Banerjee|votes=86,264|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Anjan Mukherjee|votes=12,950|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Dhananjay Ghosal|votes=2,176|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Independent|candidate=Santosh Nandi|votes=1,438|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above |votes=2,108 |percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Bhatar<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25267.htm |title = Bhatar |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/20110516053222/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25267.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=267| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223342/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=267| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Bhatar| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Bhatar |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Banamali Hazra
|votes = 83,883
|percentage = 47.29
|change = +9.36#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Srijit Konar
|votes = 83,585
|percentage = 47.12
|change = -10.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhatripada Konar
|votes = 5,586
|percentage = 3.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = People's Democratic Conference of India
|candidate = Iyar Mohammad Sekh
|votes = 2,469
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sekh Toyeb
|votes = 1,854
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 177,377
|percentage = 89.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +20.20#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.</small>

===1977-2006===
Syed Md. Masih of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Bhatar assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] defeating his nearest rival Banamali Hajra of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, [[Subhash Mondal]] of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra of Trinamool Congress and Susanta Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], in respective years. In 1991, [[Mahboob Zahedi]] of CPI (M) defeated Bholanath Sen of Congress. In 1987 and 1982, Syed Md. Masih of CPI (M) defeated Banamali Hajra and Bholanath Sen, both of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Bholanath Sen defeated Saktipada Chattopdahyay of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp268.htm| title = 268 – Bhatar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1957-1972===
Bholanath Sen of Congress won the seat in 1972. Anath Bandhu Ghosh of CPI (M) won it in 1971. In 1969, Aswini Roy of CPI won the seat. S.Hazra of Congress, won it in 1967. Aswini Roy, representing [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won it in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. The constituency was formed in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. It was won in that year by Abalata Kundu of Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp| title= Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections| access-date= 2010-08-29| work= General Election Results and Statistics| publisher= Election Commission of India| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp| archive-date= 5 October 2010| url-status= dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Bhatar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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