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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = English Bazar
| 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/English Bazar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining English Bazar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Maldaha Dakshin]]
| constituency_no = 51
| established = 1957
| electors = 275,296
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''English Bazar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Maldah 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. 51 English Bazar Assembly constituency covers [[English Bazar Municipality, Malda|English Bazar Municipality]] and Amriti, [[Binodpur Gram Panchayat]], Jadupur I, Jadupur II, Kajigram, Kotwali and Mahadipur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[English Bazar (Community development block)|English Bazar]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]],<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 | access-date = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

English Bazar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 [[Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Santi Gopal Sen]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="3"|Bimal Kanti Das
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Sailen Sarkar
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Prabhat Acharya
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Goutam Chakraborty
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Samar Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
|2013^
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Nihar Ranjan Ghosh
|{{Party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Amlan Bhaduri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-

|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: English Bazar}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Amlan Bhaduri]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=154,096{{formatnum:}}|percentage=65.70%|change=+15.74%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ashish Kundu|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=60,312{{formatnum:}}|percentage=25.71%|change=-14.93%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ambar Mitra|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=7,122{{formatnum:}}|percentage=3.04%|change=-2.04%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Masud Alam]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=6,929{{formatnum:}}|percentage=2.95%|change=+2.95%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gautam Sarkar|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|votes=218{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.09%|change=+0.09%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,727{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.74%|change=-1.35%}}
{{Election box majority||votes=93,784{{formatnum:}}|percentage=39.99%|change=+30.55%}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[English Bazar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury|Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury]]
|votes = 1,07,755
|percentage = 49.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
|votes = 87,656
|percentage = 40.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Koushik Mishra
|votes = 10,953
|percentage = 5.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,196
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Md Anisur Rahaman
|votes = 1,787
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,099
|percentage = 9.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,17,988
|percentage = 79.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Independent politician
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Nihar Ranjan Ghosh of Left Front-Congress Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of 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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=51 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614040124/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=51 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 14 June 2013 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = English Bazar | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[English Bazar]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Nihar Ranjan Ghosh]]
|votes = 1,07,183
|percentage = 52.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
|votes = 67,456
|percentage = 33.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suman Banerjee
|votes = 23,171
|percentage = 11.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 4,336
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nihar Ghosh
|votes = 2,293
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 4,336
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 39,727
|percentage = 19.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,07,542
|percentage = 84.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing based on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.</small>

===2013 by-election===
The 2013 by-election was necessitated by the switch-over of sitting Congress MLA Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury to Trinamool Congress.<ref name=2013bye>{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/congress-retains-rejinagar-seat-loses-nalhati_832091.html |title = Congress retains Rejinagar seat, loses Nalhati |work= PTI, 28 February 2013| publisher = moneycontrol.com |access-date = 9 July 2014 }}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 2013: English Bazar<ref name=2013bye/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/WB_EngBazar.pdf |title = Form 21E Return of Elections |work =51 English Bazar Assembly Constituency | publisher =Election Commission of India |access-date = 1 March 2013}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
|votes = 70,791
|percentage = 39.33
|change = +39.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Koushik Mishra (Saheb)
|votes = 50,339
|percentage = 27.96
|change = -11.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Narendra Nath Tiwari
|votes = 45,271
|percentage = 25.15
|change = -26.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sanjit Misra
|votes = 9,442
|percentage = 5.24
|change = -0.62
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Satish Rajbanshi
|votes = 2,851
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 20,452
|percentage = 11.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 179,990
|percentage = 81.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Samarananda Roy of CPI(M).<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=51 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614040124/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=51 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 14 June 2013 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = English Bazar | publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[English Bazar]] }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
|votes = 89,421
|percentage = 51.79
|change = +0.48#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Samarendra Roy
|votes = 67,592
|percentage = 39.15
|change = -6.49
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gobinda Chandra Mandal
|votes = 10,116
|percentage = 5.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Satish Rajbanshi
|votes = 2,527
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Uma Das
|votes = 1,535
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,829
|percentage = 12.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,72,830
|percentage = 82.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = +6.97#
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> state assembly elections, [[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the English Bazar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Samar Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Roy of CPI(M) defeated Goutam Chakraborty of Congress in 2001.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Goutam Chakraborty of Congress defeated Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) in 1996.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Prabhat Acharya of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Kar of Congress in 1991.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> [[Sailen Sarkar]] of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Kundu of Congress in 1987,<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Swapan Mitra of Congress in 1982<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and Hari Prasanna Mitra of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp46.htm | title = 46 - Englishbazar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1957–1972===
Bimal Kanti Das of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1972,<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 1971<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 1969.<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Santi Gopal Sen of Congress won in 1967,<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<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 = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Prior to that the English Bazar seat was not there.

==References==
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English Bazar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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