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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kranti
| type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]
| constituency_no = 19
| established = 1977
| electors =
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2011
}}

'''Kranti Assembly constituency''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As a consequence of the order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] Kranti Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011 and the new [[Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency]] comes into being.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/News/Siliguri-joined-hands-to-protest-against-the-GJMM.html | title = Minister loses rural votebank - CPM worried about Asok’s redrawn constituency Avijit Sinha - The Telegraph | publisher = Darjeeling Times.com | access-date = 29 August 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091026171302/http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/News/Siliguri-joined-hands-to-protest-against-the-GJMM.html | archive-date = 26 October 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#c0c0c0;"
! Election Year
! Name of MLA
! colspan=2|Party Affiliation
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Parimal Mitra]]
| rowspan="7" style="background-color:#ff1d16;" |
| rowspan="7" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Sudhan Raha]]<br /><br />
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Fazlul Karim
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#efefef;" | For MLAs in the area after 2006 see [[Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency]]
|}

==Results==

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Fazlul Karim of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kranti assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Atul Roy, Independent. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhan Raha of CPI(M) defeated Aburabbani Ahmed (Badshah) of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Subhash Das of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Aftabul Alam 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and Kallol Basu 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Parimal Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Deba Prasad Roy 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and Abdul Hasnat Mohammed Abu Saleque of Congress 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 = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp19.htm | title = 19 - Kranti Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref> The constituency was not there prior to that.

==References==
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{{Jalpaiguri topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

Kranti Assembly constituency - Revision history

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