Country India District Jalpaiguri Year abolished 2011 | State West Bengal Year established 1977 Lok Sabha constituency Jalpaiguri | |
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Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011 and the new Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) comes into being.
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Map of Kranti, West Bengal 735218
Members of Legislative Assembly
For MLAs in the area after 2006 see Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Fazlul Karim of 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 Trinamool Congress in 2001, Subhash Das of Congress in 1996, Aftabul Alam of Congress in 1991, and Kallol Basu of Congress in 1987. Parimal Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Deba Prasad Roy of Congress in 1982 and Abdul Hasnat Mohammed Abu Saleque of Congress in 1977. The constituency was not there prior to that.