Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 284, Dubrajpur Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Dubrajpur municipality, Balijuri, Hetampur, Jashpur, Laxmi Narayanpur, Loba and Paduma gram panchayats of Dubrajpur CD Block, and Khoyrasol CD Block.
Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency. It was earlier part of Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Source: Election NameParty1962Bhakti Bhusan Mandal1967K.N. Bandopadhyay 1969Bhakti Bhusan Mandal 1971Sheikh Manjural Islam1972Sachi Nandan Swami1977Bhakti Bhushan Mandal 19821987199119962001Bhakti Pada Ghosh 20062011Bijoy Bagdi2016Chandra Naresh Bauri2021Anup Kumar Saha2026
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
1977-2006 In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Bhakti Pada Ghosh of All India Forward Bloc won the Dubrajpur assembly seat defeating his nearests Sailen Mahata and Sattick Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won the seat from 1977 to 1996, defeating Arun Kumar Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, Bishnu Charan Ghosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet Karim Choudhury of Congress in 1977.
1962-1972 Sachi Nandan Swami of Congress won in 1972. Sheikh Manjurul Islam of CPI(M) won in 1971. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1969. K.N.Bandopadhyay, Independent, won in 1967. Bhakti Bhushan Mandal of Forward Bloc won in 1962. Prior to that the Dubrajpur seat was not there.
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