Kolkata, April 18 -- The Baruipur Paschim Assembly constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district continues to remain a firm Trinamool Congress (TMC) bastion, with senior leader and State Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee winning all three elections since the seat's reconfiguration in 2008, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has steadily expanded its presence in the region.

The constituency, numbered 140, falls under the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat and is a general category segment formed after the Delimitation Commission's 2008 exercise, which split the original Baruipur seat into Baruipur Paschim and Baruipur Purba. The Paschim segment comprises the entire Baruipur municipality along with 10 gram panchayats under the Baruipur...