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Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 23°11′0″N 88°35′0″E / 23.18333°N 88.58333°E / 23.18333; 88.58333
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Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Assembly constituency
Ranaghat Uttar Purba is located in West Bengal
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Location in West Bengal
Ranaghat Uttar Purba is located in India
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Ranaghat Uttar Purba (India)
Coordinates: 23°11′0″N 88°35′0″E / 23.18333°N 88.58333°E / 23.18333; 88.58333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Constituency No89
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency13. Ranaghat (SC)
Electorate (year)201,195 (2011)[1]
238,807 (2016)[2]
264,929 (2021)[3]

Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Hanskhali Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Aranghata, Bahirgachhi, Dutta Fulia, Jugalkishore, Kamalpur and Raghunathpur Hijuli II gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, and Bagula I, Bagula II, Mamjoan, Ramnagar Bara Chupria I and Ramnagar Bara Chupria II gram panchayats of Hanskhali community development block.[4]

Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[4] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Ranaghat Bijoy Krishna Sarkar Indian National Congress[6]
Keshab Chandra Mitra Indian National Congress[6]
1957 Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[7]
1962 Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India[8]
1967 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[9]
Ranaghat West Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[9]
1969 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[10]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1971 Ranaghat East Naresh Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1972 Ranaghat East Nitaipada Sarkar Communist Party of India[12]
Ranaghat West Naresh Chandra Chaki Indian National Congress[12]
1977 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1982 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
1987 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
1991 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Ranaghat West Subhaas Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
1996 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[17]
2001 Ranaghat East Asim Bala Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[18]
2006 Ranaghat East Debendra Nath Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
Ranaghat West Aloke Kumar Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[19]
2011 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Samir Kumar Poddar All India Trinamool Congress[20]
2016 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Samir Kumar Poddar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Ashim Biswas (politician) Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashim Biswas 116,786 54.39
AITC Samir Kumar Poddar 85,004 39.59
ISF Dinesh Chandra Biswas 5,204 2.42
NOTA None of the above 2,359 1.10
BSP Sanjit Kumar Mandal 2,117 0.99
Independent Apurba Lal Roy 1,228 0.57
Independent Kamal Sarkar 1,065 0.50
BMP Samir Kumar Biswas 488 0.23
Purvanchal Mahapanchayet Swadhin Biswas 485 0.23
Turnout 214,736 81.05
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Babusona Sarkar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Samir Kumar Poddar 93,215 48.13 −6.90
CPI(M) Babusona Sarkar 78,243 40.40 +3.66
BJP Nikhil Ranjan Sarkar 15,467 7.99 +4.33
BSP Pradip Kumar Sarkar 2,301 1.19 −1.49
NOTA None of the above 1,642 0.85 +0.85
Turnout 1,93,678 81.10 −3.84
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Archana Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Samir Kumar Poddar 93,836 55.03 +11.72
CPI(M) Archana Biswas 62,644 36.74 −11.12
BJP Basudev Majumdar 6,243 3.66
BSP Nanigopal Roy 4,578 2.68
Independent Subhas Chandra Sarkar 1,967
Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party Anuva Sikder (Mallick) 1,237
Turnout 170,505 84.94
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +22.84

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the now defunct Hanskhali seat.

1977-2006

Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Ranaghat East

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[19] Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[18] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996[17] and 1991,[16] and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.[15] Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982[14] and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.[13][22]

Ranaghat West

In the 2006[19] state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha of Congress. Shankar Singha of Congress defeated Jyotirmoyee Sikdar in 2001[18] and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996.[17] Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991.[16] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987,[15] Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982,[14] and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.[13][23]

1967-1972

Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972.[12] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.[11] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969[10] and 1967.[9]

Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.[12] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971[11] and 1969.[10] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.[9]

1951-1962 Ranaghat

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.[8] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.[7] In independent India's first election in 1951,[6] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

References

  1. ^ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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  11. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  19. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  20. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ranaghat Uttar Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  22. ^ "80 - Ranaghat East (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  23. ^ "81 - Ranaghat West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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