Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Saptagram | |
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| — Vidhan Sabha constituency — | |
 Saptagram
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| Coordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.38333°ECoordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.38333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Constituency No. | 193 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
| Electorate (year) | 186,561 (2011) |
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Committee Bansberia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011 and a new constituency comes into being at Saptagram.
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Overview [edit]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bansberia municipality, Aknna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block, and Mogra II and Saptagram gram panchayats of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block.[1]
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results [edit]
2011 [edit]
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Saptagram [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Tapan Dasgupta | 90,289 | 56.51 | +10.11# | |
| CPI(M) | Ashutosh Mukhopadhaya | 59,421 | 37.19 | -22.38# | |
| CPI(ML)(L) | Sadhan Mal | 3,612 | 2.26 | ||
| BJP | Kartick Chandra Paul | 3,559 | 2.23 | ||
| ABHM | Priyatosh Majumdar | 1,866 | |||
| Jharkhand Disom Party | Meghnath Tudu | 1,040 | |||
| Turnout | 159,787 | 85.65 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 32.49# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 in the now defunct Bansberia constituency.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 16 |  14 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 |  12 |
| Forward bloc | 1 | 2 |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ^ "Saptagram". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Saptagram. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Saptagram. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
See also [edit]
Saptagram – once a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times
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