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Falta
Constituency No. 144 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Falta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDiamond Harbour
Established1952
Total electors236,667
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Falta Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Falta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

  • Falta community development block
  • Bhadura Haridas and Kalatalahat gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

Falta Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1952 Falta Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India[2]
1957 Khagendra Nath Das Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Khagendra Nath Das Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Mohini Mohan Parui Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Nimai Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Nimai Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Sudhir Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[13]
2001 Tamonash Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Chandana Ghosh Dastidar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Tamonash Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Tamonash Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Sankar Kumar Naskar All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Falta[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tamonash Ghosh 86,966 55.99 +1.69
CPI(M) Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu 59,295 38.17 −7.53
BJP Avijit Kumar Halder 5,389 3.47
Independent Gautam Dalui 2,886
BSP Chittaranjan Malik 1,839
Turnout 155,328 85.07
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 9.22

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006,[15] Chandana Ghosh Dastidar of CPI(M) won the Falta Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Tamonash Ghosh of AITC. Tamonash Ghosh of AITC defeated Malina Mistry of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC defeated Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 1996.[13] Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC in 1991[12] and Dinabandhu Halder of INC in 1987.[11] Nimai Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali of INC in 1982[10] and Mohini Mohan Parui of INC in 1977.[9][19]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Mohini Mohan Parui of INC won in 1972.[8] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Khagendra Nath Das of INC won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI won in 1952.[2]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Sankar Kumar Naskar". NDTV. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Falta. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  19. ^ "118 - Falta Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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