Raidighi Assembly constituency
Raidighi | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 134 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur (SC) |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a new constituency, Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 134 Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mathurapur II community development block and Abad Bhagawanpur, Debipur, Krishnachandrapur, Lalpur, Shankarpur and Nalua gram panchayats of Mathurapur I community development block.[1]
Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Raidighi | Debashree Roy | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Note: For MLAs from the area in previous years see Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Debashree Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Trinamool congress | Debashree Roy | 93,236 | 50.11 | +4.15# | |
| CPI(M) | Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay | 87,683 | 47.12 | −2.33 | |
| BJP | Dwijendranath Halder | 3,369 | 1.81 | ||
| Independent | Debasree Kayal | 1,295 | |||
| BSP | Dulal Chand Ghorami | 1,245 | |||
| Independent | Ajay Das | 542 | |||
| Turnout | 186,075 | 89.86 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the now-defunct Mathurapur constituency in 2006. Template:Dakshin 24 Parganas 2011 election summary
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Raidighi. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
