Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Rajarhat New Town
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Rajarhat New Town
Rajarhat New Town (India)
Coordinates: 22°37′0″N88°31′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.51667°E / 22.61667; 88.51667 Coordinates: 22°37′0″N88°31′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.51667°E / 22.61667; 88.51667
CountryIndia
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 115
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency 17. Barasat
Electorate (year)183,790 (2011)

Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one constituency, Rajarhat (SC), covering the area. From 2011 there are two constituencies – Rajarhat Gopalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 115 Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1-5,12-14,20-21 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 1-6 & 10-13 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward 27 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation(formerly Mahisbathan–II gram panchayat of Rajarhat CD Block) and remaining Rajarhat CD Block [1]

Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] Rajarhat (SC) was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962 RajarhatPranab Prasad Roy Communist Party of India [3]
1967 S.N.Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1969Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1971Khagendranath Mondal Indian National Congress [6]
1972Khagendranath MondalIndian National Congress [7]
1977Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001 Tanmoy MondalAll India Trinamool Congress [13]
2006 Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011 Rajarhat New Town Sabyasachi Dutta All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2016 Rajarhat New TownBadal Mistry All India Trinamool Congress (later Bharatiya Janata Party)
2021 Rajarhat New TownTapash Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tapash Chatterjee127,37454.22+8.62
BJP Bhaskar Roy70,94230.20+23.22
CPI(M) Saptarshi Deb31,54313.43-27.53
NOTA None of the above 2,0320.87-0.30
IndependentSubhendu Ghosh1,3130.56
BSP Bhaskar Roy1,1370.48-0.52
IndependentSubir Samaddar5650.24
Majority56,43224.02+17.40
Turnout 234,906
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sabyasachi Dutta 90,67145.58-3.65
CPI(M) Narendranath Chatterjee81,47840.96-3.54
BJP Nupur Ghosh17,8778.98+6.65
WPOI Sheikh Md. Salim3,0871.55
BSP Bhaskar Roy1,9981.00
Independent Samir Sardar1,4470.72
NOTA None of the above2,3321.17
Majority8,9234.62-0.11
Turnout 198,89084.29-4.95
Registered electors 235,946
AITC hold Swing -0.06

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabyasachi Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapash Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat New Town constituency [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sabyasachi Dutta 80,73849.23+1.83#
CPI(M) Tapash Chatterjee72,99144.50-5.76
BJP Priyalal Dutta3,8272.33
IUML Md. Salim Makkar1,474
IndependentTapan Kumar Paul1,159
IndependentHimangsu Mallick1,093
IndependentGopal Chakraborty881
BSP Basudeb Naskar834
IndependentKashem Gazi665
IndependentAtin Kumar Roy34
Turnout 164,00089.24
AITC win (new seat)

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections, [14] Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 [13] Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996, [12] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991, [11] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, [10] Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982 [9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977. [8] [17]

1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972 [7] and 1971. [6] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969. [5] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967. [4] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI won in 1962. [3] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat was not there.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "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 15 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rajarhat New Town. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "91 – Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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