Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Ranaghat Uttar Purba is located in West Bengal
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 89
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency 13. Ranaghat (SC)
Electorate (year) 200,731 (2011)

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha 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.[1]

Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Ranaghat Bijoy Krishna Sarkar Indian National Congress[3]
Keshab Chandra Mitra Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[4]
1962 Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India[5]
1967 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[6]
Ranaghat West Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[6]
1969 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[7]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971 Ranaghat East Naresh Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972 Ranaghat East Nitaipada Sarkar Communist Party of India[9]
Ranaghat West Naresh Chandra Chaki Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Ranaghat West Subhaas Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Ranaghat East Asim Bala Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[15]
2006 Ranaghat East Debendra Nath Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Ranaghat West Aloke Kumar Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Samir Kumar Poddar All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

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[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Samir 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
Trinamool Congress 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.

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Nadia district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 13 Increase11
Indian National Congress 1 Increase0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease8
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)


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,[16]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.[15]Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996[14]and 1991,[13]and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.[12]Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982[11]and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.[10][19]

Ranaghat West

In the 2006[16]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[15]and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996.[14]Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991.[13]Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987,[12]Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982,[11]and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.[10][20]

1967-1972

Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972.[9]Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8]Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969[7]and 1967.[6]

Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.[9]Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971[8]and 1969.[7]Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.[6]

1951-1962 Ranaghat

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.[5]Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.[4]In independent India’s first election in 1951,[3]Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

References

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