Kamarhati Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Kamarhati | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 112 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kamarhati Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| LS constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 160,967 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 112 Kamarhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 16 and 21 to 35 of Kamarhati municipality.[1]
Kamarhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Kamarhati | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2] |
| 1969 | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3] | |
| 1971 | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1972 | Pradip Kumar Palit | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1977 | Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1982 | Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1987 | Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1991 | Santi Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1996 | Santi Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 2001 | Manash Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 2006 | Manash Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 2011 | Madan Mitra | Trinamool Congress[13] | |
| 2016 | Manash Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | Madan Mitra | Trinamool Congress |
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 73,491 | 51.17 | ||
| BJP | Anindya Raju Banerjee | 38,235 | 26.64 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sayandeep Mitra | 28,138 | 19.62 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2016
editIn the 2016 election, Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 62,194 | 45.09 | +6.18 | |
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 57,996 | 42.04 | −15.92 | |
| BJP | Krishanu Mitra | 10,797 | +7.83 | 6.50 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,623 | 1.90 | +1.90 | |
| Independent | Manas Mukherjee | 1,009 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Subhojit Dutta | 923 | 0.67 | ||
| BSP | Rekha Devi | 848 | 0.61 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Archana Ghatak | 399 | 0.29 | ||
| PDS | Santanu Chatterjee | 352 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,943 | 74.85 | −4.59 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2011
editIn the 2011 election, Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 74,112 | 57.96 | +17.25# | |
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 49,758 | 38.91 | −17.49 | |
| BJP | Shikha Sarkar | 1,699 | 1.33 | ||
| Independent | Sushanta Dey | 1,079 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Nabendu Dasgupta | 739 | |||
| PDS | Tarak Bhadra | 479 | |||
| Turnout | 127,866 | 79.44 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 34.74# | |||
2006
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 71,322 | |||
| AITC | Subhrangshu Bhattacharya | 40,634 | |||
| INC | Sambhu Nath Dutta | 10,845 | |||
| Independent | Shambhu Dutta | 1981 | |||
| BSP | Ram Bachchan | 1679 | |||
| Turnout | 126461 | ||||
| CPIM hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
1977-2006
editIn the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Manash Mukherjee of CPI(M), won from the Kamarhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Subhrangshu Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress in 2006[12] and Chittaranjan Bag of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[11] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Ghatak of CPI(M) had won it in 1996[10] and in 1991[9] defeating his nearest rivals Sambhunath Dutta of Congress in 1996 and Salil Biswas of Congress in 1991. Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1987, 1982, and in 1977defeating Ajoy Ghosal of Congress in 1987,[8] Purnendu Bimal Dutta of Congress in 1982[7] and Jayanta Chandra Sen of Congress in 1977.[6][16]
1967-1972
editPradip Kumar Palit of Congress won in 1972.[5] Radhika Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[4] 1969[3] and in 1967.[2] Prior to that the Kamarhati seat did not exist.
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kamarhati. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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