Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Rajarhat Gopalpur | |
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Constituency No. 117 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | North 24 Parganas |
LS constituency | Dum Dum |
Established | 1962 |
Total electors | 239,551 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]
Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editElection Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1962 | Rajarhat | Pranab Prasad Roy | Communist Party of India[3] |
1967 | S.N.Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
1969 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
1971 | Khagendranath Mondal | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1972 | Khagendranath Mondal | Indian National Congress[7] | |
1977 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
1982 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
1987 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1991 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1996 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
2001 | Tanmoy Mondal | West Bengal Trinamool Congress[13] | |
2006 | Rabindranath Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2011 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | Purnendo Bose | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
2016 | Purnendo Bose | All India Trinamool Congress | |
2021 | Aditi Munshi | All India Trinamool Congress |
Election results
edit2021
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Aditi Munshi | 87,650 | 49.04 | +4.74 | |
BJP | Samik Bhattacharya | 62,354 | 34.89 | +22.92 | |
CPI(M) | Subhajit Dasgupta | 24,511 | 13.71 | −26.40 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,258 | 1.26 | −1.04 | |
Turnout | 178,723 | 69.42 | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Purnendu Bose | 72,793 | 44.30 | −15.46 | |
CPI(M) | Nepaldev Bhattacharya | 65,919 | 40.11 | +4.12 | |
BJP | Dilip Mitra | 19,683 | 11.97 | +9.42 | |
Independent | Ranjit Kumar Dutta | 1,244 | 0.75 | N/A | |
Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 895 | 0.54 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 3,780 | 2.30 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,874 | 4.19 | −19.58 | ||
Turnout | 164,314 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
2011
editIn the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Purnendo Bose | 89,829 | 59.76 | ||
CPI(M) | Rabindranath Mondal | 54,104 | 35.99 | ||
BJP | Manoranjan Das | 3,837 | 2.55 | ||
Independent | Sunil Kumar Paul | 785 | |||
Independent | Purnendu Basu | 613 | |||
Independent | Jahar Roy | 603 | |||
Independent | Abhijit Maity | 538 | |||
Majority | 35,725 | 23.77 | |||
Turnout | 150,327 | 78.20 | |||
AITC win (new seat) |
1977–2006 Rajarhat
editIn 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, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982[9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.[8][17]
1962–1972 Rajarhat
editKhagendranath 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(M) won in 1962.[3] Prior to that the Rajarhat 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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 "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". Rajarhat Gopalpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "91 - Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.