Tehatta Assembly constituency
Tehatta | |
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Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Tehatta Assembly Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
LS constituency | Krishnanagar |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 252,454 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.[1]
Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Election Year |
Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Raghunandan Biswas | INC[2] |
1957 | Shankardas Bandopadhyay | INC[3]| |
1962 | Shankardas Bandopadhyay | INC[4] |
1967 | Shankardas Bandopadhyay | INC[5] |
1969 | Surat Ali Khan | INC[6] |
1971 | Madhabendu Mohanta | CPI(M)[7] |
1972 | Kartik Chandra Biswas | INC[8] |
2011 | Ranjit Mondal | CPI(M)[9] |
2016 | Gouri Sankar Dutta | AITC[10] |
The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 97,848 | 44.86 | −4.18 | |
BJP | Ashutosh Paul | 90,933 | 41.69 | +33.25 | |
CPI(M) | Subodh Chandra Biswas | 23,239 | 10.65 | −29.65 | |
BSP | Tarak Nath Biswas | 1,876 | 0.86 | −0.10 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,736 | 0.80 | +0.07 | |
Independent | Rabindranath Halder | 1,439 | 0.66 | ||
Purvanchal Mahapanchayet | Surya Biswas | 638 | 0.29 | ||
Independent | Chiranjit Sardar | 400 | 0.18 | ||
Turnout | 218,109 | 89.10 | +2.77 | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
2016
[edit]In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 97,611 | 49.04 | +29.12 | |
CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 80,215 | 40.30 | −2.48 | |
BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | 16,809 | 8.44 | +4.43 | |
BSP | Arabinda Biswas | 1,918 | 0.96 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,444 | 0.73 | ||
SUCI(C) | Sherful Ansary | 1,063 | 0.53 | ||
Turnout | 199,060 | 86.33 | −2.23 | ||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
2011
[edit]In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 75,445 | 42.78 | ||
Independent | Tapas Kumar Saha | 56,248 | 31.90 | ||
AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 35,127 | 19.92 | ||
BJP | Asutosh Paul | 7,067 | 4.01 | ||
BSP | Tapan Bala | 2,458 | |||
Turnout | 176,345 | 88.56 | |||
CPI(M) win (new seat) |
Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.[14]
1977-2006
[edit]The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.
1951–1972
[edit]Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972.[8] Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969.[6] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,[5]1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Tehatta. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tehatta. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray on April 23, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011