Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Amdanga, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Amdanga.

Amdanga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Amdanga Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Amdanga Amdanga (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°49′N88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°E / 22.817; 88.517 Coordinates: 22°49′N88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°E / 22.817; 88.517
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	102
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	15. Barrackpore
Electorate (year)	177,515 (2011)

Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block. ^[1]

Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Amdanga	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [2]
1982		Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
1987		Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1991		Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1996		Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
2001		Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
2006		Abdus Sattar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
2011		Rafiqur Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress [9]
2016		Rafiqur Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[8] Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[7] Md. Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996, ^[6] Idris Ali of Congress in 1991, ^[5] Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987, ^[4] C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982, ^[3] and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[2] [10]} Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

2011

In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency ^{[9] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rafiquer Rahaman	87,162	53.79	+6.30#
	CPI (M)	Abdus Sattar	65,605	40.48	-6.93
	BJP	Joydeb Ghosh	4,633	2.86
	PDS	Motiar Rahaman Biswas	2,767	1.70
	BSP	Dr. Asok Kumar Golder	1,885	1.16
Turnout			162,052	91.29
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	13.43#

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

2016

In the 2016 election, Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency ^{[9] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rafiqur Rahaman	96,193	50.00	-3.79
	CPI (M)	Abdus Sattar	73,228	38.06	-2.42
	BJP	Arindam Dey	15,691	8.16	+5.30
	NOTA	None of the above	1,808	0.94
	PDS	Motiar Rahaman Biswas	1,655	0.86	-0.84
	BSP	Safique Ali	1,647	0.86	-0.30
	SUCI(C)	Goutam Biswas	1,178	0.61
	Independent	Kaosar Ali Mallik	995	0.52
Turnout			192,395	89.05	-2.24
	AITC hold		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "89 - Amdanga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Amdanga. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
12. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016".