Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Arambag
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Arambag Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Arambag Arambag (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°53′00″N87°47′00″E / 22.88333°N 87.78333°E / 22.88333; 87.78333 Coordinates: 22°53′00″N87°47′00″E / 22.88333°N 87.78333°E / 22.88333; 87.78333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Constituency No.	200
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	29. Arambagh (SC)
Electorate (year)	207,328 (2011)

Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Arambag municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur, Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirol gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block. ^[1]

Arambag (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Arambag	Madan Mohan Saha	Communist Party of India [2]
		Radha Krishna Pal	Independent [2]
1957		Radha Krishna Pal	Indian National Congress [3]
1962	Arambag East	Prafulla Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress [4]
	Arambag West	Radha Krishna Pal	Indian National Congress [4]
1967	Arambag	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	Bangla Congress [5]
1969		Prafulla Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress [6]
1971		Prafulla Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress [7]
1972		Prafulla Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Ajoy Kumar Dey	Janata Party [9]
1982		Abdul Mannan	Indian National Congress [10]
1987		Benode Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991		Benode Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996		Binoy Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Binoy Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Binoy Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Krishna Chandra Santra	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Krishna Chandra Santra	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Madhusudan Bag	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1951-1972

Prafulla Chandra Sen won the Arambag seat in 1972, ^[8] 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] In a historic contest in 1967 ^[5] Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat to Ajay Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, who became the new Chief Minister, in the first United Front government in the state. Main factor of Sen's defeat was student agitation there. Students under the leadership of Narayan Ch ghosh had organised farmers, poor people & middle class against Prafulla Chandra Sen. In 1962 ^[4] Arambagh had two seats. Prafulla Chandra Sen of Congress won the Arambagh East seat and Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh West seat. In 1957 ^[3] Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh seat. In independent India's first general election in 1951 ^[2] Arambagh had twin seats. These were won by Madan Mohan Saha of CPI and Radha Krishna Pal, Independent.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Binoy Dutta of CPI(M) won the Arambag assembly seat defeating Bibhabindu Nandi of Trinamool Congress in 2006, ^[15] Sk. Hasan Imam of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[14] and Abdus Sukkur of Congress in 1996. ^[13] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Benode Das of CPI(M) defeated Jalim Singha Roy of Congress in 1991 ^[12] and Abdul Mannan of Congress in 1987. ^[11] Abdul Mannan of Congress defeated independent candidate Ranjit Chakraborty in 1982. ^[10] Ajoy Kumar Dey of Janata Party defeated Madan Kumar Saha of CPI(M) in 1977. ^{[9] [17]}

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ajoy Kumar Dey	31,304	57.70%
	CPI (M)	Madan Mohan Saha	13,935	25.70%
	INC	Abdul Mannan	8,440	15.60%
	Independent	Sk. Shahabuddin Ahmed	539	1.00%
Majority			17,369	(31.7%)
Turnout			54,847	(58.4%)
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Mannan	42,668	48.10%
	Independent	Ranjit Chakarborty	39,925	45.10%
	JP	Ajoy Kumar Dey	6,174	1.10%
Majority			2,743	(3.1%)
Turnout			89,895	(77.5%)
	INC gain from JP		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Benode Das	60,097	54.80%
	INC	Abdul Mannan	47,799	43.50%
	BJP	Madan Haider	1,244	1.10%
	Independent	Sk. Md.Jikria	326	0.30%
	Independent	Nikunja Jana	308	0.30%
Majority			12.298	(11.1%)
Turnout			1,11,005	(82.4%)
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Benode Das	71,681	56.00%
	INC	Jalim Singha Roy	50,404	39.40%
	BJP	Prafulla Kumar Mukherjee	4,688	3.70%
	Independent	Sourish Ghosh	1,181	0.90%
Majority			21,277	(16.4%)
Turnout			1,29,918	(81.2%)
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Benoy Datta	91,939	62.40%
	INC	Abdus Sukur	47,839	32.50%
	BJP	Anath Bandhu Dey	7,220	4.90%
	Independent	Sadananda Pal	274	0.20%
Majority			44,100	(29.40%)
Turnout			1,50,080	(85.3%)
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency ^{[16] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Benoy Datta	127,439	79.00	+16.70
	AITC	Sk. Hasan Imam	26,963	16.70	+16.70
	BJP	Asit Kumar Kundu	7,010
Majority			1,00,476	62.2
Turnout			1,61,410	82.1
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	35.17#

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

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag constituency ^{[16] [24]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Benoy Datta	104,067	62.30%
	AITC	Bivabindu Nandi	50,324	30.10%
	INC	Sufal Jana	12,757	7.60%
Majority			53,743	(32.10%)
Turnout			1,67,338	(85.4%)
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

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

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag (SC) constituency ^{[16] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Krishna Chandra Santra	98,011	53.40
	CPI (M)	Asit Malik	78,448	42.70
	BJP	Sukumar Santra	7,194	3.90
Majority			19,563	10.7
Turnout			1,83,653	88.4%
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

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

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag (SC) constituency ^{[16] [26]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Krishna Chandra Santra	107,579	54.90
	CPI (M)	Asit Malik	71,122	36.30
	BJP	Murari Bera	17,261	8.80
Majority			36,457	18.6
Turnout			1,95,962	86.1%
	AITC hold		Swing

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

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambag (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Madhusudan Bag	103,108	46.88
	AITC	Sujata Mondal	95,936	43.62
	CPI (M)	Sakti Mohan Malik	14,965	6.8
Majority			7,172	3.26
Turnout			2,19,960	84.98
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

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