Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Deganga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Deganga Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Deganga Deganga (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°37′15″N88°40′41″E / 22.62083°N 88.67806°E / 22.62083; 88.67806 Coordinates: 22°37′15″N88°40′41″E / 22.62083°N 88.67806°E / 22.62083; 88.67806
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	120
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	17. Barasat
Electorate (year)	175,754 (2011)

Deganga (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. 120 Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kadambagachhi and Katra gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block, and Amulia, Berachampa I, Berachampa II, Chakla, Chaurasi, Hadipur Jhikra I, Kalsur, Nur Nagar and Sohai-Shwetpur gram panchayats of Deganga community development block. ^[1]

Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Deganga	Rafiuddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress [2]
1957		Rafiuddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress [3]
		Atul Krishna Roy	Indian National Congress [3]
1962		Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri	Indian National Congress [4]
1967		J.Kabir	Bangla Congress [5]
1969		Harun-Or-Rashid	Progressive Muslim League [6]
1971		Harun-Or-Rashid	Progressive Muslim League [7]
1972		M.Shaukat Ali	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman	Indian Union Muslim League [9]
1982		Mortaza Hossain	All India Forward Bloc [10]
1987		A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman	Indian Union Muslim League [11]
1991		Md. Yakub	All India Forward Bloc [12]
1996		Md. Yakub	All India Forward Bloc [13]
2001		Md. Yakub	All India Forward Bloc [14]
2006		Mortaza Hossain	All India Forward Bloc [15]
2011		Dr. M. Nuruzzaman	All India Trinamool Congress [16]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections,2021: Deganga constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rahima Mondal	100,105	46.70	-4.17
	ISF	Karim Ali	67,568	31.52
	BJP	Dipika Chatterjee	38,446	17.93	+11.63
	AIFB	Md. Hasanoor Jaman Chowdhury	2,942	1.37	-35.92
	NOTA	None of the above	2,100	0.98	+0.15
	BSP	Sattar Ali	1,354	0.63	-1.59
	WPOI	Md. Rafikul Islam	1,078	0.50	-0.71
	SUCI(C)	Ajoy Sadhukhan	787	0.37	-0.55
Turnout			214,380
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Deganga constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rahima Mondal	97,412	50.87	+1.48
	AIFB	Md. Hasanoor Jaman Chowdhury	71,422	37.29	-1.20
	BJP	Tarun Kanti Ghosh	12,074	6.30	-1.01
	BSP	Baki Billah Karikar	3,562	2.22	-0.02
	WPOI	Rafikul Islam	2,317	1.21
	SUCI(C)	Ajoy Sadhukhan	1,754	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	1,589	0.83
	LJP	Rita Panda	694	0.36
Turnout			191,509	88.75	-1.55
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Deganga constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. M. Nuruzzaman	78,395	49.39	+11.84
	AIFB	Dr. Mortaza Hossain	61,095	38.49	-8.89
	BJP	Tarun Kanti Ghosh	11,606	7.31
	BSP	Roushan Ali	3,562	2.24
	Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League	Kausar Ali Mullick	1,708
	Independent	Bhaskar Ghosh	1,369
	Independent	Abdul Ahed Molla	979
Turnout			158,714	90.3
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	20.73

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[15] Dr. Mortoza Hossain of AIFB won the Deganga assembly seat defeating Mafidul Haque Sahaji of AITC. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc defeated Abdur Rouf of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[14] Idris Ali of Congress in 1996, ^[13] and Ashanullah of Congress in 1991. ^[12] A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML defeated Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc in 1987. ^[11] Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc defeated A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML in 1982. ^[10] A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML defeated Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc in 1977. ^{[9] [18]}

1951-1972

M. Shaukat Ali of Congress won in 1972. ^[8] Harun-Or-Rashid Independent/Progressive Muslim League won in 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] J.Kabir of Bangla Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri of Congress won in 1962. ^[4] Rafiuddin Ahmed and Atul Krishna Roy, both of Congress, won the Deganaga joint seat in 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Rafiuddin Ahmed of Congress won the Deganga seat. ^[2]

References

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