Domjur Assembly constituency

Domjur
Constituency No. 184 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Domjur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
LS constituency	Serampore
Established	1951
Total electors	216,262
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kalyan Ghosh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Domjur Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 184 Domjur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bally Jagachha community development block and Bankra I, Bankra II, Bankra III, Makardah II, Narna, Shalap I and Shalap II gram panchayats of Domjur community development block. ^[1]

Domjur Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] Domjur was earlier (until 2008) part of Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1951	Tarapada Dey	Communist Party of India [3]
1957	Tarapada Dey	Communist Party of India [4]
1962	Tarapada Dey	Communist Party of India [5]
1967	A.H.Mondal	Indian National Congress [6]
1969	Joykesh Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1971	Joykesh Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972	Krishnapada Royl	Indian National Congress [9]
1977	Joykesh Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982	Joykesh Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987	Joykesh Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991	Padma Nidhi Dhar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996	Padma Nidhi Dhar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001	Padma Nidhi Dhar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006	Mohanta Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2011	Rajib Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2016	Rajib Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Kalyanendu Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Domjur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kalyan Ghosh	130,499	52
	BJP	Rajib Banerjee	87879	35.01
	CPI(M)	Uttam Bera	22768	9.07
Turnout			250978
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Domjur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rajib Banerjee	148,768	67.76	+13.69
	Independent	Protima Dutta	41,067	18.70
	BJP	Jayanta Das	15,489	7.05	+4.8
	Independent	Kailash Naskar	3,187	1.45
	IUC	Sabila Begum Sardar	2,438	1.11
Turnout			219,557	84.53
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Domjur constituency ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rajib Banerjee	101,042	54.07	+16.98
	CPI(M)	Mohanta Chatterjee	76,056	40.70	-2.32
	BJP	Parthasarathi Baksi	4,210	2.25
	Independent	Sabila Begum	1,526
	Independent	Subrata Das	1,322
	Independent	Jugal Hazra	870
	Independent	Jayanta Mondal	459
Turnout			186,878	86.41
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	19.30

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[16] Mohanta Chatterjee Das of CPI(M) won the Domjur seat defeating his nearest rival Rajib Kuntal Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Padma Nidhi Dhar of CPI(M) defeated Brajamohan Majumdar of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[15] Bhabani Prasad Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996, ^[14] and Sachin Ray of Congress in 1991. ^[13] Joykesh Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Ray of Congress in 1987, ^[12] Mahadeb Manna of Congress in 1982, ^[11] and Krishna Pada Roy of Congress in 1977. ^{[10] [19]}

1951-1972

Krishna Pada Roy of Congress won in 1972. ^[9] Joykesh Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971 ^[8] and 1969. ^[7] A.H.Mondal of Congress won in 1967. ^[6] Tarapada Dey of CPI won in 1962, ^[5] 1957 ^[4] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[3]

References

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