Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Coordinates: 22°18′07″N88°07′42″E / 22.3020°N 88.1284°E / 22.3020; 88.1284 Coordinates: 22°18′07″N88°07′42″E / 22.3020°N 88.1284°E / 22.3020; 88.1284
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.144
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year)182,592 (2011)

Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [1]

Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1952 Falta Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India [2]
1957 Khagendra Nath Das Indian National Congress [3]
1962 Khagendra Nath DasIndian National Congress [4]
1967 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1969 Jyotish Chandra RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971 Jyotish Chandra RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972 Mohini Mohan Parui Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Nimai Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 Nimai Chandra DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991 Arati DasguptaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996 Sudhir Bhattacharya Indian National Congress [13]
2001 Tamonash Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress [14]
2006 Chandana Ghosh Dastidar Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011 Tamonash GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016 Tamonash GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
2021 Sankar Kumar Naskar All India Trinamool Congress [17]

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Falta [16] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tamonash Ghosh 86,96655.99+1.69
CPI (M) Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu 59,29538.17-7.53
BJP Avijit Kumar Halder 5,3893.47
Independent Gautam Dalui 2,886
BSP Chittaranjan Malik 1,839
Turnout 155,32885.07
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 9.22

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, [15] Chandana Ghosh Dastidar of CPI(M) won the Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating her nearest rival Tamonash Ghosh of AITC. Tamonash Ghosh of AITC defeated Malina Mistry of CPI(M) in 2001. [14] Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC defeated Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 1996. [13] Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC in 1991 [12] and Dinabandhu Halder of INC in 1987. [11] Nimai Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali of INC in 1982 [10] and Mohini Mohan Parui of INC in 1977. [9] [19]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Mohini Mohan Parui of INC won in 1972. [8] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971, [7] 1969 [6] and 1967. [5] Khagendra Nath Das of INC won in 1962 [4] and 1957. [3] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI won in 1952. [2]

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References

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    Citations

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