Falta Assembly constituency

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Falta
Constituency No. 144 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Falta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Total electors	236,667
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shankar Kumar Naskar
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC +
Elected year	2021

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

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Falta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Falta community development block
• Bhadura Haridas and Kalatalahat gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Jyotish Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India
1957	Khagendra Nath Das		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Jyotish Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
1971
1972	Mohini Mohan Parui		Indian National Congress
1977	Nimai Chandra Das		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987	Arati Dasgupta
1991
1996	Sudhir Bhattacharya		Indian National Congress
2001	Tamonash Ghosh		Trinamool Congress
2006	Chandana Ghosh Dastidar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Tamonash Ghosh		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Shankar Kumar Naskar

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shankar Kumar Naskar	117,179	56.35	6.2
	BJP	Bidhan Parui	76,405	36.75	28.37
	INC	Abdur Razzak Molla	7,452	3.58	New
	Independent	Mohammad Raquibul Hasan	1,677	0.81	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,185	0.57	0.39
Majority			40,774	19.6	7.07
Turnout			2,07,932	87.82	0.8
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	94,381	50.15	5.46
	CPI(M)	Bidhan Parui	70,801	37.62	0.3
	BJP	Amarendra Nath Mukherjee	15,763	8.38	4.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,813	0.96
Majority			23,580	12.53	5.16
Turnout			1,88,183	88.62	2.98
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tamonash Ghosh	86,966	55.61
	CPI(M)	Ardhendu Shekhar Bindu	59,295	37.92
	BJP	Ajit Kumar Haldar	5,389	3.45
	Independent	Gautam Dalui	2,886	1.85
	BSP	Chittaranjan Malik	1,839	1.18
Majority			27,671	17.69
Turnout			1,56,375	85.64
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	9.22

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, ^[4] Chandana Ghosh Dastidar of CPI(M) won the Falta Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Tamonash Ghosh of AITC. Tamonash Ghosh of AITC defeated Malina Mistry of CPI(M) in 2001. ^[5] Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC defeated Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[6] Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC in 1991 ^[7] and Dinabandhu Halder of INC in 1987. ^[8] Nimai Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali of INC in 1982 ^[9] and Mohini Mohan Parui of INC in 1977. ^{[10] [11]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Mohini Mohan Parui of INC won in 1972. ^[12] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[13] 1969 ^[14] and 1967. ^[15] Khagendra Nath Das of INC won in 1962 ^[16] and 1957. ^[17] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI won in 1952. ^[18]

References

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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12. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
17. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
18. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.