Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Gangarampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Gangarampur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Gangarampur Gangarampur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°24′N88°31′E / 25.400°N 88.517°E / 25.400; 88.517 Coordinates: 25°24′N88°31′E / 25.400°N 88.517°E / 25.400; 88.517
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Constituency No	41
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	6. Balurghat
Electorate (year)	159,575 (2011) [1] 198,724 (2016) [2] 224,040 (2021) [3]

Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 41 Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Gangarampur municipality, Belbari I, Damdama, Gangarampur and Nandanpur gram panchayats of Gangrampur community development block, and Ajmatpur, Autina, Gurail, Hazratpur, Ramchandrapur and Rampara Chenchra gram panchayats of Tapan community development block. ^[4]

Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Gangarampur	Satindra Nath Basu	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Lakshman Chandra Hansda	Indian National Congress [6]
1957		Satindra Nath Basu	Indian National Congress [6]
1962		Mangla Kisku	Communist Party of India [7]
1967		K. Sayed	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Ahindra Sarkar	Communist Party of India [9]
1971		Ahamed Moslihuddin	Indian National Congress [10]
1972		Ahamed Moslihuddin	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Ahindra Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1982		Ahamed Moslihuddin	Indian National Congress (Socialist) [13]
1987		Minati Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1991		Minati Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marrxist) [15]
1996		Minati Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2001		Narayan Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2006		Narayan Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2011		Satyendra Nath Ray	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Goutam Das	Indian National Congress
2021		Satyendra Nath Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyendra Nath Ray of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Goutam Das of Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Gangarampur (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyendra Nath Ray	88,724	46.82	+36.67
	AITC	Goutam Das	84,132	44.40	+4.22
	CPI(M)	Nandalal Hazra	12,273	6.48
	BSP	Arun Kanti Bala	1,169	0.62	-0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,149	0.61	-0.79
	KPPU	Akshay Sarkar	1,145	0.60
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Subrata Roy	890	0.47	-0.15
Turnout			189,482	84.58	-2.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Goutam Das of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Satyendra Nath Ray of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Gangarampur (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Goutam Das	80,401	46.37
	AITC	Satyendra Nath Ray	69,668	40.18	-5.67
	BJP	Sanatan Karmakar	17,604	10.15	+7.06
	NOTA	None of the above	2,432	1.40
	BSP	Jatindra Nath Barman	1,486	0.86
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Sukla Bhuimali	1,068	0.62
	Independent	Bimal Chandra Barman	719	0.41
Turnout			173,378	87.25	-2.60
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Satyendra Nath Ray of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nandalal Hazra of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gangarampur (SC) constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satyendra Nath Ray	65,666	45.85	+1.38#
	CPI(M)	Nandalal Hazra	64,998	45.38	-6.82
	BJP	Dipankar Roy	4,432	3.09
	Independent	Akshay Sarkar	2,127
	Independent	Sreepada Barman	1,915
	BSP	Uttam Kumar Barman	1,267
	Independent	Susen Chandra Barman	1,121
	Independent	Sukla Bhuimali	858
	Independent	Kanak Sarkar	835
Turnout			143,219	89.85
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	7.20#

Shukla Bhuimali, contesting as an Indepependent, belonged to CPI(ML). ^[21]

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

1977–2006

In 2006 ^[18] and 2001 ^[17] state assembly elections Narayan Biswas of CPI(M) won the Gangarampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Biplab Mitra of Trinamool Congress. Minati Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Asish Majumdar of BJP in 1996, ^[16] Biplab Mitra of Congress in 1991 ^[15] and Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress in 1987. ^[14] Ahamed Moslihuddin representing ICS defeated Arabinda Chakrabarty of CPI(M) in 1982. ^[13] Ahindra Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress in 1977. ^{[12] [22]}

1951–1972

Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress won in 1972 ^[11] and 1971. ^[10] Ahindra Sarkar of CPI(M) won in 1969. ^[9] K. Sayed of Congress won in 1967. ^[8] Mangla Kisku of CPI won in 1962. ^[7] Lakshman Chandra Hansda and Satindra Nath Basu, both of Congress, won in 1957, ^[6] when Gangarampur was a joint seat. Satindra Nath Basu of Congress won in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[5]

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