Madhyamgram Assembly constituency

Madhyamgram
Constituency No. 118 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Madhyamgram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Barasat
Established	2011
Total electors	242,425
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rathin Ghosh
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Madhyamgram Assembly 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. 118 Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Madhyamgram municipality, Chandigarh Rohanda, Kemia Khamarpara gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, and Ichhapur Nilganj, Paschim Khilkapur and Purba Khilkapur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block. ^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Madhyamgram	Rathin Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress [2]
2016
2021

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rajasree Rajbanshi of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Madhyamgram constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rathin Ghosh	112,741	48.93%	−4.16%
	BJP	Rajasree Rajbanshi	64,615	24%	+19%
	ISF	Biswajit Maity	46,748	21%	+21%
	NOTA	None of the above	3,152	1.37	−0.04
	BSP	Himangshu Mondal	1,667	0.72	−0.67
	Independent	Saifuddin Mondal	869	0.38
	SUCI(C)	Biplab Dutta	639	0.28
Turnout			230,431	84.59	−2.04
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapas Majumdar of Indian National Congress, the coalition candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Madhyamgram constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rathin Ghosh	110,271	53.09	−4.09
	INC	Tapas Majumdar	74,467	35.85
	BJP	Debasis Mitra	17,148	8.26	+5.20
	NOTA	None of the above	2,932	1.41
	BSP	Himangshu Mondal	2,886	1.39	−1.04
Turnout			207,704	86.63	−2.12
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress, the United Progressive Alliance (India) candidate, defeated his nearest rival Ranjit Choudhury of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Madhyamgram constituency ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rathin Ghosh	99,841	57.18
	AIFB	Ranjit Choudhury	65,173	37.33
	BJP	Bijoy Banerjee	5,350	3.06
	BSP	Jaydeb Biswas	4,236	2.43
Turnout			174,600	88.75
	AITC win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Madhyamgram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.