Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency

Magrahat Purba
Constituency No. 141 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Magrahat Purba Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar
Established	1951
Total electors	242,395
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Namita Saha
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

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

• Magrahat II community development block

Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Magrahat
1952	Abdul Hashem		Indian National Congress
	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
1957	Abdul Hashem
	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar
Magrahat Purba
1962	Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar		Indian National Congress
1967	Radhika Ranjan Pramanik		Communist Party of India
1969
1971
1972	Manoranjan Halder		Indian National Congress
1977	Radhika Ranjan Pramanik		Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991	Nirmal Sinha
1996
2001	Bansari Mohan Kanji
2006
2011	Namita Saha		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Magrahat Purba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Namita Saha	110,945	54.00
	BJP	Chandan Kumar Naskar	56,866	28.00
	CPI(M)	Chandan Saha	33,822	16.00
		None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates	~4,500	2.80
Majority			54,079
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Namita Saha	75,217	50.30	+2.68
	CPI(M)	Chandan Saha	66,414	44.41	−5.87
	BJP	Ratan Kumar Sardar	4,476
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Taranga Mondal	2,621
	Independent	Swapan Mondal	1,419
	Independent	Namita Mistri	640
	IJP	Alok Kumar Halder	610
Turnout			149,542	84.24
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	8.55

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 ^[4] and 2001, ^[5] Bansari Mohan Kanji of CPI(M) won the Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Namita Saha of AITC. Nirmal Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Namita Saha of INC in 1996 ^[6] and 1991. ^[7] Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Manoranjan Halder of INC in 1987, ^[8] Nirmal Kanti Mondal of INC in 1982 ^[9] and Manoranjan Halder of INC in 1977. ^{[10] [11]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Manoranjan Halder of INC won in 1972. ^[12] Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[13] 1969 ^[14] and 1967. ^[15] Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of INC won in 1962. ^[16] In 1957 and 1952, Magrahat Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957, ^[17] Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, won. In 1952, Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, won. ^[18]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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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.