Nabadwip Assembly constituency

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Nabadwip
Constituency No. 84 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Nabadwip Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency Ranaghat
Established1951
Total electors2,43,159
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Elected year 2021

Nabadwip Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block. [1]

Nabadwip Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1951 Niranjan Modak Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Debi Prasad Basu Communist Party of India
1967 Sachindra Mohan Nandy Indian National Congress
1969
1971 Debi Prasad Basu Communist Party of India
1972 Radha Raman Saha Indian National Congress
1977 Debi Prosad Basu Communist Party of India
1982
1987 Biswanath Mitra
1991
1996
2001 Pundarikakhsa Saha All India Trinamool Congress
2006
2011
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nabadwip [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Pundarikakhsa Saha 102,170 48.52 Decrease2.svg4.58
BJP Siddartha Naskar8359939.70Increase2.svg30.60
CPI(M) Swarnendu Singha185408.80
Turnout
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nabadwip constituency [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Pundarikakhsa Saha 94,11753.45−2.53#
CPI(M) Sumit Biswas71,28240.49−3.64
BJP Pinki Agarwal7,3034.15
CPI(ML)L Parikshit Paul336
Turnout 176,06988.06
AITC hold Swing 1.11

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, [6] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, [7] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996, [8] Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991 [9] and 1987 [10] Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982 [11] and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress. [12] [13]

1951–1972

Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972. [14] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971. [15] Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969 [16] and 1967. [17] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI won in 1962. [18] In 1957 [19] and in independent India's first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat. [20]

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
    2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
    3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Nabadwip. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
    4. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nabadwip. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
    6. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    8. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    9. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    11. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    12. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    13. "77 - Nabadwip Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
    14. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    15. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    16. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    17. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    18. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    19. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
    20. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.