Naihati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Naihati
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Naihati Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Naihati Naihati (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°54′N88°25′E / 22.900°N 88.417°E / 22.900; 88.417 Coordinates: 22°54′N88°25′E / 22.900°N 88.417°E / 22.900; 88.417
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	104
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	15. Barrackpore
Electorate (year)	152,602 (2011)

Naihati (Vidhan Sabha 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. 104 Naihati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Naihati municipality, and Jethia, Kampa-Chakla, Majhipara–Palasi and Shibdaspur gram panchayats of Barrackpore I community development block. ^[1]

Naihati (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Naihati	Suresh Chandra Pal	Indian National Congress [2]
1957		Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India [3]
1962		Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India [4]
1967		G.Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1971		Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972		Tarapada Mukhopadhyay	Indian National Congress [8]
1977		Gopal Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982		Ajit Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987		Tarun Adhikary	Indian National Congress [11]
1991		Tarun Adhikary	Indian National Congress [12]
1996		Ranjit Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001		Ranjit Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006		Ranjit Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2011		Partha Bhowmick	All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016		Partha Bhowmick	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Partha Bhowmick	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Partha Bhowmick of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ranjit Kundu of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Naihati constituency ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Partha Bhowmick	75,842	57.39	+10.91#
	CPI (M)	Ranjit Kundu	48,012	36.50	-12.50
	BJP	Biswajit Sur	2,821	2.14
	Independent	Saumen Sarkar	1,933
	CPI(ML)L	Subrata Sengupta	1,547
	BSP	Biswajit Sarkar	946
	Independent	Ranjit Paul	78
Turnout			131,522	86.19
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	23.21#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Ranjit Kundu of CPI (M) won the Naihati assembly seat defeating Dhillon Sarkar of Trinamool Congress in 2006, ^[15] Tarun Adhikary of Trinamool Congress in 2001 ^[14] and of Congress in 1996. ^[13] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Tarun Adhikary of Congress won the seat defeating Shyamal Bhattacharjee of JD in 1991 ^[12] and Gopal Basu of CPI (M) in 1987. ^[11] Ajit Basu of CPI (M) won the seat in 1982 ^[10] defeating Ranjit Bhattacharya of Congress. Gopal Basu of CPI (M) won in 1977 defeating Jagadish Chakrabarty of Congress. ^{[9] [18]}

1951–1972

Tarapada Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1972. ^[8] Gopal Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971 ^[7] and 1969. ^[6] G.Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1967. ^[5] Gopal Basu of CPI won in 1962 ^[4] and 1957. ^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Suresh Chandra Pal of Congress won from Naihati. ^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Naihati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
18. "129 – Naihati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.