Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Palashipara পলাশীপাড়া
Vidhan Sabha constituency বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
Palashipara Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Palashipara Palashipara (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°47′0″N88°27′0″E / 23.78333°N 88.45000°E / 23.78333; 88.45000 Coordinates: 23°47′0″N88°27′0″E / 23.78333°N 88.45000°E / 23.78333; 88.45000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Constituency No	79
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year)	185,525 (2011) [1] 218,181 (2016) [2] 244,867 (2021) [3] [4]

Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chanderghat and Patharghata II gram panchayats of Tehatta I CD Block, Tehatta II CD Block, and Bikrampur, Bilkumari, Dhananjaypur and Haranagar gram panchayats of Nakashipara CD Block. ^[5]

Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency. ^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [6]
1982	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [7]
1987	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [8]
1991	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [9]
1996	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [10]
2001	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [11]
2006	Biswanath Ghosh	CPI(M) [12]
2011	S.M.Sadi	CPI(M) [13]
2016	Tapas Kumar Saha	AITC [14]
2021	Dr. Manik Bhattacharya	AITC

For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 see Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Palashipara constituency ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Manik Bhattacharya	110274	54.17	+9.18
	CPI (M)	S. M. Sadi	26228	12.88	-29.06
	BJP	Bibhas Chandra Mandal	58938	28.95	+21.27
	SUCI(C)	Maniruzzaman Mondal	1696	0.83	-0.58
	BSP	Ratikanta Thakur	1690	0.83
	Independent	Panchanan Mandal	301	0.15
	Independent	Bijoy Dutta	916	0.45
	Independent	Ramesh Barman	1688	0.83
	NOTA		1654	0.81
Turnout			203652	83.17
	AITC gain from		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Tapas Kumar Saha of AITMC defeated previous M.L.A. S.M. Sadi of CPI(M)

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Palashipara constituency ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Kumar Saha	82,127	44.99
	CPI (M)	S.M. Sadi	76,568	41.94
	BJP	Bibhash Chandra Mandal	14,028	7.68
	SHS	Monoj Roy	3,117	1.71
	SUCI(C)	Batshobha Sekh	2,571	1.41
	BSP	Dwijen Biswas	1,576	0.86
	SDPI	Fajlur Rahaman Sekh	583	0.32
	NOTA		1,990	1.09
Turnout			182,560	83.67
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, S.M.Sadi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee of All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Palashipara constituency ^{[13] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	S.M.Sadi	73,619	46.12	-2.08
	AITC	Prof. Manik Bhattacharya	71,967	45.09	-1.39#
	BJP	Arjun Kumar Biswas	8,145	5.10
	BSP	Rati Kanta Thakur	2,480
	MLKSC	Shahjahan Mollick	1,896
	JD(U)	Jelhak Mahalder	1,513
Turnout			159,620	86.11
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-1.69#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[12] Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Palashipara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC. Contests in most years were multicornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalendu Sanyal (Former Minister of State) of CPI(M) defeated Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC in 2001, ^[11] Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1996 ^[10] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1991. ^[9] Madhabendu Mahanta of CPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra of Congress in 1987, ^[8] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1982 ^[7] and 1977. ^{[6] [18]} Prior to that the constituency did not exist. Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.

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