Palashipara Assembly constituency

Palashipara
Constituency No. 79 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Palashipara Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
LS constituency	Krishnanagar
Established	1977
Total electors	244,867
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manik Bhattacharya
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Palashipara Assembly 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 Assembly 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. ^[1]

Palashipara Assembly constituency is part of 12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [2]
1982	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [3]
1987	Madhabendu Mahanta	CPI(M) [4]
1991	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [5]
1996	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [6]
2001	Kamalendu Sanyal	CPI(M) [7]
2006	Biswanath Ghosh	CPI(M) [8]
2011	S. M. Saadi	CPI(M) [9]
2016	Tapas Kumar Saha	AITC [10]
2021	Dr. Manik Bhattacharya	AITC

For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 see Tehatta Assembly constituency

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Palashipara constituency ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Manik Bhattacharya	110,274	54.17	+9.18
	BJP	Bibhas Chandra Mandal	58938	28.95	+21.27
	CPI(M)	S. M. Saadi	26228	12.88	−29.06
	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 hold		Swing

2016

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Palashipara constituency ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Kumar Saha	82,122	44.99
	CPI(M)	S. M. Saadi	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. Saadi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee of All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Palashipara constituency ^{[9] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. M. Saadi	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, ^[8] 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, ^[7] Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1996 ^[6] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1991. ^[5] Madhabendu Mahanta of CPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra of Congress in 1987, ^[4] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1982 ^[3] and 1977. ^{[2] [14]} Prior to that the constituency did not exist. Tehatta Assembly constituency existed in the area.

References

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4. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Palashipara. Election Commission of India.
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13. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Palashipara. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
14. "70 – Palashipara Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.