Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency

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Rajarhat Gopalpur
Constituency No. 117 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency Dum Dum
Established1962
Total electors239,551
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of South Dum Dum municipality. [1]

Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1962 Pranab Prasad Roy Communist Party of India
1967 S. N. Das Communist Party of India
1969 Rabindranath Mondal
1971 Khagendranath Mondal Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Rabindranath Mondal Communist Party of India
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001 Tanmoy Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Rabindranath Mondal Communist Party of India
2011 Purnendu Basu All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Aditi Munshi

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Rajarhat Gopalpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Aditi Munshi 87,650 49.04 +4.74
BJP Samik Bhattacharya 62,35434.89+22.92
CPI(M) Subhajit Dasgupta24,51113.71−26.40
NOTA None of the above 2,2581.26−1.04
Turnout 178,72369.42
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat Gopalpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Purnendu Bose 72,79344.30−15.46
CPI(M) Nepaldev Bhattacharya 65,91940.11+4.12
BJP Dilip Mitra19,68311.97+9.42
Independent Ranjit Kumar Dutta1,2440.75N/A
Independent Shyamal Mondal8950.54N/A
NOTA None of the above3,7802.30N/A
Majority 6,8744.19−19.58
Turnout 164,314
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Purnendo Bose 89,82959.76
CPI(M) Rabindranath Mondal54,10435.99
BJP Manoranjan Das3,8372.55
IndependentSunil Kumar Paul785
IndependentPurnendu Basu613
IndependentJahar Roy603
IndependentAbhijit Maity538
Majority 35,72523.77
Turnout 150,32778.20
AITC win (new seat)

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections, [5] Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 [6] Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996, [7] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991, [8] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982 [9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977. [10] [11]

1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972 [12] and 1971. [13] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969. [14] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967. [15] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in 1962. [16] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 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 15 October 2010.
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  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rajarhat Gopalpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  5. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. "91 - Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.