Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Rajarhat New Town
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rajarhat New Town Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Rajarhat New Town Rajarhat New Town (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°37′0″N88°31′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.51667°E / 22.61667; 88.51667 Coordinates: 22°37′0″N88°31′0″E / 22.61667°N 88.51667°E / 22.61667; 88.51667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	115
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	17. Barasat
Electorate (year)	183,790 (2011)

Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Up to 2011 there was one constituency, Rajarhat (SC), covering the area. From 2011 there are two constituencies – Rajarhat Gopalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 115 Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1-5,12-14,20-21 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 1-6 & 10-13 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward 27 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation(formerly Mahisbathan–II gram panchayat of Rajarhat CD Block) and remaining Rajarhat CD Block ^[1]

Rajarhat New Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1] Rajarhat (SC) was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Rajarhat	Pranab Prasad Roy	Communist Party of India [3]
1967		S.N.Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1969		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1971		Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress [6]
1972		Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress [7]
1977		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001		Tanmoy Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [13]
2006		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011	Rajarhat New Town	Sabyasachi Dutta	All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2016	Rajarhat New Town	Badal Mistry	All India Trinamool Congress (later Bharatiya Janata Party)
2021	Rajarhat New Town	Tapash Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapash Chatterjee	127,374	54.22	+8.62
	BJP	Bhaskar Roy	70,942	30.20	+23.22
	CPI(M)	Saptarshi Deb	31,543	13.43	-27.53
	NOTA	None of the above	2,032	0.87	-0.30
	Independent	Subhendu Ghosh	1,313	0.56
	BSP	Bhaskar Roy	1,137	0.48	-0.52
	Independent	Subir Samaddar	565	0.24
Majority			56,432	24.02	+17.40
Turnout			234,906
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabyasachi Dutta	90,671	45.58	-3.65
	CPI(M)	Narendranath Chatterjee	81,478	40.96	-3.54
	BJP	Nupur Ghosh	17,877	8.98	+6.65
	WPOI	Sheikh Md. Salim	3,087	1.55
	BSP	Bhaskar Roy	1,998	1.00
	Independent	Samir Sardar	1,447	0.72
	NOTA	None of the above	2,332	1.17
Majority			8,923	4.62	-0.11
Turnout			198,890	84.29	-4.95
Registered electors			235,946
	AITC hold		Swing	-0.06

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabyasachi Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapash Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat New Town constituency ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabyasachi Dutta	80,738	49.23	+1.83#
	CPI(M)	Tapash Chatterjee	72,991	44.50	-5.76
	BJP	Priyalal Dutta	3,827	2.33
	IUML	Md. Salim Makkar	1,474
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Paul	1,159
	Independent	Himangsu Mallick	1,093
	Independent	Gopal Chakraborty	881
	BSP	Basudeb Naskar	834
	Independent	Kashem Gazi	665
	Independent	Atin Kumar Roy	34
Turnout			164,000	89.24
	AITC win (new seat)

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

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[14] 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 ^[13] 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, ^[12] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991, ^[11] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, ^[10] Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982 ^[9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977. ^{[8] [17]}

1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972 ^[7] and 1971. ^[6] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969. ^[5] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967. ^[4] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI won in 1962. ^[3] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat was not there.

References

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14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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