Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Dakshin
Constituency No. 90 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
LS constituency	Ranaghat
Established	1951
Total electors	285,180
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mukut Mani Adhikari [1]
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Ranaghat Dakshin is a Vidhan Sabha constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 90 Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Anishmali, Baidyapur I, Baidyapur II, Debagram, Majher Gram, Nokari, Raghunathpur Hijuli I and Shyamnagar gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, Anulia, Habibpur, Nawpara Masunda, Payradanga, Ramnagar II and Tarapur gram panchayats of Ranaghat I community development block and Cooper's Camp notified area. ^[2]

Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[2] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Ranaghat	Bijoy Krishna Sarkar	Indian National Congress [4]
		Keshab Chandra Mitra	Indian National Congress [4]
1957		Benoy Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [5]
1962		Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India [6]
1967	Ranaghat East	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [7]
	Ranaghat West	Benoy Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [7]
1969	Ranaghat East	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [8]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1971	Ranaghat East	Naresh Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1972	Ranaghat East	Nitaipada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [10]
	Ranaghat West	Naresh Chandra Chaki	Indian National Congress [10]
1977	Ranaghat East	Satish Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982	Ranaghat East	Satish Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1987	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
	Ranaghat West	Subhaas Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1996	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
	Ranaghat West	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress [15]
2001	Ranaghat East	Asim Bala	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
	Ranaghat West	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress [16]
2006	Ranaghat East	Debendra Nath Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
	Ranaghat West	Aloke Kumar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2011	Ranaghat Dakshin	Abir Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2016	Ranaghat Dakshin	Rama Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Ranaghat Dakshin	Mukut Mani Adhikari	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Dakshin ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mukut Mani Adhikari	119,260	49.34
	AITC	Barnali Dey Roy	102,745	42.51
	CPI(M)	Rama Biswas	15,124	6.26
	BSP	Prasanta Biswas	1,666	0.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,577	0.65
Majority			16,515	6.83
Turnout			241,687	84.75
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Rama Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Abir Ranjan Biswas of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency ^{[18] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rama Biswas	104,159	47.51	+6.38
	AITC	Abir Ranjan Biswas	86,906	39.64	-11.59
	BJP	Susmit Ranjan Haldar	18,114	8.26	+3.66
	NOTA	None of the above	3,640	1.66	+1.66
	BSP	Prashanta Biswas	2,407	1.10	-0.42
Turnout			2,19,215	85.03	-2.52
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing	-1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

2011

In the 2011 election, Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Aloke Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency ^{[18] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abir Ranjan Biswas	99,432	51.23	-2.65
	CPI(M)	Aloke Das	79,824	41.13	-1.45
	BJP	Benoy Bhusan Roy	8,934	4.60
	BSP	Prashanta Biswas	2,951
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Chaitanya Barai	2,942
Turnout			194,083	87.55
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

1977-2006

Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Ranaghat East

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[17] Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the 80 Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001. ^[16] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996 ^[15] and 1991, ^[14] and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987. ^[13] Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982 ^[12] and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977. ^{[11] [23]}

Ranaghat West

In the 2006 ^[17] state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha of Congress. Shankar Singha of Congress defeated Jyotirmoyee Sikdar in 2001 ^[16] and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[15] Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991. ^[14] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987, ^[13] Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982, ^[12] and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977. ^{[11] [24]}

1967-1972

Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972. ^[10] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[9] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969 ^[8] and 1967. ^[7]

Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972. ^[10] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971 ^[9] and 1969. ^[8] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. ^[7]

1951-1962 Ranaghat

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962. ^[6] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957. ^[5] In independent India's first election in 1951, ^[4] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

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