Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
Constituency No. 87 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
LS constituency	Ranaghat
Established	1951
Total electors	265,846
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Parthasarathi Chatterjee
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Ranaghat Uttar Paschim 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. 87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ranaghat municipality, Taherpur notified area, Birnagar municipality, and Ramnagar I, Barasat, Kalinarayanpur-Paharpur and Khisma gram panchayats of Ranaghat I community development block, and Arbandi I and Arbandi II gram panchayats of Santipur community development block, and Fulia Township. ^[1]

Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[1] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Ranaghat	Bijoy Krishna Sarkar	Indian National Congress [3]
		Keshab Chandra Mitra	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Benoy Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [4]
1962		Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India [5]
1967	Ranaghat East	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [6]
	Ranaghat West	Benoy Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress [6]
1969	Ranaghat East	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [7]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1971	Ranaghat East	Naresh Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972	Ranaghat East	Nitaipada Sarkar	Communist Party of India [9]
	Ranaghat West	Naresh Chandra Chaki	Indian National Congress [9]
1977	Ranaghat East	Satish Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982	Ranaghat East	Satish Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1987	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
	Ranaghat West	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
	Ranaghat West	Subhaas Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996	Ranaghat East	Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
	Ranaghat West	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress [14]
2001	Ranaghat East	Asim Bala	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
	Ranaghat West	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress [15]
2006	Ranaghat East	Debendra Nath Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
	Ranaghat West	Aloke Kumar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2011	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim	Partha Sarathi Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2016	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress
2021	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim	Parthasarathi Chatterjee	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Uttar Paschim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parthasarathi Chatterjee	112,413	50.94	+46.00%
	AITC	Shankar Singha	89,503	40.55	–13.86%
	INC	Bijoyendu Biswas	10,134	4.59	–49.46%
	BSP	Amal Sarkar	1299	0.58	–1.63%
Turnout			213,349
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Sankar Singha of Congress defeated his nearest rival Parthasarathi Chatterjee of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Uttar Paschim constituency ^{[17] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shankar Singha	101,608	54.41	+7.88#
	AITC	Parthasarathi Chatterjee	81,395	54.41	+7.88#
	CPI(M)	Meena Bhattacharya	14,051	39.74	-10.59#
	BJP	Anal Biswas (Politician)	10225	4.94
	BSP	Sulata Roy (Pramanik)	4,122	2.21
Turnout			186,337	88.38
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+18.47#

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

2011

In the 2011 election, Partha Sarathi Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meena Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Uttar Paschim constituency ^{[17] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Parthasarathi Chatterjee	101,395	54.41	+7.88#
	CPI(M)	Meena Bhattacharya	74,051	39.74	-10.59#
	BJP	Megh Lal Karmaker	6,769	3.63
	BSP	Sulata Roy (Pramanik)	4,122	2.21
Turnout			186,337	88.38
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+18.47#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat East 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, ^[16] Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the 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. ^[15] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996 ^[14] and 1991, ^[13] and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987. ^[12] Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982 ^[11] and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977. ^{[10] [21]}

Ranaghat West

In the 2006 ^[16] 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 ^[15] and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996. ^[14] Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991. ^[13] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987, ^[12] Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982, ^[11] and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977. ^{[10] [22]}

1967-1972

Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972. ^[9] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[8] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969 ^[7] and 1967. ^[6]

Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972. ^[9] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971 ^[8] and 1969. ^[7] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967. ^[6]

1951-1962 Ranaghat

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962. ^[5] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957. ^[4] In independent India's first election in 1951, ^[3] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra, both of Congress, won the Ranaghat seat.

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