Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Constituency No. 89 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
LS constituency	Ranaghat
Established	1951
Total electors	264,929
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashim Biswas
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Ranaghat Uttar Purba is an assembly 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. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Aranghata, Bahirgachhi, Dutta Fulia, Jugalkishore, Kamalpur and Raghunathpur Hijuli II gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, and Bagula I, Bagula II, Mamjoan, Ramnagar Bara Chupria I and Ramnagar Bara Chupria II gram panchayats of Hanskhali community development block. ^[1]

Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) 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 Purba	Samir Kumar Poddar	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2016	Ranaghat Uttar Purba	Samir Kumar Poddar	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Ranaghat Uttar Purba	Ashim Biswas (politician)	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Uttar Purba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashim Biswas	116,786	54.39
	AITC	Samir Kumar Poddar	85,004	39.59
	ISF	Dinesh Chandra Biswas	5,204	2.42
	NOTA	None of the above	2,359	1.10
	BSP	Sanjit Kumar Mandal	2,117	0.99
	Independent	Apurba Lal Roy	1,228	0.57
	Independent	Kamal Sarkar	1,065	0.50
	BMP	Samir Kumar Biswas	488	0.23
	Purvanchal Mahapanchayet	Swadhin Biswas	485	0.23
Turnout			214,736	81.05
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Babusona Sarkar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Poddar	93,215	48.13	-6.90
	CPI(M)	Babusona Sarkar	78,243	40.40	+3.66
	BJP	Nikhil Ranjan Sarkar	15,467	7.99	+4.33
	BSP	Pradip Kumar Sarkar	2,301	1.19	-1.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1,642	0.85	+0.85
Turnout			1,93,678	81.10	-3.84
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Archana Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Poddar	93,836	55.03	+11.72
	CPI(M)	Archana Biswas	62,644	36.74	-11.12
	BJP	Basudev Majumdar	6,243	3.66
	BSP	Nanigopal Roy	4,578	2.68
	Independent	Subhas Chandra Sarkar	1,967
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Anuva Sikder (Mallick)	1,237
Turnout			170,505	84.94
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+22.84

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the now defunct Hanskhali 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] [19]}

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] [20]}

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 won the Ranaghat seat.

References

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