Rashbehari Assembly constituency

Rashbehari
Constituency No. 160 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Rashbehari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
LS constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Established	1957
Total electors	205,959
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Debasish Kumar
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Rashbehari Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Rashbehari Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

• Ward Nos. 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 and 93 of Kolkata municipal corporation. ^[1]

Rashbehari Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year		Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
	1957	Sunil Das	Praja Socialist Party [2]
	1962	Bejoy Kumar Banerjee	Independent [3] [4] [5]
	1967
	1969
	1971	Lakshmi Kanta Basu	Indian National Congress [6] [7]
	1972
	1977	Ashok Mitra	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
	1982	Hoimi Basu	Indian National Congress [9] [10] [11] [12]
	1987
	1991
	1996
	Bye-election, 1998	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress [12] [13] [14] [15]
	2001
	2006
	2011
	2016
	2021	Debasish Kumar

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rashbehari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Debasish Kumar	65,704	52.79	+8.64
	BJP	Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Subrata Saha	44,290	35.59	+18.63
	INC	Ashutosh Chatterjee	10,314	8.29	−25.30
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,662	1.34	−1.47
	IND	Preetam Kundu	669	0.54
Majority			21,414	17.39
Turnout			1,24,805	60.58
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rashbehari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	60,857	44.15	−21.40
	INC	Ashutosh Chatterjee	46,304	33.59	New
	BJP	Samir Banerjee	23,381	16.96	+13.19
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,872	2.81	New
	SUCI(C)	Swati Ghosh	1,335	0.97
Majority			14,553	10.56	−26.23
Turnout			1,37,857	66.94	−0.72
	AITC hold		Swing	-21.40

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rashbehari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	88,892	65.55
	CPI(M)	Shantanu Basu	38,998	28.76
	BJP	Jiban Kumar Sen	5,108	3.77
	LJP	Mita Biswas	1,059	0.78
Majority			49,894	36.79
Turnout			1,35,603	67.66
	AITC win

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 148. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
3. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 116. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
7. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 160. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.