Santipur | |
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Constituency No. 86 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
LS constituency | Ranaghat |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 255,619 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Santipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of the Santipur community development block. [1]
Santipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]
Election | Name | Party |
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1951 | Sashi Bhusan Khan | Indian National Congress [3] |
1957 | Haridas Dey | Indian National Congress [4] |
1962 | Kanai Pal | Independent [5] |
1967 | K.Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6] |
1969 | M. Mokshed Ali | Revolutionary Communist Party of India [7] |
1971 | Bimalananda Mukherjee | Revolutionary Communist Party of India [8] |
1972 | Asamanja De | Indian National Congress [9] |
1977 | Bimalananda Mukherjee | Independent [10] |
1982 | Revolutionary Communist Party of India [11] | |
1987 | Revolutionary Communist Party of India [12] | |
1991 | Ajoy Dey | Indian National Congress [13] |
1996 | Indian National Congress [14] | |
2001 | Indian National Congress [15] | |
2006 | Indian National Congress [16] | |
2011 | Indian National Congress [17] | |
By-Election, 2014 | All India Trinamool Congress | |
2016 | Arindam Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress [18] |
2021 | Jagannath Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2021 by-election | Braja Kishore Goswami | All India Trinamool Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Braja Kishore Goswami | 112,087 | 54.89 | +12.17 | |
BJP | Niranjan Biswas | 47,412 | 23.22 | −26.72 | |
CPI(M) | Soumen Mahato | 39,958 | 19.57 | +19.57 | |
INC | Raju Pal | 2,877 | 1.41 | −3.07 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,880 | 0.92 | ||
Majority | 64,675 | 31.67 | |||
Turnout | 204,469 | 80.08 | |||
AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Jagannath Sarkar | 1,09,722 | 49.94 | ||
AITC | Ajoy Dey | 93,844 | 42.72 | ||
INC | Riju Ghoshal | 9,848 | 4.48 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,385 | 1.09 | ||
Majority | 15,878 | 7.28 | |||
Turnout | 2,20,238 | 86.16 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and a corporate and International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes [24] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Arindam Bhattacharya | 103,566 | 51.76 | ||
AITC | Ajoy Dey | 84,078 | 42.02 | ||
BJP | Swapan Kumar Dam | 7,495 | 3.75 | ||
Majority | 19,488 | 9.74 | |||
Turnout | 2,00,178 | 88.83 | |||
INC gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
Santipur Assembly constituency is part of Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). Ranaghat went to the polls on May 12, 2014 in phase 5 of the 2014 general election in West Bengal. [26] The result of Santipur in this election is given below. [27]
Party | Candidate | Valid Votes | Votes recorded on Postal Ballot papers | |
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AITC | Tapas Mandal | 69,651 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | Archana Biswas | 52,403 | ||
BJP | Supravat Biswas | 31,070 | ||
INC | Pratap Kanti Ray | 25,885 | ||
Rejected Votes | 0 | |||
NOTA | 2,122 | |||
Tendered Votes | 0 | |||
Majority | 17,248 | |||
Turnout | 186,767 |
A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Ajoy Dey | 71,973 | 38.95 | ||
CPI(M) | Anup Kumar Ghosh | 51,838 | 28.05 | ||
INC | Kumares Chakraborty | 36,645 | 19.83 | ||
BJP | Sufal Sarkar | 24,324 | 13.16 | ||
Majority | 20,135 | 10.90 | |||
Turnout | 1,87,088 | 86.94 | |||
AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Ajoy Dey | 98,902 | 57.77 | +10.09 | |
RCPI | Yar Mullick | 60,744 | 35.48 | −11.18# | |
BJP | Kanoj Biswas | 11,543 | 6.74 | ||
Majority | 38,158 | 22.29 | |||
Turnout | 1,71,255 | 89.83 | |||
INC hold | Swing | +21.27 | |||
.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.
In the 2006, [16] 2001, [15] 1996 [14] and 1991 [13] state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey of Congress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987, [12] 1982 [11] and 1977, [10] Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik of Janata Party in the respective years. [33]
Asamanja De of Congress won in 1972. [9] Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI won in 1971. [8] M. Mokshed Ali of RCPI won in 1969. [7] K.Pal of CPI(M) won in 1967. [6] Kanai Pal, Independent, won in 1962. [5] Haridas Dey of Congress won in 1957. [4] In independent India's first election in 1951, Sashi Bhusan Khan of Congress won the Santipur seat. [3]
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