Tarakeswar Assembly constituency

Tarakeswar
Constituency No. 198 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Tarakeswar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Arambagh
Established	1951
Total electors	221,972
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramendu Sinharay
Party	AITC
Alliance	AITC +
Elected year	2021

Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 198 Tarakeswar Assembly constituency, also spelt Tarakeshwar, is composed of the following: Tarakeswar Municipality, Tarakeswar community development block, and Bhanderhati I, Bhanderhati II, Gopinathpur I, Gopinathpur II and Perambua Sahabazar gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block. ^[1]

Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency (SC). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Parbati Charan Hazra		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Ram Chatterjee		Marxist Forward Bloc
1969
1971
1972	Balai Lal Sheth		Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Chatterjee		Marxist Forward Bloc
1982
1987	Santi Chatterjee
1991
1996	Pratim Chatterjee
2001
2006
2011	Rachhpal Singh		Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Ramendu Sinharay

• In some years Marxist Forward Bloc candidates ran on Independent or CPI(M) tickets.

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	LF
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ramendu Sinharay	96,698	46.96	3.79
	BJP	Swapan Dasgupta	89,214	43.33	33.97
	CPI(M)	Surajit Ghosh	14,595	7.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,752	1.34	0.73
	RPI(A)	Sanju Chakraborty	1,697	0.82
	Independent	Sukumar Khanra	961	0.47
Majority			7,484	3.63	10.77
Turnout			2,05,917	85.86	0.76
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rachhpal Singh	97,588	50.75	4.35
	NCP	Surajit Ghosh	69,898	36.35
	BJP	Jagannath Das	17,989	9.36	6.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,983	2.07
	JDP	Palash Hansda	2,818	1.47	0.23
Majority			27,690	14.40	0.06
Turnout			1,92,276	86.62	2.59
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rachhpal Singh	97,022	55.10
	CPI(M)	Pratim Chatterjee	71,550	40.64
	BJP	Ganesh Chakraborty	4,504	2.56	32.04
	JDP	Palash Hansda	2,996	1.70
Majority			25,472	14.46	9.04
Turnout			1,76,072	89.21	1.61
	AITC gain from MFB		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	74,849	58.10	3.55
	BJP	Krishna Bhattacharjee	44,578	34.60	24.80
	INC	Ajit Kumar Ghosh	9,400	7.30
Majority			30,271	23.50	0.7
Turnout			1,28,827	87.60	4.56
	MFB hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	69,186	54.55
	INC	Mohan Ghosh	40,274	31.75
	BJP	Rakhal Chandra Das	12,434	9.80
	Independent	Debasish Chatterjee	3,325	2.62
	Independent	Prabir Pal	1,615	1.27
Majority			28,912	22.80
Turnout			1,26,834	83.04
	MFB hold		Swing

1977-2006

Tarakeswar has been a base of Marxist Forward Bloc but officially their candidates are often shown as Independent. In 1996, the candidate was shown as belonging to CPI(M). In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Pratim Chatterjee, Independent/ CPI(M), won the 185 Tarakeswar assembly seat defeating Krishna Bhattacharjee of BJP in 2006, ^[5] Mohan Ghosh of Congress in 2001 ^[6] and Ajit Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1996. ^[7] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Balailal Sheth of Congress in 1991 ^[8] and 1987. ^[9] Ram Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Bimal Kanti Ghosh of ICS in 1982. ^[10] and Ajit Bose Mullik of Janata Party in 1977. ^[11]

1951-1972

Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972. ^[12] Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971, ^[13] 1969 ^[14] and 1967. ^[15] Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in 1962, ^[16] 1957 ^[17] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[18]

References

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