Tehatta Assembly constituency

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Tehatta
Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Tehatta Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency Krishnanagar
Established1951
Total electors252,454
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block. [1]

Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Raghunandan Biswas INC [2]
1957 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC [3] |
1962 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC [4]
1967 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC [5]
1969Surat Ali Khan INC [6]
1971Madhabendu Mohanta CPI(M) [7]
1972Kartik Chandra Biswas INC [8]
2011 Ranjit Mondal CPI(M) [9]
2016 Gouri Sankar Dutta AITC [10]
2021 Tapas Kumar Saha AITC

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tehatta [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tapas Kumar Saha 97,848 44.86 −4.18
BJP Ashutosh Paul90,93341.69+33.25
CPI(M) Subodh Chandra Biswas23,23910.65−29.65
BSP Tarak Nath Biswas1,8760.86−0.10
NOTA None of the above 1,7360.80+0.07
Independent Rabindranath Halder1,4390.66
Purvanchal MahapanchayetSurya Biswas6380.29
Independent Chiranjit Sardar4000.18
Turnout 218,10989.10+2.77
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tehatta constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta97,61149.04+29.12
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal80,21540.30−2.48
BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas16,8098.44+4.43
BSP Arabinda Biswas1,9180.96
NOTA None of the above 1,4440.73
SUCI(C) Sherful Ansary1,0630.53
Turnout 199,06086.33−2.23
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tehatta constituency [9] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal75,44542.78
IndependentTapas Kumar Saha56,24831.90
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta35,12719.92
BJP Asutosh Paul7,0674.01
BSP Tapan Bala2,458
Turnout 176,34588.56
CPI(M) win (new seat)

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate. [14]

1977-2006

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972. [8] Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971. [7] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969. [6] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967, [5] 1962 [4] and 1957. [3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Tehatta. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tehatta. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  14. ↑ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray on April 23, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
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