| Tehatta | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Tehatta Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 252,454 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
| Party | TBA |
Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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]
| Election Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehatta | |||
| 1951 | Raghunandan Biswas | Indian National Congress [2] | |
| 1957 | Shankardas Bandopadhyay [3] | ||
| 1962 [4] | |||
| 1967 [5] | |||
| 1969 | Surat Ali Khan [6] | ||
| 1971 | Madhabendu Mohanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7] | |
| 1972 | Kartik Chandra Biswas | Indian National Congress [8] | |
| Constituency did not exist between 1977-2006 [a] | |||
| 2011 | Ranjit Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9] | |
| 2016 | Gouri Sankar Dutta | Trinamool Congress [10] | |
| 2021 | Tapas Kumar Saha | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 97,848 | 44.86 | −4.18 | |
| BJP | Ashutosh Paul | 90,933 | 41.69 | +33.25 | |
| CPI(M) | Subodh Chandra Biswas | 23,239 | 10.65 | −29.65 | |
| BSP | Tarak Nath Biswas | 1,876 | 0.86 | −0.10 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,736 | 0.80 | +0.07 | |
| Independent | Rabindranath Halder | 1,439 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | Chiranjit Sardar | 400 | 0.18 | ||
| Turnout | 218,109 | 89.10 | +2.77 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 97,611 | 49.04 | +29.12 | |
| CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 80,215 | 40.30 | −2.48 | |
| BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | 16,809 | 8.44 | +4.43 | |
| BSP | Arabinda Biswas | 1,918 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,444 | 0.73 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Sherful Ansary | 1,063 | 0.53 | ||
| Turnout | 199,060 | 86.33 | −2.23 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 75,445 | 42.78 | ||
| Independent | Tapas Kumar Saha | 56,248 | 31.90 | ||
| AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 35,127 | 19.92 | ||
| BJP | Asutosh Paul | 7,067 | 4.01 | ||
| BSP | Tapan Bala | 2,458 | |||
| Turnout | 176,345 | 88.56 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate. [14]
The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.
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]