Sagardighi Assembly constituency

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Sagardighi
Constituency No. 60 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Sagardighi Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
LS constituency Jangipur
Established1951
Total electors236,885
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2023

Sagardighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 60 Sagardighi Assembly constituency covers Sagardighi community development block. [1]

Sagadighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNamePartyRef.
1951 Shyamapada Bhattacharya Indian National Congress [2]
Kuber Chand Halder
1957 Shyamapada Bhattacharya [3]
Kuber Chand Halder
1962 Ambika Chanran Das [4]
1967 [5]
1969 Kuber Chand Halder Bangla Congress [6]
1971 Atul Chandra Sarkar Indian National Congress [7]
1972 Nrisinha Kumar Mandal [8]
1977 Hazari Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 [10]
1987 Paresh Nath Das [11]
1991 [12]
1996 [13]
2001 [14]
2006 Parikhit Let [15]
2011 Subrata Saha All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2016
2021
^2023 Bayron Biswas Switched from INC to AITC [17]

^ denotes by election.

Election results

2023 by-election

By-poll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA Subrata Saha of All India Trinamool Congress Bayron Biswas Of All India Trinamool Congress (formely Indian National Congress) won .

2023 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Sagardighi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Bayron Biswas 87,667 47.35 +27.90
AITC Debasish Bandopadhyay64,68134.94-16.01
BJP Dilip Saha25,81513.94-10.14
NOTA None of the above 1,3370.72-0.19
Majority22,986
Turnout 1,85,14273.49
AITC hold Swing

2021

West Bengal assembly elections,2021: Sagardighi constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Subrata Saha 95,18950.95
BJP Mafuja Khatun 44,98324.08
INC SK M Hasanuzzaman36,34419.45
AIMIM Nure Mahaboob Alam3,4501.85
NOTA None of the above 1.7050.91
Majority50,206
Turnout 1,86,81678.86
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Aminul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sagardighi constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Subrata Saha 44,81726.23-11.79
INC Aminul Islam39,60323.18
CPI(M) Rajab Ali Mallick39,38523.05-11.80
Independent Samsul Hoda31,92018.68
BJP Debsharan Ghosh7,3584.31+1.38
SDPI Badrul Sekh2,7251.59-2.72
NOTA None of the above 1,9691.15
Independent Kanika Chakroborty (Das)1,6720.98
SUCI(C) Mirza Lutful Hoque1,4160.83
Turnout 170,86582.92-2.67
AITC hold Swing

Samsul Hoda, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

2011

In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sagardighi constituency [16] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Subrata Saha 54,70838.02-8.01#
CPI(M) Ismail Sekh50,13434.85-13.77
IndependentAminul Islam22,40215.57
SDPI Badrul Sekh6,1984.31
BJP Shekharendu Das4,2202.93
IndependentDaud Mondal2,934
IndependentNaru Gopal Saha2,037
BSP Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay1,243
Turnout 143,87685.59
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +5.56#

Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him. [19]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, [15] Parikshit Let of CPI(M) won the Sagardighi (SC) assembly seat defeating Rajesh Kumar Bhakat of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Paresh Nath Das of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Bhakat representing Trinamool Congress in 2001, [14] Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1996, [13] 1991 [12] and 1987. [11] Hazari Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1982 [10] and Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress in 1977. [9] [20]

1951–1972

Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress won in 1972. [8] Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress won in 1971. [7] Kuber Chand Haldar of Bangla Congress won in 1969. [6] Ambika Charan Das of Congress won in 1967 [5] and 1962. [4] In 1957 [3] Sagadigighi constituency was not there. Jangipur was a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951 [2] Sagardighi was a joint seat. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.

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