Raina Assembly constituency explained

Raina
Type:SLA
State:West Bengal
District:Purba Bardhaman
Loksabha Cons:Bardhaman Purba
Constituency No:261
Established:1951
Reservation:SC
Mla:Shampa Dhara
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
Electors:209,643

Raina Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 261 Raina (SC) assembly constituency covers Raina II community development block and Hijalna, Natu, Palsona, Sehara, Narugram, Shyamsundar, and Rayna gram panchayats of Raina I community development block.[1]

Raina assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951RainaMrityunjoy Pramanick and Dasarathi Tah[2]
1957Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray[3]
1962Probodh Kumar Guha[4]
1967Dasarathi Tah[5]
1969Panchu Gopal Guha[6]
1971Gokulananda Roy[7]
1972Sukumar Chattopadhyay[8]
1977Ram Narayan Goswami[9]
1982Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee[10]
1987Dhirendranath Chatterjee[11]
1991Dhirendranath Chatterjee[12]
1996Shyamaprasad Pal[13]
2001Shyamaprasad Pal[14]
2006Swapan Samanta[15] [16]
2011Basudeb Khan[17]
2016Nepal Ghorui[18] [19]
2021Shampa Dhara[20]

Election results

2011

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

1977-2006

Swapan Samanta of CPI(M) won the Raina assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Nityananda Tah of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Shyamaprosad Pal of CPI(M) defeated Arup Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress and Arabinda Bhattacharyya of Congress, in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Dhirendranath Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sunil Das, Uday Sankar Sain and Sukumar Chattopadhyay, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Ram Narayan Goswami of CPI(M) defeated Ajit Krishna Bhattacharya of Congress.[21]

1951-1972

Sukumar Chattopadhyay of Congress won the seat in 1972, and in 1971, it was won by Gokulananda Roy of CPI(M). Panchu Gopal Guha of CPI(M) won it in 1969, and Dasarathi Tah of PSP won it in 1967. Prabodh Kumar Guha of Congress won the seat in 1962. It was a double member seat in 1957 and 1951. In 1957, Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray, both representing PSP, won the seats. In the first state assembly elections after independence in 1951, Dasarathi Tah and Mritunjoy Pramanik, both representing KMPP, won the Raina seats.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2010-08-21 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2011-08-13 .
  2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 219 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf . 18 May 2021. 14 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 218 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 298 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  5. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 329 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  6. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 329 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf . 18 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  7. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 333 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . 18 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  8. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 324 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 354 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  10. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 346 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  11. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 353 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  12. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 363 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf . 18 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  13. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 371 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  14. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 362 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . 18 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  15. Web site: List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006 . Raina. rediff.com . 13 May 2021.
  16. Web site: List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election . Raina. Elections.in . https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm . 18 May 2021. 20 May 2006 .
  17. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Raina. Elections.in . 18 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Raina. 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University . 18 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Raina. Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections . 18 May 2021.
  20. Web site: Raina Election Result 2021 . Times Now News.com . 18 May 2021 .
  21. Web site: 273 – Raina Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. 2010-08-29 .
  22. Web site: Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections . 2010-08-29 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2010-10-05 .

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