Santipur Assembly constituency explained

Santipur
Type:SLA
Mla:Braja Kishore Goswami
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Nadia
Loksabha Cons:Ranaghat
Constituency No:86
Established:1951
Electors:255,619
Reservation:None

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of the Santipur community development block.[1]

Santipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
1951Sashi Bhusan KhanIndian National Congress[3]
1957Haridas DeyIndian National Congress[4]
1962Kanai PalIndependent[5]
1967K.PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1969M. Mokshed AliRevolutionary Communist Party of India[7]
1971Bimalananda MukherjeeRevolutionary Communist Party of India[8]
1972Asamanja DeIndian National Congress[9]
1977Bimalananda MukherjeeIndependent[10]
1982Revolutionary Communist Party of India[11]
1987Revolutionary Communist Party of India[12]
1991Ajoy DeyIndian National Congress[13]
1996Indian National Congress[14]
2001Indian National Congress[15]
2006Indian National Congress[16]
2011Indian National Congress[17]
By-Election, 2014All India Trinamool Congress
2016Arindam BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[18]
2021Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
2021 by-election Braja Kishore GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2016

In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and a corporate and International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes[19] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.

2014 General election

Santipur Assembly constituency is part of Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). Ranaghat went to the polls on May 12, 2014 in phase 5 of the 2014 general election in West Bengal.[20] The result of Santipur in this election is given below.[21]

! colspan="2" |Party!Candidate!Valid Votes!Votes recorded on Postal Ballot papers|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|-| | style="text-align:left;" |AITC| style="text-align:left;" |Tapas Mandal|69,651| rowspan="7" |N/A|-| | style="text-align:left;" |CPI(M)| style="text-align:left;" |Archana Biswas|52,403|-| | style="text-align:left;" |BJP| style="text-align:left;" |Supravat Biswas|31,070|-| | style="text-align:left;" |INC| style="text-align:left;" |Pratap Kanti Ray|25,885|-| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Rejected Votes|0|-| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |NOTA|2,122|-| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Tendered Votes|0|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" |Majority| colspan="2" |17,248|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" |Turnout| colspan="2" |186,767|-|}

2014 By-election

A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.

2011

In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.

.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006,[16] 2001,[15] 1996[14] and 1991[13] state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey of Congress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987,[12] 1982[11] and 1977,[10] Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik of Janata Party in the respective years.[22]

1951–1972

Asamanja De of Congress won in 1972.[9] Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI won in 1971.[8] M. Mokshed Ali of RCPI won in 1969.[7] K.Pal of CPI(M) won in 1967.[6] Kanai Pal, Independent, won in 1962.[5] Haridas Dey of Congress won in 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951, Sashi Bhusan Khan of Congress won the Santipur seat.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2010-08-21 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2010-09-18 .
  2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 1 October 2010 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India .
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  16. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  17. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 2 August 2014.
  18. Web site: General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 12 October 2016.
  19. Web site: 16 April 2021. শান্তিপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, অতীতের ফলাফল - একনজরে সব তথ্য. Hindustan Times Bangla. bn. 7 November 2021.
  20. Web site: Phase wise schedule. Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. 2021-11-15.
  21. Web site: 13-RANAGHAT (SC). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. 2021-11-15.
  22. Web site: 78 - Santipur Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 5 October 2010.