Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency

Rajarhat New Town
Rajarhat New Town
Constituency No. 115 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat New Town Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Barasat
Established	1962
Total electors	183,790
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tapash Chatterjee
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 115 Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1–5,12-14,20-21 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 1-6 & 10-13 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward 27 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation(formerly Mahisbathan–II gram panchayat of Rajarhat CD Block) and remaining Rajarhat CD Block^[1]

Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] Rajarhat (SC) was part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Rajarhat	Pranab Prasad Roy	Communist Party of India^[3]
1967		S.N.Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[4]
1969		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[5]
1971		Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress^[6]
1972		Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress^[7]
1977		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
1982		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]
1987		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[10]
1991		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[11]
1996		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[12]
2001		Tanmoy Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress^[13]
2006		Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[14]
2011	Rajarhat New Town	Sabyasachi Dutta	All India Trinamool Congress^[15]
2016	Rajarhat New Town	Sabyasachi Dutta	All India Trinamool Congress (later Bharatiya Janata Party)
2021	Rajarhat New Town	Tapash Chatterjee	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapash Chatterjee	127,374	54.22	+8.62
	BJP	Bhaskar Roy	70,942	30.20	+23.22
	CPI(M)	Saptarshi Deb	31,543	13.43	−27.53
	NOTA	None of the above	2,032	0.87	−0.30
	Independent	Subhendu Ghosh	1,313	0.56
	BSP	Bhaskar Roy	1,137	0.48	−0.52
	Independent	Subir Samaddar	565	0.24
Majority			56,432	24.02	+17.40
Turnout			234,906
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabyasachi Dutta	90,671	45.58	−3.65
	CPI(M)	Narendranath Chatterjee	81,478	40.96	−3.54
	BJP	Nupur Ghosh	17,877	8.98	+6.65
	WPOI	Sheikh Md. Salim	3,087	1.55
	BSP	Bhaskar Roy	1,998	1.00
	Independent	Samir Sardar	1,447	0.72
	NOTA	None of the above	2,332	1.17
Majority			8,923	4.62	−0.11
Turnout			198,890	84.29	−4.95
Registered electors			235,946
	AITC hold		Swing	-0.06

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabyasachi Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapash Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat New Town constituency^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sabyasachi Dutta	80,738	49.23	+1.83#
	CPI(M)	Tapash Chatterjee	72,991	44.50	−5.76
	BJP	Priyalal Dutta	3,827	2.33
	IUML	Md. Salim Makkar	1,474
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Paul	1,159
	Independent	Himangsu Mallick	1,093
	Independent	Gopal Chakraborty	881
	BSP	Basudeb Naskar	834
	Independent	Kashem Gazi	665
	Independent	Atin Kumar Roy	34
Turnout			164,000	89.24
	AITC win (new seat)

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

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[14] Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001^[13] Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996,^[12] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,^[11] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987,^[10] Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982^[9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.^[8]^[17]

1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972^[7] and 1971.^[6] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.^[5] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.^[4] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI won in 1962.^[3] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat was not there.

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rajarhat New Town. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "91 – Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[vidhansabha1962-3] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-4] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-5] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-6] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1972-7] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-8] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-9] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-10] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-11] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-12] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-13] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-14] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-15] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[16] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rajarhat New Town. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[17] "91 – Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

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