Kamarhati Assembly constituency

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Kamarhati
Constituency No. 112 for the
All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Kamarhati Assembly constituency is a

state of West Bengal
.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 112 Kamarhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 16 and 21 to 35 of Kamarhati municipality.[1]

Kamarhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16

Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Kamarhati Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1969 Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1971 Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972 Pradip Kumar Palit Indian National Congress[5]
1977 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991 Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996 Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
2001 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2006 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011 Madan Mitra
All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2016 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Madan Mitra
All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kamarhati
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
Madan Mitra 73,491 51.17
BJP
Anindya Raju Banerjee 38,235 26.64
CPI(M) Sayandeep Mitra 28,138 19.62
Turnout
AITC gain from CPI(M)
Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kamarhati constituency[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 62,194 45.09 +6.18
AITC
Madan Mitra 57,996 42.04 -15.92
BJP Krishanu Mitra 10,797 +7.83 6.50
NOTA None of the above 2,623 1.90 +1.90
Independent Manas Mukherjee 1,009 0.73
Independent Subhojit Dutta 923 0.67
BSP Rekha Devi 848 0.61
CPI(ML)L
Archana Ghatak 399 0.29
PDS Santanu Chatterjee 352 0.26
Turnout 1,37,943 74.85 -4.59
AITC
Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kamarhati constituency[13][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
Madan Mitra 74,112 57.96 +17.25#
CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 49,758 38.91 -17.49
BJP Shikha Sarkar 1,699 1.33
Independent Sushanta Dey 1,079
CPI(ML)L
Nabendu Dasgupta 739
PDS Tarak Bhadra 479
Turnout 127,866 79.44
AITC gain from CPI(M)
Swing 34.74#

2006

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 71,322
AITC
Subhrangshu Bhattacharya 40,634
INC Sambhu Nath Dutta 10,845
Independent Shambhu Dutta 1981
BSP Ram Bachchan 1679
Turnout 126461
CPIM hold Swing {{{swing}}}

1977-2006

In the

Trinamool Congress in 2006[12] and Chittaranjan Bag of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[11] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Ghatak of CPI(M) had won it in 1996[10] and in 1991[9] defeating his nearest rivals Sambhunath Dutta of Congress in 1996 and Salil Biswas of Congress in 1991. Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1987, 1982, and in 1977defeating Ajoy Ghosal of Congress in 1987,[8] Purnendu Bimal Dutta of Congress in 1982[7] and Jayanta Chandra Sen of Congress in 1977.[6][16]

1967-1972

Pradip Kumar Palit of Congress won in 1972.[5] Radhika Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[4] 1969[3] and in 1967.[2] Prior to that the Kamarhati seat did not exist.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kamarhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kamarhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  16. ^ "136 - Kamarhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.