Rampurhat Assembly constituency
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Rampurhat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 291 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Rampurhat Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| LS constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 201,049 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rampurhat municipality, Rampurhat I CD Block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block.[1]
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 103,276 | 48.30 |  3.70
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| BJP | Subhasis Choudhury | 94,804 | 44.30 | 31.00
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| CPI(M) | Sanjib Barman | 11,707 | 5.50 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 85,435 | 44.60 |  1.20
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| INC | Syed Siraj Jimmi | 64,236 | 33.50 | 33.50
| |
| BJP | Dudh Kumar Mondal | 25,480 | 13.30 | 2.43
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| AIFB | Mohammad Hannan | 3,613 | 1.90 | 37.65
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| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
editIn the 2011 elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 75,066 | 45.8 | 7.06#
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| AIFB | Rebati Bhattacharya | 64,828 | 39.55 | 2.04
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| BJP | Subhasis Choudhury | 17,815 | 10.87 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kisku | 3,769 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Prodyot Mukherjee | 242 | |||
| Turnout | 163,905 | 86.31 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | -5.56# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.
1977–2006
editIn 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Md. Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Asish Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
1951–1972
editAnanda Gopal Roy of Congress won in 1972. Braja Mohan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sasanka Sekhar Mongal of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Niharika Majumdar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Rampurhat was a joint seat. Gobardhan Das of CPI and Durgapada Das, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Panchanan Let and Srikumar Bandopadhyay, both of Forward Block, won.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Rampurhat". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rampurhat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Rampurhat. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "291 – Rampurhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.