Uttarpara Assembly constituency

Uttarpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Uttarpara
Constituency No. 185 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Uttarpara Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
LS constituencySerampore
Established1952
Total electors216,312
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block.[1]

Uttarpara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[2][3][4]
1957
1962
1967 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
1969
1971Santasri Chatterjee
1972
1977
1982
1987
1991
1996Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay
2001Swaraj Mukherjee Trinamool Congress[14]
2003 by-electionJyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16]
2006Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj
2011Anup Ghosal Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Prabir Ghoshal
2021 Kanchan Mullick

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Uttarpara constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Kanchan Mullick 93,878 46.96 +2.07
BJP Prabir Kumar Ghoshal 57,889 28.96 +16.44
CPI(M) Rajat Banerjee 42,718 21.37 -17.18
NOTA None of the above 3,353 1.68 -0.67
CPI(ML) Sourav Roy 1,223 0.61 -0.30
Independent Ranjan Mukherjee 833 0.42
Turnout 1,99,894 76.94 -1.17
TMC hold Swing

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Uttarpara constituency[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Prabir Kumar Ghoshal 84,918 44.89 −14.88
CPI(M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 72,918 38.55 +3.43
BJP Krishna Bhattacharjee 23,687 12.52 +9.00
NOTA None of the above 4,444 2.35
CPI(ML) Swapan Majumdar 1,730 0.91
Independent Suvendu Biswas 1,458 0.77
Turnout 1,89,155 78.11
TMC hold Swing 11.32#

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uttarpara constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Anup Ghosal 104,753 59.77 +11.91
CPI(M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 61,560 35.12 −13.32
BJP Pranab Chakraborty 6,161 3.52
JD(U) Rishikesh Singh 2,794 1.59
Turnout 175,268 81.03
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 25.23#

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of CPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat defeating Sudpita Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta of Congress in 1996.[13] Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kashinath Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.[9][20]

1951-1972

Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969,[6] 1967,[5] 1962,[4] 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "AC By Election: Uttarpara 2003". AC No 292. India Votes. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Uttarpara. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  19. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Uttarpara. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  20. "179 - Uttarpara Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.