| Arambagh | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 200 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Arambagh Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 207,328 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Arambagh Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:Arambagh municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur, Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirolgram panchayats ofArambaghcommunity development block.[1]
Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 29Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Madan Mohan Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| Radha Krishna Pal | Independent politician | ||
| 1957 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Prafulla Chandra Sen (Arambagh East) | ||
| Radha Krishna Pal (Arambagh West) | |||
| 1967 | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Ajoy Kumar Dey | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Abdul Mannan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Benode Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Binoy Dutta | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Krishna Chandra Santra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Madhusudan Bag | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Prafulla Chandra Sen won the Arambagh seat in 1972,[2] 1971[3] and 1969.[4] In a historic contest in 1967[5] Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat toAjay Kumar Mukherjee ofBangla Congress, who became the new Chief Minister, in the firstUnited Front government in the state. The main factor of Sen's defeat was student agitation there. Students under the leadership of Narayan Ch Ghosh had organised farmers, poor people and the middle class against Sen. In1962[6] Arambagh had two seats. Prafulla Chandra Sen of Congress won the Arambagh East seat and Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh West seat. In1957[7] Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh seat. Inindependent India's first general election in 1951[8] Arambagh had twin seats. These were won by Madan Mohan Saha ofCPI and Radha Krishna Pal, Independent.
In the2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Binoy Dutta ofCPI(M) won the Arambagh assembly seat, defeating Bibhabindu Nandi ofTrinamool Congress in 2006,[9] Sk. Hasan Imam of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[10] and Abdus Sukkur ofCongress in 1996.[11] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Benode Das of CPI(M) defeated Jalim Singha Roy of Congress in 1991[12] and Abdul Mannan of Congress in 1987.[13] Abdul Mannan of Congress defeated independent candidate Ranjit Chakraborty in 1982.[14] Ajoy Kumar Dey ofJanata Party defeated Madan Kumar Saha of CPI(M) in 1977.[15][16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Ajoy Kumar Dey | 31,304 | 57.70% | ||
| CPI(M) | Madan Mohan Saha | 13,935 | 25.70% | ||
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 8,440 | 15.60% | ||
| Independent | Sk. Shahabuddin Ahmed | 539 | 1.00% | ||
| Majority | 17,369 | (31.7%) | |||
| Turnout | 54,847 | (58.4%) | |||
| JPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 42,668 | 48.10% | ||
| Independent | Ranjit Chakarborty | 39,925 | 45.10% | ||
| JP | Ajoy Kumar Dey | 6,174 | 1.10% | ||
| Majority | 2,743 | (3.1%) | |||
| Turnout | 89,895 | (77.5%) | |||
| INCgain fromJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Benode Das | 60,097 | 54.80% | ||
| INC | Abdul Mannan | 47,799 | 43.50% | ||
| BJP | Madan Haider | 1,244 | 1.10% | ||
| Independent | Sk. Md.Jikria | 326 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Nikunja Jana | 308 | 0.30% | ||
| Majority | 12.298 | (11.1%) | |||
| Turnout | 1,11,005 | (82.4%) | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Benode Das | 71,681 | 56.00% | ||
| INC | Jalim Singha Roy | 50,404 | 39.40% | ||
| BJP | Prafulla Kumar Mukherjee | 4,688 | 3.70% | ||
| Independent | Sourish Ghosh | 1,181 | 0.90% | ||
| Majority | 21,277 | (16.4%) | |||
| Turnout | 1,29,918 | (81.2%) | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 91,939 | 62.40% | ||
| INC | Abdus Sukur | 47,839 | 32.50% | ||
| BJP | Anath Bandhu Dey | 7,220 | 4.90% | ||
| Independent | Sadananda Pal | 274 | 0.20% | ||
| Majority | 44,100 | (29.40%) | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,080 | (85.3%) | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 127,439 | 79.00 | +16.70 | |
| AITC | Sk. Hasan Imam | 26,963 | 16.70 | +16.70 | |
| BJP | Asit Kumar Kundu | 7,010 | |||
| Majority | 1,00,476 | 62.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,410 | 82.1 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 35.17# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 104,067 | 62.30% | ||
| AITC | Bivabindu Nandi | 50,324 | 30.10% | ||
| INC | Sufal Jana | 12,757 | 7.60% | ||
| Majority | 53,743 | (32.10%) | |||
| Turnout | 1,67,338 | (85.4%) | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Krishna Chandra Santra | 98,011 | 53.40 | ||
| CPI(M) | Asit Malik | 78,448 | 42.70 | ||
| BJP | Sukumar Santra | 7,194 | 3.90 | ||
| Majority | 19,563 | 10.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,83,653 | 88.4% | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Krishna Chandra Santra | 107,579 | 54.90 | ||
| CPI(M) | Asit Malik | 71,122 | 36.30 | ||
| BJP | Murari Bera | 17,261 | 8.80 | ||
| Majority | 36,457 | 18.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,95,962 | 86.1% | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+LF vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Madhusudan Bag | 103,108 | 46.88 | ||
| AITC | Sujata Mondal Khan | 95,936 | 43.62 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 14,965 | 6.8 | ||
| Majority | 7,172 | 3.26 | |||
| Turnout | 2,19,960 | 84.98 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
