| Dhanekhali | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 197 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dhanekhali Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 222,502 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Dhanekhali is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofBengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhaniakhali I, Dhaniakhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur IIgram panchayats ofDhaniakhalicommunity development block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats ofPolba-Dadpur community development block.[1]
Dhanekhali Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 28Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaniakhali | |||
| 1951 | Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Radha Nath Das | ||
| 1957 | D. N. Mukherjee | ||
| 1962 | Birendra Chaudhury | ||
| 1967 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Kashi Nath Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Kashi Nath Patra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Ajit Patra | ||
| Dhanekhali | |||
| 2011 | Ashima Patra | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ashima Patra | 124,776 | 53.36 | −4.18 | |
| BJP | Tusar Kumar Majumdar | 94,617 | 40.46 | +32.96 | |
| INC | Anirban Saha | 9,033 | 3.86 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Sajal Kumar De | 3,230 | 1.20 | +0.39 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,182 | 0.93 | −0.77 | |
| Turnout | 233,838 | 88.96 | +1.82 | ||
| Majority | 30,159 | 12.90 | −14.03 | ||
| Registered electors | 262,855 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asima Patra | 125,298 | 57.54 | +6.36 | |
| AIFB | Pradip Majumdar | 66,654 | 30.61 | −12.28 | |
| BJP | Sasthi Duley | 16,338 | 7.5 | +5.29 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,709 | 1.7 | ||
| Independent | Ashis Halder | 2,558 | 1.17 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Sajal Kumar De | 1,754 | 0.81 | −1.37 | |
| JDP | Pallab Bag | 1,439 | 0.66 | −0.89 | |
| Turnout | 217,750 | 87.14 | −1.14 | ||
| Majority | 58,644 | 26.93 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,49,887 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | 18.64# | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asima Patra | 100,529 | 51.18 | +14.53# | |
| AIFB | Srabani Sarkar | 84,252 | 42.89 | −20.46 | |
| BJP | Kripa Sindhu Roy | 4,334 | 2.21 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Tarun Bauldas | 4,276 | 2.18 | ||
| JDP | Amit Mandal | 3,042 | 1.55 | ||
| Turnout | 196,433 | 88.28 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | 34.99# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Ajit Patra ofForward Bloc won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[6] andCongress in 1996[7] and 1991,[8] and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987,[9] 1982[10] and 1977.[11][12]
Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972.[13] Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[14] Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in1962.[17] In1957[18] Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. Inindependent India's first election in 1951[19] the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.
