| Falta | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 144 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Falta Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 236,667 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Falta Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Falta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Falta Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jyotish Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | Khagendra Nath Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Jyotish Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Mohini Mohan Parui | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Nimai Chandra Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Arati Dasgupta | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Sudhir Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Tamonash Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Chandana Ghosh Dastidar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Tamonash Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Shankar Kumar Naskar | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shankar Kumar Naskar | 117,179 | 56.35 |  6.2 | |
| BJP | Bidhan Parui | 76,405 | 36.75 | 28.37 | |
| INC | Abdur Razzak Molla | 7,452 | 3.58 | New | |
| Independent | Mohammad Raquibul Hasan | 1,677 | 0.81 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,185 | 0.57 |  0.39 | |
| Majority | 40,774 | 19.6 | 7.07 | ||
| Turnout | 2,07,932 | 87.82 | 0.8 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tamonash Ghosh | 94,381 | 50.15 | 5.46 | |
| CPI(M) | Bidhan Parui | 70,801 | 37.62 | 0.3 | |
| BJP | Amarendra Nath Mukherjee | 15,763 | 8.38 | 4.93 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,813 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 23,580 | 12.53 | 5.16 | ||
| Turnout | 1,88,183 | 88.62 | 2.98 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tamonash Ghosh | 86,966 | 55.61 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ardhendu Shekhar Bindu | 59,295 | 37.92 | ||
| BJP | Ajit Kumar Haldar | 5,389 | 3.45 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Dalui | 2,886 | 1.85 | ||
| BSP | Chittaranjan Malik | 1,839 | 1.18 | ||
| Majority | 27,671 | 17.69 | |||
| Turnout | 1,56,375 | 85.64 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 9.22 | |||
In 2006,[4] Chandana Ghosh Dastidar ofCPI(M) won the Falta Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Tamonash Ghosh ofAITC. Tamonash Ghosh ofAITC defeated Malina Mistry ofCPI(M) in 2001.[5] Sudhir Bhattacharya ofINC defeated Arati Dasgupta ofCPI(M) in 1996.[6] Arati Dasgupta ofCPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya ofINC in 1991[7] and Dinabandhu Halder ofINC in 1987.[8] Nimai Chandra Das ofCPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali ofINC in 1982[9] and Mohini Mohan Parui ofINC in 1977.[10][11]
Mohini Mohan Parui ofINC won in 1972.[12] Jyotish Chandra Roy ofCPI(M) won in 1971,[13] 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Khagendra Nath Das ofINC won in 1962[16] and 1957.[17] Jyotish Chandra Roy ofCPI won in 1952.[18]
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