| Jagatdal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 106 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Jagatdal Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 172,294 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Jagatdal Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 106 Jagatdal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 18 to 35 ofBhatpara Municipality, and Kogachi I, Kogachi II, Mamudpur, Panpur Keutiagram panchayats ofBarrackpore Icommunity development block.[1]
Jagatdal Assembly constituency is part of No. 15Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Jagatdal | Nihar Basu | All India Forward Bloc[2] |
| 1982 | Nihar Basu | All India Forward Bloc[3] | |
| 1987 | Nihar Basu | All India Forward Bloc[4] | |
| 1991 | Nihar Basu | All India Forward Bloc[5] | |
| 1996 | Anay Gopal Sinha | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| 2001 | Haripada Biswas | All India Forward Bloc[7] | |
| 2006 | Haripada Biswas | All India Forward Bloc[8] | |
| 2011 | Parash Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress[9] | |
| 2016 | Parash Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Somenath Shyam Ichini | All India Trinamool Congress[10] |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Somnath Shyam | 87,030 | 48.00 | ||
| BJP | Arindam Bhattacharya | 68,666 | 38.00 | ||
| AIFB | Nemai Saha | 16,748 | 9.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,568 | 1.00 | ||
| Independent | Suvamay Pan | 1,522 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 18,364 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Haripada Biswas of Forward Bloc.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Parash Dutta | 86,388 | 58.80 | ||
| AIFB | Haripada Biswas | 50,356 | 34.28 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Mitra | 4,276 | 2.91 | ||
| BSP | Bimal Krishna Ray | 2,657 | |||
| Independent | Mukul Sarkar | 1,342 | |||
| Independent | Debashis Das | 1,007 | |||
| Independent | Pronab Kumar De | 884 | |||
| Turnout | 146,910 | 85.27 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006
In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Hari Pada Biswas ofForward Bloc won the Jagatdal assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha ofBJP in 2006[8] andMukul Roy ofAITC in 2001.[7] Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are mentioned. Anay Gopal Sinha ofCongress defeated Nihar Basu of Forward Bloc in 1996.[6] Nihar Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Anay Gopal Sinha of Congress in 1991,[5] Nani Gopal Sarkar of Congress in 1987,[4] Mrigen Lahiry of Congress in 1982[3] and Sudhin Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1977.[2][12] Prior to that, the constituency did not exist.