| Palashipara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 79 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Palashipara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 244,867 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Palashipara Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in the Indian state ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Chanderghat and Patharghata II gram panchayats ofTehatta I CD Block,Tehatta II CD Block, and Bikrampur, Bilkumari, Dhananjaypur and Haranagar gram panchayats ofNakashipara CD Block.[1]
Palashipara Assembly constituency is part of12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Madhabendu Mahanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Kamalendu Sanyal | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Biswanath Ghosh | ||
| 2011 | S. M. Saadi | ||
| 2016 | Tapas Kumar Saha | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | ||
For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 seeTehatta Assembly constituency
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jayanta Saha | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | 110,274 | 54.17 | +9.18 | |
| BJP | Bibhas Chandra Mandal | 58938 | 28.95 | +21.27 | |
| CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 26228 | 12.88 | −29.06 | |
| SUCI(C) | Maniruzzaman Mondal | 1696 | 0.83 | −0.58 | |
| BSP | Ratikanta Thakur | 1690 | 0.83 | ||
| Independent | Panchanan Mandal | 301 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Bijoy Dutta | 916 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Ramesh Barman | 1688 | 0.83 | ||
| NOTA | 1654 | 0.81 | |||
| Turnout | 203652 | 83.17 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the2016 election, Tapas Kumar Saha ofAITMC defeated previousM.L.A.S. M. Saadi ofCPI(M)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 82,122 | 44.99 | ||
| CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 76,568 | 41.94 | ||
| BJP | Bibhash Chandra Mandal | 14,028 | 7.68 | ||
| SS | Monoj Roy | 3,117 | 1.71 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Batshobha Sekh | 2,571 | 1.41 | ||
| BSP | Dwijen Biswas | 1,576 | 0.86 | ||
| SDPI | Fajlur Rahaman Sekh | 583 | 0.32 | ||
| NOTA | 1,990 | 1.09 | |||
| Turnout | 182,560 | 83.67 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the2011 election,S. M. Saadi ofCPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee ofAll India Trinamool Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. M. Saadi | 73,619 | 46.12 | −2.08 | |
| AITC | Prof. Manik Bhattacharya | 71,967 | 45.09 | −1.39# | |
| BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | 8,145 | 5.10 | ||
| BSP | Rati Kanta Thakur | 2,480 | |||
| MLKSC | Shahjahan Mollick | 1,896 | |||
| JD(U) | Jelhak Mahalder | 1,513 | |||
| Turnout | 159,620 | 86.11 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | -1.69# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[6] Biswanath Ghosh ofCPI(M) won the Palashipara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha ofTMC. Contests in most years were multicornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalendu Sanyal (Former Minister of State) ofCPI(M) defeated Tapas Kumar Saha ofTMC in 2001,[7] Ujjal Biswas ofCongress in 1996[8] and Kartic Chandra Biswas ofCongress in 1991.[9] Madhabendu Mahanta ofCPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra ofCongress in 1987,[10] and Kartic Chandra Biswas ofCongress in 1982[11] and 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.Tehatta Assembly constituency existed in the area.
