| Panihati | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 111 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Panihati Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 185,897 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Nirmal Ghosh | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Panihati Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 111 Panihati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos.1 to 14, 16, 17 and 22 to 34 ofPanihati municipality.[1]
Panihati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Tapan Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Tania Chakraborty | ||
| 1996 | Nirmal Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| 2011 | Nirmal Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nirmal Ghosh | 86,495 | 49.61 | −2.11 | |
| BJP | Sanmoy Banerjee | 61318 | 35.17 | +33.48 | |
| INC | Tapas Majumdar | 21169 | 12.14 | −3.44 | |
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ahibhusan Chakraborty of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nirmal Ghosh | 88,334 | 58.34 | +6.38# | |
| CPI(M) | Ahibhusan Chakraborty | 56,902 | 37.58 | −10.47 | |
| BJP | Kishor Kumar Shaw | 3,759 | 2.48 | ||
| Independent | Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya | 1,290 | |||
| BSP | Bhaskar Roy | 1,134 | |||
| Turnout | 151,419 | 81.45 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 16.85# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[4] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya ofCPI(M) won the Panihati assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Ghosh ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirmal Ghosh representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[5] defeated Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI(M), and representingCongress in 1996[6] defeated Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M). Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[7] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Chattopadhyay of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982,[9] and Sanmatha Nath Ghosh ofJanata Party in 1977.[10][11]
Tapan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.[12] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[13] 1969[14] and 1967.[15] Prior to that the Panihati seat was not there.
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