| Sagardighi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 60 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sagardighi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 236,885 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Sagardighi Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 60 Sagardighi Assembly constituency coversSagardighicommunity development block.[1]
Sagadighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 9Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Shyamapada Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | [2] | |
| Kuber Chand Halder | ||||
| 1957 | Shyamapada Bhattacharya | [3] | ||
| Kuber Chand Halder | ||||
| 1962 | Ambika Chanran Das | [4] | ||
| 1967 | [5] | |||
| 1969 | Kuber Chand Halder | Bangla Congress | [6] | |
| 1971 | Atul Chandra Sarkar | Indian National Congress | [7] | |
| 1972 | Nrisinha Kumar Mandal | [8] | ||
| 1977 | Hazari Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [9] | |
| 1982 | [10] | |||
| 1987 | Paresh Nath Das | [11] | ||
| 1991 | [12] | |||
| 1996 | [13] | |||
| 2001 | [14] | |||
| 2006 | Parikhit Let | [15] | ||
| 2011 | Subrata Saha | Trinamool Congress | [16] | |
| 2016 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| ^2023 | Bayron Biswas | Switched fromINC toTMC[17] | ||
^ denotes by election.
By-poll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLASubrata Saha ofTrinamool Congress. Shortly after the election, the winningIndian National Congress candidateBayron Biswas defected toTrinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bayron Biswas | 87,667 | 47.35 | +27.90 | |
| AITC | Debasish Bandopadhyay | 64,681 | 34.94 | −16.01 | |
| BJP | Dilip Saha | 25,815 | 13.94 | −10.14 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,337 | 0.72 | −0.19 | |
| Majority | 22,986 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,85,142 | 73.49 | |||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subrata Saha | 95,189 | 50.95 | ||
| BJP | Mafuja Khatun | 44,983 | 24.08 | ||
| INC | Sk M. Hasanuzzaman | 36,344 | 19.45 | ||
| AIMIM | Nure Mahaboob Alam | 3,450 | 1.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1.705 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 50,206 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,86,816 | 78.86 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Aminul Islam of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subrata Saha | 44,817 | 26.23 | −11.79 | |
| INC | Aminul Islam | 39,603 | 23.18 | ||
| CPI(M) | Rajab Ali Mallick | 39,385 | 23.05 | −11.80 | |
| Independent | Samsul Hoda | 31,920 | 18.68 | ||
| BJP | Debsharan Ghosh | 7,358 | 4.31 | +1.38 | |
| SDPI | Badrul Sekh | 2,725 | 1.59 | −2.72 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,969 | 1.15 | ||
| Independent | Kanika Chakroborty (Das) | 1,672 | 0.98 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Mirza Lutful Hoque | 1,416 | 0.83 | ||
| Turnout | 170,865 | 82.92 | −2.67 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
Samsul Hoda, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.
In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Subrata Saha | 54,708 | 38.02 | −8.01# | |
| CPI(M) | Ismail Sekh | 50,134 | 34.85 | −13.77 | |
| Independent | Aminul Islam | 22,402 | 15.57 | ||
| SDPI | Badrul Sekh | 6,198 | 4.31 | ||
| BJP | Shekharendu Das | 4,220 | 2.93 | ||
| Independent | Daud Mondal | 2,934 | |||
| Independent | Naru Gopal Saha | 2,037 | |||
| BSP | Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay | 1,243 | |||
| Turnout | 143,876 | 85.59 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +5.56# | |||
Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, butAdhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.[20]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[15] Parikshit Let ofCPI(M) won the Sagardighi (SC) assembly seat defeating Rajesh Kumar Bhakat ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Paresh Nath Das of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Bhakat representingTrinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1996,[13] 1991[12] and 1987.[11] Hazari Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1982[10] and Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[9][21]
Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress won in 1972.[8] Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress won in 1971.[7] Kuber Chand Haldar ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[6] Ambika Charan Das of Congress won in 1967[5] and1962.[4] In1957[3] Sagadigighi constituency was not there. Jangipur was a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress. Inindependent India's first election in 1951[2] Sagardighi was a joint seat. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.
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