| Tarakeswar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 198 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tarakeswar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 221,972 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 198Tarakeswar Assembly constituency, also spelt Tarakeshwar, is composed of the following:Tarakeswar Municipality,Tarakeswarcommunity development block, and Bhanderhati I, Bhanderhati II, Gopinathpur I, Gopinathpur II and Perambua Sahabazargram panchayats ofDhaniakhali community development block.[1]
Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is part of No. 29Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Parbati Charan Hazra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Ram Chatterjee | Marxist Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Balai Lal Sheth | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Ram Chatterjee | Marxist Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Santi Chatterjee | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pratim Chaterjee | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Rachhpal Singh | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Ramendu Sinharay | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ramendu Singha Roy | 97,588 | 47.63 | −4.35 | |
| BJP | Swapan Dasgupta | 88461 | 43.1 | +27.29 | |
| CPI(M) | Surajit Ghosh | 14396 | 9.36 | +6.80 | |
| RPI(A) | Sanju Chakraborty | 1690 | 1.47 | −0.23 | |
| NOTA | 2740 | 2.07 | +2.07 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rachhpal Singh | 97,588 | 50.75 | −4.35 | |
| NCP | Surajit Ghosh | 69,898 | 36.35 | −4.29 | |
| BJP | Jagannath Das | 17,989 | 9.36 | +6.80 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Palash Hansda | 2,818 | 1.47 | −0.23 | |
| NOTA | 3,983 | 2.07 | +2.07 | ||
In the 2011 election, Rachpal Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pratim Chatterjee of MFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rachhpal Singh | 97,022 | 55.10 | ||
| MFB | Pratim Chatterjee | 71,549 | 40.64 | −17.46 | |
| BJP | Ganesh Chakraborty | 4,504 | 2.56 | ||
| JDP | Palash Kinkar Hansda | 2,996 | 1.70 | ||
| Turnout | 176,072 | 89.29 | |||
| AITCgain fromMFB | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
In the 2006 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFB | Pratim Chatterjee | 74,849 | 58.10 | ||
| BJP | Krishna Bhattacharjee | 44,578 | 40.64 | −17.46 | |
| INC | Ajit Kumar Ghosh | 9,400 | 7.30 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,861 | 87.6 | |||
| MFBhold | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress+BJP alliance contested this seat in 2006.
In the 2001 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFB | Pratim Chatterjee | 69,186 | 54.55 | ||
| INC | Mohan Ghosh | 40,274 | 31.75 | ||
| BJP | Rakhal Chandra Das | 12,434 | 9.80 | ||
| Independent | Debasish Chatterjee | 3325 | 2.62 | ||
| Independent | Prabir Pal | 1615 | 1.27 | ||
| Turnout | 1,26,834 | 83.04 | |||
| MFBhold | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress+Trinamool Congress alliance contested this seat in 2001.
Tarakeswar has been a base ofMarxist Forward Bloc but officially their candidates are often shown as Independent. In 1996, the candidate was shown as belonging toCPI(M). In2006, 2001 and 1996, Pratim Chatterjee, Independent/ CPI(M), won the 185 Tarakeswar assembly seat defeating Krishna Bhattacharjee ofBJP in 2006,[6] Mohan Ghosh ofCongress in 2001[7] and Ajit Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1996.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Balailal Sheth of Congress in 1991[9] and 1987.[10] Ram Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Bimal Kanti Ghosh ofICS in 1982.[11] and Ajit Bose Mullik ofJanata Party in 1977.[12]
Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972.[13] Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971,[14] 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in1962,[17]1957[18] and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[19]
