| Tehatta | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 78 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tehatta Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 252,454 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
| Party | TBA |
Tehatta Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehattagram panchayats ofTehatta Icommunity development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats ofKarimpur II CD Block.[1]
Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
| Election Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehatta | |||
| 1951 | Raghunandan Biswas | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Shankardas Bandopadhyay[3] | ||
| 1962[4] | |||
| 1967[5] | |||
| 1969 | Surat Ali Khan[6] | ||
| 1971 | Madhabendu Mohanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1972 | Kartik Chandra Biswas | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| Constituency did not exist between 1977-2006[a] | |||
| 2011 | Ranjit Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 2016 | Gouri Sankar Dutta | Trinamool Congress[10] | |
| 2021 | Tapas Kumar Saha | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | (Not Announced) | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 97,848 | 44.86 | −4.18 | |
| BJP | Ashutosh Paul | 90,933 | 41.69 | +33.25 | |
| CPI(M) | Subodh Chandra Biswas | 23,239 | 10.65 | −29.65 | |
| BSP | Tarak Nath Biswas | 1,876 | 0.86 | −0.10 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,736 | 0.80 | +0.07 | |
| Independent | Rabindranath Halder | 1,439 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | Chiranjit Sardar | 400 | 0.18 | ||
| Turnout | 218,109 | 89.10 | +2.77 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 97,611 | 49.04 | +29.12 | |
| CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 80,215 | 40.30 | −2.48 | |
| BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | 16,809 | 8.44 | +4.43 | |
| BSP | Arabinda Biswas | 1,918 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,444 | 0.73 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Sherful Ansary | 1,063 | 0.53 | ||
| Turnout | 199,060 | 86.33 | −2.23 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | 75,445 | 42.78 | ||
| Independent | Tapas Kumar Saha | 56,248 | 31.90 | ||
| AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | 35,127 | 19.92 | ||
| BJP | Asutosh Paul | 7,067 | 4.01 | ||
| BSP | Tapan Bala | 2,458 | |||
| Turnout | 176,345 | 88.56 | |||
| CPI(M)win (new seat) | |||||
Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as anindependent candidate, was a rebelTrinamool Congress candidate.[14]
The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006.Palashipara Assembly constituency andChapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.
Kartik Chandra Biswas ofCongress won in 1972.[8] Madhabendu Mohanta ofCPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969.[6] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,[5]1962[4] and1957.[3] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.[2]
