| Kamarhati | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 112 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kamarhati 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 | 160,967 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kamarhati Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 112 Kamarhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 16 and 21 to 35 ofKamarhati Municipality.[1]
Kamarhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Pradip Kumar Palit | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Santi Ghatak | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Manash Mukherjee | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Madan Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Manash Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | Madan Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 73,491 | 51.17 | ||
| BJP | Anindya Raju Banerjee | 38,235 | 26.64 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sayandeep Mitra | 28,138 | 19.62 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rivalMadan Mitra of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 62,194 | 45.09 | +6.18 | |
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 57,996 | 42.04 | −15.92 | |
| BJP | Krishanu Mitra | 10,797 | +7.83 | 6.50 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,623 | 1.90 | +1.90 | |
| Independent | Manas Mukherjee | 1,009 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Subhojit Dutta | 923 | 0.67 | ||
| BSP | Rekha Devi | 848 | 0.61 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Archana Ghatak | 399 | 0.29 | ||
| PDS | Santanu Chatterjee | 352 | 0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,943 | 74.85 | −4.59 | ||
| CPI(M)gain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Madan Mitra | 74,112 | 57.96 | +17.25# | |
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 49,758 | 38.91 | −17.49 | |
| BJP | Shikha Sarkar | 1,699 | 1.33 | ||
| Independent | Sushanta Dey | 1,079 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Nabendu Dasgupta | 739 | |||
| PDS | Tarak Bhadra | 479 | |||
| Turnout | 127,866 | 79.44 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 34.74# | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Manash Mukherjee | 71,322 | |||
| AITC | Subhrangshu Bhattacharya | 40,634 | |||
| INC | Sambhu Nath Dutta | 10,845 | |||
| Independent | Shambhu Dutta | 1981 | |||
| BSP | Ram Bachchan | 1679 | |||
| Turnout | 126461 | ||||
| CPIMhold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Manash Mukherjee ofCPI(M), won from the Kamarhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Subhrangshu Bhattacharya ofTrinamool Congress in 2006[5] and Chittaranjan Bag of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Ghatak of CPI(M) had won it in 1996[7] and in 1991[8] defeating his nearest rivals Sambhunath Dutta ofCongress in 1996 and Salil Biswas of Congress in 1991. Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1987, 1982, and in 1977defeating Ajoy Ghosal of Congress in 1987,[9] Purnendu Bimal Dutta of Congress in 1982[10] and Jayanta Chandra Sen of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
Pradip Kumar Palit of Congress won in 1972.[13] Radhika Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[14] 1969[15] and in 1967.[16] Prior to that the Kamarhati seat did not exist.
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