| Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 87 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 265,846 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Ranaghat municipality,Taherpur notified area,Birnagar municipality, and Ramnagar I, Barasat, Kalinarayanpur-Paharpur and Khismagram panchayats ofRanaghat Icommunity development block, and Arbandi I and Arbandi II gram panchayats ofSantipur community development block, andFulia Township.[1]
Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 13Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part ofNabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Bijoy Krishna Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| Keshab Chandra Mitra | |||
| 1957 | Benoy Kumar Chatterjee | ||
| 1962 | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Nitai Pada Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Naresh Chandra Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Nitaipada Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Satish Chandra Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Binay Krishna Biswas | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Asim Bala | ||
| 2006 | Debendra Nath Biswas | ||
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Benoy Kumar Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Naresh Chandra Chaki | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Subhaas Basu | ||
| 1996 | Shankar Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Aloke Kumar Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Partha Sarathi Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Shankar Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | Partha Sarathi Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Parthasarathi Chatterjee | 112,413 | 50.94 | +46.00% | |
| AITC | Shankar Singha | 89,503 | 40.55 | –13.86% | |
| INC | Bijoyendu Biswas | 10,134 | 4.59 | –49.46% | |
| BSP | Amal Sarkar | 1299 | 0.58 | –1.63% | |
| Turnout | 213,349 | ||||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Sankar Singha of Congress defeated his nearest rival Parthasarathi Chatterjee of AITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shankar Singha | 101,608 | 54.41 | +7.88# | |
| AITC | Parthasarathi Chatterjee | 81,395 | 54.41 | +7.88# | |
| CPI(M) | Meena Bhattacharya | 14,051 | 39.74 | −10.59# | |
| BJP | Anal Biswas (Politician) | 10225 | 4.94 | ||
| BSP | Sulata Roy (Pramanik) | 4,122 | 2.21 | ||
| Turnout | 186,337 | 88.38 | |||
| INCgain fromall india Trinamool Congress | Swing | +18.47# | |||
# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat East seat.
In the 2011 election, Partha Sarathi Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meena Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Parthasarathi Chatterjee | 101,395 | 54.41 | +7.88# | |
| CPI(M) | Meena Bhattacharya | 74,051 | 39.74 | −10.59# | |
| BJP | Megh Lal Karmaker | 6,769 | 3.63 | ||
| BSP | Sulata Roy (Pramanik) | 4,122 | 2.21 | ||
| Turnout | 186,337 | 88.38 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +18.47# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat East seat.
Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[7] Debendra Nath Biswas ofCPI(M) won the Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) ofTrinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr.Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[8] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar ofCongress in 1996[9] and 1991,[10] and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.[11] Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982[12] and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.[13][14]
In the2006[7] state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das ofCPI(M) won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha ofCongress. Shankar Singha of Congress defeatedJyotirmoyee Sikdar in 2001[8] and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996.[9] Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991.[10] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987,[11] Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982,[12] and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.[13][15]
Nitaipada Sarkar ofCPI won in 1972.[16] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.[17] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969[18] and 1967.[19]
Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.[16] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971[17] and 1969.[18] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.[19]
In1962 and1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.[20] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.[21] Inindependent India's first election in 1951,[22] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra, both of Congress, won the Ranaghat seat.
