| Santipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 86 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Santipur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 255,619 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Santipur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripurgram panchayats of theShantipurcommunity development block.[1]
Santipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 13Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part ofNabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Braja Kishore Goswami | 112,087 | 54.89 | +12.17 | |
| BJP | Niranjan Biswas | 47,412 | 23.22 | −26.72 | |
| CPI(M) | Soumen Mahato | 39,958 | 19.57 | +19.57 | |
| INC | Raju Pal | 2,877 | 1.41 | −3.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,880 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 64,675 | 31.67 | |||
| Turnout | 204,469 | 80.08 | |||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagannath Sarkar | 1,09,722 | 49.94 | ||
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 93,844 | 42.72 | ||
| INC | Riju Ghoshal | 9,848 | 4.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,385 | 1.09 | ||
| Majority | 15,878 | 7.28 | |||
| Turnout | 2,20,238 | 86.16 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections, the 6-timesMLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya, who secured 103,566 (52.25%) votes,[8] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Arindam Bhattacharya | 103,566 | 51.76 | ||
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 84,078 | 42.02 | ||
| BJP | Swapan Kumar Dam | 7,495 | 3.75 | ||
| Majority | 19,488 | 9.74 | |||
| Turnout | 2,00,178 | 88.83 | |||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
Santipur Assembly constituency is part ofRanaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). Ranaghat went to the polls on May 12, 2014 in phase 5 of the2014 general election in West Bengal.[10] The result of Santipur in this election is given below.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Valid Votes | Votes recorded on Postal Ballot papers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapas Mandal | 69,651 | N/A | |
| CPI(M) | Archana Biswas | 52,403 | ||
| BJP | Supravat Biswas | 31,070 | ||
| INC | Pratap Kanti Ray | 25,885 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 0 | |||
| NOTA | 2,122 | |||
| Tendered Votes | 0 | |||
| Majority | 17,248 | |||
| Turnout | 186,767 | |||
A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 71,973 | 38.95 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anup Kumar Ghosh | 51,838 | 28.05 | ||
| INC | Kumares Chakraborty | 36,645 | 19.83 | ||
| BJP | Sufal Sarkar | 24,324 | 13.16 | ||
| Majority | 20,135 | 10.90 | |||
| Turnout | 1,87,088 | 86.94 | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy Dey | 98,902 | 57.77 | +10.09 | |
| RCPI | Yar Mullick | 60,744 | 35.48 | −11.18# | |
| BJP | Kanoj Biswas | 11,543 | 6.74 | ||
| Majority | 38,158 | 22.29 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,255 | 89.83 | |||
| INChold | Swing | +21.27 | |||
.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.
In the2006,[18] 2001,[19] 1996[20] and 1991[21] state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey ofCongress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti ofCPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh ofRCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987,[22] 1982[23] and 1977,[24] Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik ofJanata Party in the respective years.[25]
Asamanja De of Congress won in 1972.[26]Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI won in 1971.[27]M. Mokshed Ali of RCPI won in 1969.[28] K.Pal of CPI(M) won in 1967.[29] Kanai Pal, Independent, won in1962.[30] Haridas Dey of Congress won in1957.[31] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Sashi Bhusan Khan of Congress won the Santipur seat.[32]
