Amdanga Assembly constituency

Amdanga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Amdanga
Constituency No. 102 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Amdanga Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarrackpore
Established1977
Total electors177,515
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]

Amdanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1977Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1991Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
2006Abdus SattarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2011Rafiqur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016Rafiqur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Rafiqur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Amdanga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCRafiqur Rahaman 88,935 42.00
BJPJaydeb Manna63,45530.00
ISFJamal Uddin50,90524.00
NOTANone of the above2,3241.00
IndependentRanjit Santra1,7381.00
IndependentMafid Mondal1,2901.00
BSPShafique Ali1,0381.00
Majority25,480
Turnout
AITC holdSwing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[8] Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7] Muhammad Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996,[6] Idris Ali of Congress in 1991,[5] Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987,[4] C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982,[3] and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977.[2][10] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

2011

In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency[9][11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCRafiquer Rahaman87,16253.79+6.30#
CPI(M)Abdus Sattar65,60540.48-6.93
BJPJoydeb Ghosh4,6332.86
PDSMotiar Rahaman Biswas2,7671.70
BSPDr. Asok Kumar Golder1,8851.16
Turnout162,05291.29
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing13.43#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2016

In the 2016 election, Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency[9][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCRafiqur Rahaman96,19350.00-3.79
CPI(M)Abdus Sattar73,22838.06-2.42
BJPArindam Dey15,6918.16+5.30
NOTANone of the above1,8080.94
PDSMotiar Rahaman Biswas1,6550.86-0.84
BSPSafique Ali1,6470.86-0.30
SUCI(C)Goutam Biswas1,1780.61
IndependentKaosar Ali Mallik9950.52
Turnout192,39589.05-2.24
AITC holdSwing

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