Panihati Assembly constituency

Panihati Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Panihati
Constituency No. 111 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Panihati Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1967
Total electors185,897
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nirmal Ghosh
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 111 Panihati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos.1 to 14, 16, 17 and 22 to 34 of Panihati municipality.[1]

Panihati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967PanihatiGopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1969Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1971Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1972Tapan ChatterjeeIndian National Congress[5]
1977Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991Tania ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996Nirmal GhoshIndian National Congress[10]
2001Nirmal GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress[11]
2006Gopal Krishna BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011Nirmal GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2016Nirmal GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Nirmal GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Panihati
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCNirmal Ghosh 86,495 49.61 -2.11
BJPSanmoy Banerjee6131835.17+33.48
INCTapas Majumdar2116912.14-3.44
Turnout
AITC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ahibhusan Chakraborty of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Panihati constituency[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCNirmal Ghosh88,33458.34+6.38#
CPI(M)Ahibhusan Chakraborty56,90237.58-10.47
BJPKishor Kumar Shaw3,7592.48
IndependentPranab Kumar Bhattacharya1,290
BSPBhaskar Roy1,134
Turnout151,41981.45
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing16.85#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[12] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Panihati assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirmal Ghosh representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[11] defeated Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI(M), and representing Congress in 1996[10] defeated Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M). Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991.[9] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Chattopadhyay of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982,[7] and Sanmatha Nath Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977.[6][16]

1967–1972

Tapan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.[5] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[4] 1969[3] and 1967.[2] Prior to that the Panihati seat was not there.

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