Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency

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

Rajarhat Gopalpur
Constituency No. 117 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1962
Total electors239,551
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. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of South Dum Dum municipality.[1]

Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962RajarhatPranab Prasad RoyCommunist Party of India[3]
1967S.N.DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971Khagendranath MondalIndian National Congress[6]
1972Khagendranath MondalIndian National Congress[7]
1977Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001Tanmoy MondalWest Bengal Trinamool Congress[13]
2006Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011Rajarhat GopalpurPurnendo BoseAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Purnendo BoseAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Aditi MunshiAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Rajarhat Gopalpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAditi Munshi 87,650 49.04 +4.74
BJPSamik Bhattacharya62,35434.89+22.92
CPI(M)Subhajit Dasgupta24,51113.71-26.40
NOTANone of the above2,2581.26-1.04
Turnout178,72369.42
AITC holdSwing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat Gopalpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCPurnendu Bose72,79344.30-15.46
CPI(M)Nepaldev Bhattacharya65,91940.11+4.12
BJPDilip Mitra19,68311.97+9.42
IndependentRanjit Kumar Dutta1,2440.75N/A
IndependentShyamal Mondal8950.54N/A
NOTANone of the above3,7802.30N/A
Majority6,8744.19-19.58
Turnout164,314
AITC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency[15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCPurnendo Bose89,82959.76
CPI(M)Rabindranath Mondal54,10435.99
BJPManoranjan Das3,8372.55
IndependentSunil Kumar Paul785
IndependentPurnendu Basu613
IndependentJahar Roy603
IndependentAbhijit Maity538
Majority35,72523.77
Turnout150,32778.20
AITC win (new seat)

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[14] Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001[13] Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996,[12] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,[11] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982[9] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.[8][17]

1962–1972 Rajarhat

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.[5] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.[4] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in 1962.[3] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.

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