Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency

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

Rajarhat New Town
Constituency No. 115 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat New Town Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarasat
Established1962
Total electors183,790
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Tapash Chatterjee
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 115 Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1–5,12-14,20-21 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 1-6 & 10-13 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward 27 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation(formerly Mahisbathan–II gram panchayat of Rajarhat CD Block) and remaining Rajarhat CD Block[1]

Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Rajarhat (SC) was 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 MondalAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006Rabindranath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011Rajarhat New TownSabyasachi DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Rajarhat New TownSabyasachi DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress (later Bharatiya Janata Party)
2021Rajarhat New TownTapash ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCTapash Chatterjee 127,374 54.22 +8.62
BJPBhaskar Roy70,94230.20+23.22
CPI(M)Saptarshi Deb31,54313.43-27.53
NOTANone of the above2,0320.87-0.30
IndependentSubhendu Ghosh1,3130.56
BSPBhaskar Roy1,1370.48-0.52
IndependentSubir Samaddar5650.24
Majority56,43224.02+17.40
Turnout234,906
AITC holdSwing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat New Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSabyasachi Dutta90,67145.58-3.65
CPI(M)Narendranath Chatterjee81,47840.96-3.54
BJPNupur Ghosh17,8778.98+6.65
WPOISheikh Md. Salim3,0871.55
BSPBhaskar Roy1,9981.00
IndependentSamir Sardar1,4470.72
NOTANone of the above2,3321.17
Majority8,9234.62-0.11
Turnout198,89084.29-4.95
Registered electors235,946
AITC holdSwing-0.06

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabyasachi Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapash Chatterjee of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat New Town constituency[15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCSabyasachi Dutta80,73849.23+1.83#
CPI(M)Tapash Chatterjee72,99144.50-5.76
BJPPriyalal Dutta3,8272.33
IUMLMd. Salim Makkar1,474
IndependentTapan Kumar Paul1,159
IndependentHimangsu Mallick1,093
IndependentGopal Chakraborty881
BSPBasudeb Naskar834
IndependentKashem Gazi665
IndependentAtin Kumar Roy34
Turnout164,00089.24
AITC win (new seat)

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

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,[10] 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 won in 1962.[3] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat was not there.

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