Dhanekhali Assembly constituency

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Dhanekhali
Constituency No. 197 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Dhanekhali Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Lok Sabha constituencyHooghly
Established1951
Total electors222,502
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Dhanekhali is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhaniakhali I, Dhaniakhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block.[1]

Dhanekhali Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
Dhaniakhali
1951 Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1957 Radha Nath Das
1957 D. N. Mukherjee
1962 Birendra Chaudhury
1967 Kripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
1969
1971 Kashi Nath Roy Communist Party of India
1972 Kashi Nath Patra Indian National Congress
1977 Kripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006 Ajit Patra
Dhanekhali
2011 Ashima Patra All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

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2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dhanekhali
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashima Patra 124,776 53.36 −4.18
BJP Tusar Kumar Majumdar 94,617 40.46 +32.96
INC Anirban Saha 9,033 3.86
CPI(ML)L Sajal Kumar De 3,230 1.20 +0.39
NOTA None of the above 2,182 0.93 −0.77
Turnout 233,838 88.96 +1.82
Majority 30,159 12.90 −14.03
Registered electors 262,855
AITC hold Swing

2016

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dhanekhali (SC) constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asima Patra 125,298 57.54 +6.36
AIFB Pradip Majumdar 66,654 30.61 −12.28
BJP Sasthi Duley 16,338 7.5 +5.29
NOTA None of the above 3,709 1.7
Independent Ashis Halder 2,558 1.17
CPI(ML)L Sajal Kumar De 1,754 0.81 −1.37
JDP Pallab Bag 1,439 0.66 −0.89
Turnout 217,750 87.14 −1.14
Majority 58,644 26.93
Registered electors 2,49,887
AITC hold Swing 18.64#

2011

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dhanekhali (SC) constituency[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asima Patra 100,529 51.18 +14.53#
AIFB Srabani Sarkar 84,252 42.89 −20.46
BJP Kripa Sindhu Roy 4,334 2.21
CPI(ML)L Tarun Bauldas 4,276 2.18
JDP Amit Mandal 3,042 1.55
Turnout 196,433 88.28
AITC gain from AIFB Swing 34.99#

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

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[5] Ajit Patra of Forward Bloc won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[6] and Congress in 1996[7] and 1991,[8] and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987,[9] 1982[10] and 1977.[11][12]

1951-1972

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Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972.[13] Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[14] Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in 1962.[17] In 1957[18] Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951[19] the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.

References

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