Raina Assembly constituency
| Raina | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 261 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman Purba |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 209,643 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Raina Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit | edit source]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 261 Raina (SC) assembly constituency covers Raina II community development block and Hijalna, Natu, Palsona, Sehara, Narugram, Shyamsundar, and Rayna gram panchayats of Raina I community development block.[1]
Raina assembly segment was earlier part of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Raina | Mrityunjoy Pramanick and Dasarathi Tah | Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party[2] | |
| 1957 | Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray | Praja Socialist Party[3] | ||
| 1962 | Probodh Kumar Guha | Indian National Congress[4] | ||
| 1967 | Dasarathi Tah | Praja Socialist Party[5] | ||
| 1969 | Panchu Gopal Guha | Communist Party of India[6] | ||
| 1971 | Gokulananda Roy[7] | |||
| 1972 | Sukumar Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[8] | ||
| 1977 | Ram Narayan Goswami | Communist Party of India[9] | ||
| 1982 | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee[10] | |||
| 1987 | Dhirendranath Chatterjee[11] | |||
| 1991 | Dhirendranath Chatterjee[12] | |||
| 1996 | Shyamaprasad Pal[13] | |||
| 2001 | Shyamaprasad Pal[14] | |||
| 2006 | Swapan Samanta[15][16] | |||
| 2011 | Basudeb Khan[17] | |||
| 2016 | Nepal Ghorui | All India Trinamool Congress[18][19] | ||
| 2021 | Shampa Dhara[20] | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2021
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Shampa Dhara | 108,752 | 47.46 | Increase1.69 | |
| BJP | Manik Roy | 90,547 | 39.51 | Increase32.43 | |
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Khan | 25,332 | 11.05 | Decrease34.50 | |
| BSP | Pallab Biswas | 1,871 | 0.82 | ||
| BMUP | Rabi Routh | 1,101 | 0.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,563 | 0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 229,166 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nepal Ghorui | 94,323 | 45.77 | +0.97 | |
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Khan | 93,875 | 45.55 | −5.57 | |
| BJP | Kashinath Patra | 14,589 | 7.08 | +5.4 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,306 | 1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 206,093 | 87.61 | −4.67 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Basudeb Khan | 98,897 | 51.12 | −15.31 | |
| AITC | Nepal Ghorui | 86,676 | 44.80 | +13.22# | |
| BJP | Pandit Krishna Chandra | 3,241 | 1.68 | ||
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Asit Rana | 2,611 | |||
| BSP | Protul Biswas | 1,024 | |||
| JDP | Adhir Roy | 1,004 | |||
| Turnout | 193,453 | 92.28 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -28.53# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit | edit source]Swapan Samanta of CPI(M) won the Raina assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Nityananda Tah of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001 and 1996, Shyamaprosad Pal of CPI(M) defeated Arup Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress and Arabinda Bhattacharyya of Congress, in the respective years. In 1991, 1987 and 1982, Dhirendranath Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Sunil Das, Uday Sankar Sain and Sukumar Chattopadhyay, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1977, Ram Narayan Goswami of CPI(M) defeated Ajit Krishna Bhattacharya of Congress.[25]
1951-1972
[edit | edit source]Sukumar Chattopadhyay of Congress won the seat in 1972, and in 1971, it was won by Gokulananda Roy of CPI(M). Panchu Gopal Guha of CPI(M) won it in 1969, and Dasarathi Tah of PSP won it in 1967. Prabodh Kumar Guha of Congress won the seat in 1962. It was a double member seat in 1957 and 1951. In 1957, Dasarathi Tah and Gobardhan Pakray, both representing PSP, won the seats. In the first state assembly elections after independence in 1951, Dasarathi Tah and Mritunjoy Pramanik, both representing KMPP, won the Raina seats.[26]
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