Rampurhat Assembly constituency
| Rampurhat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 291 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 201,049 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
[edit | edit source]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rampurhat municipality, Rampurhat I CD Block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block.[1]
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Panchanan Let | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Srikumar Bandopadhyay | |||
| 1957 | Gobardhan Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Durgapada Das | Independent politician | ||
| 1962 | Niharika Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Sasanka Sekhar Mongal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Braja Mohan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Ananda Gopal Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Sashanka Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Mahammad Hannan | ||
| 2001 | Asish Banerjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2021
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 103,276 | 48.30 | Increase3.70 | |
| BJP | Subhasis Choudhury | 94,804 | 44.30 | Increase31.00 | |
| CPI(M) | Sanjib Barman | 11,707 | 5.50 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 85,435 | 44.60 | Decrease1.20 | |
| INC | Syed Siraj Jimmi | 64,236 | 33.50 | Increase33.50 | |
| BJP | Dudh Kumar Mondal | 25,480 | 13.30 | Increase2.43 | |
| AIFB | Mahammad Hannan | 3,613 | 1.90 | Decrease37.65 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit | edit source]In the 2011 elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Banerjee | 75,066 | 45.8 | Decrease7.06# | |
| AIFB | Rebati Bhattacharya | 64,828 | 39.55 | Decrease2.04 | |
| BJP | Subhasis Choudhury | 17,815 | 10.87 | ||
| Independent | Mahesh Kisku | 3,769 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Prodyot Mukherjee | 242 | |||
| Turnout | 163,905 | 86.31 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | -5.56# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.
1977–2006
[edit | edit source]In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Mahammad Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mahammad Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Asish Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
1951–1972
[edit | edit source]Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress won in 1972. Braja Mohan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sasanka Sekhar Mongal of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Niharika Majumdar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Rampurhat was a joint seat. Gobardhan Das of CPI and Durgapada Das, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Panchanan Let and Srikumar Bandopadhyay, both of Forward Block, won.[6]
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