Tehatta Assembly constituency

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Tehatta
Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Tehatta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Lok Sabha constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1951
Total electors252,454
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
PartyTBA

Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.[1]

Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Year Member Party
Tehatta
1951 Raghunandan Biswas Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Shankardas Bandopadhyay[3]
1962[4]
1967[5]
1969 Surat Ali Khan[6]
1971 Madhabendu Mohanta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Kartik Chandra Biswas Indian National Congress[8]
Constituency did not exist between 1977-2006[a]
2011 Ranjit Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
2016 Gouri Sankar Dutta Trinamool Congress[10]
2021 Tapas Kumar Saha

Election results

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2026 by-election

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2026 Tehatta by-election: Tehatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
BJP
CPI(M)
ISF
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tehatta[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Kumar Saha 97,848 44.86 −4.18
BJP Ashutosh Paul 90,933 41.69 +33.25
CPI(M) Subodh Chandra Biswas 23,239 10.65 −29.65
BSP Tarak Nath Biswas 1,876 0.86 −0.10
NOTA None of the above 1,736 0.80 +0.07
Independent Rabindranath Halder 1,439 0.66
Independent Chiranjit Sardar 400 0.18
Turnout 218,109 89.10 +2.77
AITC hold Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tehatta constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 97,611 49.04 +29.12
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 80,215 40.30 −2.48
BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas 16,809 8.44 +4.43
BSP Arabinda Biswas 1,918 0.96
NOTA None of the above 1,444 0.73
SUCI(C) Sherful Ansary 1,063 0.53
Turnout 199,060 86.33 −2.23
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tehatta constituency[9][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 75,445 42.78
Independent Tapas Kumar Saha 56,248 31.90
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 35,127 19.92
BJP Asutosh Paul 7,067 4.01
BSP Tapan Bala 2,458
Turnout 176,345 88.56
CPI(M) win (new seat)

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.[14]

1977–2006

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The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

1951–1972

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Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972.[8] Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969.[6] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,[5]1962[4] and 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

References

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  14. ^ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray on April 23, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
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