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    Kamarhati Assembly constituency

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    Kamarhati
    Constituency No. 112 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
    Map
    Interactive Map Outlining Kamarhati Assembly Constituency
    Constituency details
    CountryIndia
    RegionEast India
    StateWest Bengal
    DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
    LS constituencyDum Dum
    Established1967
    Total electors160,967
    ReservationNone
    Member of Legislative Assembly
    17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
    Incumbent
    Madan Mitra
    PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
    Elected year2021

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

    Overview[edit]

    As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 112 Kamarhati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 16 and 21 to 35 of Kamarhati municipality.[1]

    Kamarhati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

    Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

    Election
    Year    		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
    1967 Kamarhati Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
    1969 Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
    1971 Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
    1972 Pradip Kumar Palit Indian National Congress[5]
    1977 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
    1982 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
    1987 Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
    1991 Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
    1996 Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
    2001 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
    2006 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
    2011 Madan Mitra All India Trinamool Congress[13]
    2016 Manash Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    2021 Madan Mitra All India Trinamool Congress

    Election results[edit]

    2021[edit]

    West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kamarhati
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AITC Madan Mitra 73,491 51.17
    BJP Anindya Raju Banerjee 38,235 26.64
    CPI(M) Sayandeep Mitra 28,138 19.62
    Turnout
    AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

    2016[edit]

    In the 2016 election, Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress.

    West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kamarhati constituency[13][14]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 62,194 45.09 +6.18
    AITC Madan Mitra 57,996 42.04 -15.92
    BJP Krishanu Mitra 10,797 +7.83 6.50
    NOTA None of the above 2,623 1.90 +1.90
    Independent Manas Mukherjee 1,009 0.73
    Independent Subhojit Dutta 923 0.67
    BSP Rekha Devi 848 0.61
    CPI(ML)L Archana Ghatak 399 0.29
    PDS Santanu Chatterjee 352 0.26
    Turnout 1,37,943 74.85 -4.59
    CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

    2011[edit]

    In the 2011 election, Madan Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Manas Mukherjee of CPI(M).

    West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kamarhati constituency[13][15]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AITC Madan Mitra 74,112 57.96 +17.25#
    CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 49,758 38.91 -17.49
    BJP Shikha Sarkar 1,699 1.33
    Independent Sushanta Dey 1,079
    CPI(ML)L Nabendu Dasgupta 739
    PDS Tarak Bhadra 479
    Turnout 127,866 79.44
    AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 34.74#

    2006[edit]

    West Bengal assembly elections, 2006
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee 71,322
    AITC Subhrangshu Bhattacharya 40,634
    INC Sambhu Nath Dutta 10,845
    Independent Shambhu Dutta 1981
    BSP Ram Bachchan 1679
    Turnout 126461
    CPIM hold Swing {{{swing}}}

    1977-2006[edit]

    In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Manash Mukherjee of CPI(M), won from the Kamarhati assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Subhrangshu Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress in 2006[12] and Chittaranjan Bag of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[11] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Ghatak of CPI(M) had won it in 1996[10] and in 1991[9] defeating his nearest rivals Sambhunath Dutta of Congress in 1996 and Salil Biswas of Congress in 1991. Radhika Ranjan Bannerjee of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1987, 1982, and in 1977defeating Ajoy Ghosal of Congress in 1987,[8] Purnendu Bimal Dutta of Congress in 1982[7] and Jayanta Chandra Sen of Congress in 1977.[6][16]

    1967-1972[edit]

    Pradip Kumar Palit of Congress won in 1972.[5] Radhika Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[4] 1969[3] and in 1967.[2] Prior to that the Kamarhati seat did not exist.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
    2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    13. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
    14. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kamarhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
    15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kamarhati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
    16. ^ "136 - Kamarhati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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