Madhyamgram Assembly constituency

Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Madhyamgram
Constituency No. 118 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarasat
Established2011
Total electors242,425
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 118 Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Madhyamgram municipality, Chandigarh Rohanda, Kemia Khamarpara gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, and Ichhapur Nilganj, Paschim Khilkapur and Purba Khilkapur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]

Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Madhyamgram Rathin Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress[2]
2016 Madhyamgram Rathin Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Madhyamgram Rathin Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

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2021

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In the 2021 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rajasree Rajbanshi of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Madhyamgram constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rathin Ghosh 112,741 48.93% −4.16%
BJP Rajasree Rajbanshi 64,615 24% +19%
ISF Biswajit Maity 46,748 21% +21%
NOTA None of the above 3,152 1.37 −0.04
BSP Himangshu Mondal 1,667 0.72 −0.67
Independent Saifuddin Mondal 869 0.38
SUCI(C) Biplab Dutta 639 0.28
Turnout 230,431 84.59 −2.04
AITC hold Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapas Majumdar of Indian National Congress, the coalition candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Madhyamgram constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rathin Ghosh 110,271 53.09 −4.09
INC Tapas Majumdar 74,467 35.85
BJP Debasis Mitra 17,148 8.26 +5.20
NOTA None of the above 2,932 1.41
BSP Himangshu Mondal 2,886 1.39 −1.04
Turnout 207,704 86.63 −2.12
AITC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress, the United Progressive Alliance (India) candidate, defeated his nearest rival Ranjit Choudhury of Forward Bloc.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Madhyamgram constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rathin Ghosh 99,841 57.18
AIFB Ranjit Choudhury 65,173 37.33
BJP Bijoy Banerjee 5,350 3.06
BSP Jaydeb Biswas 4,236 2.43
Turnout 174,600 88.75
AITC win (new seat)

References

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  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, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Madhyamgram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)