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Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Dakshin is a Vidhan Sabha constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Ranaghat Dakshin
Constituency No. 90 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyRanaghat
Established1951
Total electors285,180
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 90 Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Anishmali, Baidyapur I, Baidyapur II, Debagram, Majher Gram, Nokari, Raghunathpur Hijuli I and Shyamnagar gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, Anulia, Habibpur, Nawpara Masunda, Payradanga, Ramnagar II and Tarapur gram panchayats of Ranaghat I community development block and Cooper's Camp notified area.[1]

Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Ranaghat Bijoy Krishna Sarkar Indian National Congress[3]
Keshab Chandra Mitra Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[4]
1962 Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India[5]
1967 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[6]
Ranaghat West Benoy Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress[6]
1969 Ranaghat East Nitai Pada Sarkar Communist Party of India[7]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971 Ranaghat East Naresh Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972 Ranaghat East Nitaipada Sarkar Communist Party of India[9]
Ranaghat West Naresh Chandra Chaki Indian National Congress[9]
1977 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982 Ranaghat East Satish Chandra Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Ranaghat West Gour Chandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Ranaghat West Subhaas Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996 Ranaghat East Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[14]
2001 Ranaghat East Asim Bala Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Ranaghat West Shankar Singha Indian National Congress[15]
2006 Ranaghat East Debendra Nath Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Ranaghat West Aloke Kumar Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011 Ranaghat Dakshin Abir Biswas All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Ranaghat Dakshin Rama Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Ranaghat Dakshin Mukut Mani Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2024 by-election

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2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Ranaghat Dakshin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mukut Mani Adhikari 113,533 55.08  12.56
BJP Manoj Kumar Biswas 74,485 36.13  13.21
CPI(M) Arindam Biswas 13,082 6.35  0.09
Independent Bankim Mondal 1,307 0.63  0.63
NOTA None of the above 1,351 0.66  0.01
Majority 39,048 18.95
Turnout
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Dakshin[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mukut Mani Adhikari 119,260 49.34
AITC Barnali Dey Roy 1,02,745 42.51
CPI(M) Rama Biswas 15,124 6.26
BSP Prasanta Biswas 1,666 0.69
NOTA None of the above 1,577 0.65
Majority 16,515 6.83
Turnout 2,41,687 84.75
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

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In the 2016 election, Rama Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Abir Ranjan Biswas of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Rama Biswas 104,159 47.51 +6.38
AITC Abir Ranjan Biswas 86,906 39.64 −11.59
BJP Susmit Ranjan Haldar 18,114 8.26 +3.66
NOTA None of the above 3,640 1.66 +1.66
BSP Prashanta Biswas 2,407 1.10 −0.42
Turnout 2,19,215 85.03 −2.52
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing -1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

2011

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In the 2011 election, Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Aloke Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency[17][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abir Ranjan Biswas 99,432 51.23 −2.65
CPI(M) Aloke Das 79,824 41.13 −1.45
BJP Benoy Bhusan Roy 8,934 4.60
BSP Prashanta Biswas 2,951
Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party Chaitanya Barai 2,942
Turnout 194,083 87.55
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing -1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

1977-2006

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Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Ranaghat East

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the 80 Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[15] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996[14] and 1991,[13] and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.[12] Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982[11] and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.[10][22]

Ranaghat West

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In the 2006[16] state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha of Congress. Shankar Singha of Congress defeated Jyotirmoyee Sikdar in 2001[15] and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996.[14] Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991.[13] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987,[12] Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982,[11] and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.[10][23]

1967-1972

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Ranaghat East

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Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972.[9] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6]

Ranaghat West

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Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.[9] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971[8] and 1969.[7] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.[6]

1951-1962 Ranaghat

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In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.[5] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951,[3] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Ranaghat Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ranaghat Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Ranaghat Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ "80 - Ranaghat East (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  23. ^ "81 - Ranaghat West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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