Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
![]() ![]() Nabadwip Location in West Bengal ![]() ![]() Nabadwip Nabadwip (India) | |
Coordinates: 23°25′0″N 88°22′0″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
Constituency No | 84 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 13. Ranaghat |
Electorate (year) |
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.[1]
Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Nabadwip | Niranjan Modak | Indian National Congress[3] |
1957 | Niranjan Modak | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1962 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India [5] | |
1967 | Sachindra Mohan Nandy | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1969 | Sachindra Mohan Nandy | Indian National Congress[7] | |
1971 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
1972 | Radha Raman Saha | Indian National Congress[9] | |
1977 | Debi Prosad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1982 | Debi Prosad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1987 | Biswanath Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1991 | Biswanath Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
1996 | Biswanath Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2001 | Pundarikhsya Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
2006 | Pundarikhsya Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
2011 | Pundarikhsya Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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AITC | Pundarkshya Saha | 94,117 | 53.45 | -2.53# | |
CPI (M) | Sumit Biswas | 71,282 | 40.49 | -3.64 | |
BJP | Pinki Agarwal | 7,303 | 4.15 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Parikshit Paul | 336 | |||
Turnout | 176,069 | 88.06 | |||
AITC hold | Swing | 1.11 |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 13 | ![]() |
Indian National Congress | 1 | ![]() |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | ![]() |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | ![]() |
Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[15] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,[14] Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991[13] and 1987[12] Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982[11] and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.[10][19]
1951–1972
Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.[9] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8] Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI won in 1962.[5] In 1957[4] and in independent India’s first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.[3]
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- "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.
- "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nabadwip. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- "77 - Nabadwip Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.