Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Uttarpara
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Uttarpara
Location in West Bengal
Uttarpara
Uttarpara (India)
Coordinates: 22°40′01″N 88°20′24″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.185
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)216,312 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block.[1]

Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951UttarparaMonoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India[2]
1957Monoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India[3]
1962Monoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India[4]
1967Monoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Monoranjan HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Santasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Jyoti Krishna ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Swaraj MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2003 by-electionJyoti Krishna ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006Prof. Dr. Srutinath PraharajCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011Anup GhosalAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Prabir GhosalAll India Trinamool Congress[18]

Election results

2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Uttarpara constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Prabir Kumar Ghoshal 84918 48.45 -11.32
CPI (M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 72918 41.60 +6.48
BJP Krishna Bhattacharjee 23687 13.51 +9.99
NOTA None of the above 4444 2.53
CPI(ML)(L) Swapan Majumdar 1730 0.98
Independent Suvendu Biswas 1458 0.83
Turnout 175,268 81.03
AITC hold Swing 11.32#


2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uttarpara constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Anup Ghosal 104,753 59.77 +11.91#
CPI (M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 61,560 35.12 -13.32
BJP Pranab Chakraborty 6,161 3.52
JD(U) Rishikesh Singh 2,794 1.59
Turnout 175,268 81.03
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 25.23#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Hooghly district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 12
Forward bloc 1 2
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of CPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat defeating Sudpita Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta of Congress in 1996.[13] Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kashinath Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.[9][21]

1951-1972

Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969,[6] 1967,[5] 1962,[4] 1957[3] and in independent India’s first election in 1951.[2]

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References
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