Amdanga Assembly constituency

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

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Amdanga, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Amdanga.
Amdanga
Constituency No. 102 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Amdanga Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarrackpore
Established1977
Total electors177,515
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]

Amdanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1977Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1991Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001Hashim Abdul HalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
2006Abdus SattarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2011Rafiqur RahamanAll India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016 Rafiqur Rahaman All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Amdanga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rafiqur Rahaman 88,935 42.00
BJP Jaydeb Manna 63,455 30.00
RSP Jamal Uddin 50,905 24.00
NOTA None of the above 2,324 1.00
Independent Ranjit Santra 1,738 1.00
Independent Mafid Mondal 1,290 1.00
BSP Shafique Ali 1,038 1.00
Majority 25,480
Turnout
TMC hold Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[8] Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7] Md. Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996,[6]Idris Ali of Congress in 1991,[5] Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987,[4] C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982,[3] and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977.[2][10] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

2011

In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency[9][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rafiquer Rahaman 87,162 53.79 +6.30#
CPI(M) Abdus Sattar 65,605 40.48 -6.93
BJP Joydeb Ghosh 4,633 2.86
PDS Motiar Rahaman Biswas 2,767 1.70
BSP Dr. Asok Kumar Golder 1,885 1.16
Turnout 162,052 91.29
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing 13.43#

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

2016

In the 2016 election, Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency[9][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rafiqur Rahaman 96,193 50.00 -3.79
CPI(M) Abdus Sattar 73,228 38.06 -2.42
BJP Arindam Dey 15,691 8.16 +5.30
NOTA None of the above 1,808 0.94
PDS Motiar Rahaman Biswas 1,655 0.86 -0.84
BSP Safique Ali 1,647 0.86 -0.30
SUCI(C) Goutam Biswas 1,178 0.61
Independent Kaosar Ali Mallik 995 0.52
Turnout 192,395 89.05 -2.24
TMC hold Swing

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. "89 - Amdanga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Amdanga. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  12. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016".
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