Santipur Assembly constituency

Santipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Santipur
Constituency No. 86 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Santipur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyRanaghat
Established1952
Total electors255,619
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. 86 Santipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of the Santipur community development block.[1]

Santipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
ElectionNameParty
1951Sashi Bhusan KhanIndian National Congress[3]
1957Haridas DeyIndian National Congress[4]
1962Kanai PalIndependent[5]
1967K.PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1969M. Mokshed AliRevolutionary Communist Party of India[7]
1971Bimalananda MukherjeeRevolutionary Communist Party of India[8]
1972Asamanja DeIndian National Congress[9]
1977Bimalananda MukherjeeIndependent[10]
1982Revolutionary Communist Party of India[11]
1987Revolutionary Communist Party of India[12]
1991Ajoy DeyIndian National Congress[13]
1996Indian National Congress[14]
2001Indian National Congress[15]
2006Indian National Congress[16]
2011Indian National Congress[17]
By-Election, 2014All India Trinamool Congress
2016Arindam BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[18]
2021Jagannath SarkarBharatiya Janata Party
2021 by-electionBraja Kishore GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021 By-election
By-election, 2021: Santipur[19][20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Braja Kishore Goswami 112,087 54.89 +12.17
BJP Niranjan Biswas 47,412 23.22 -26.72
CPI(M) Soumen Mahato 39,958 19.57 +19.57
INC Raju Pal 2,877 1.41 -3.07
NOTA None of the above 1,880 0.92
Majority 64,675 31.67
Turnout 204,469 80.08
TMC gain from BJP Swing

2021 Assembly Election
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagannath Sarkar 1,09,722 49.94
TMC Ajoy Dey 93,844 42.72
INC Riju Ghoshal 9,848 4.48
NOTA None of the above 2,385 1.09
Majority 15,878 7.28
Turnout 2,20,238 86.16
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and a corporate and International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes[24] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Arindam Bhattacharya 103,566 51.76
TMC Ajoy Dey 84,078 42.02
BJP Swapan Kumar Dam 7,495 3.75
Majority 19,488 9.74
Turnout 2,00,178 88.83
INC gain from TMC Swing

2014 General election

Santipur Assembly constituency is part of Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). Ranaghat went to the polls on May 12, 2014 in phase 5 of the 2014 general election in West Bengal.[26] The result of Santipur in this election is given below.[27]

Party Candidate Valid Votes Votes recorded on Postal Ballot papers
AITC Tapas Mandal 69,651 N/A
CPI(M) Archana Biswas 52,403
BJP Supravat Biswas 31,070
INC Pratap Kanti Ray 25,885
Rejected Votes 0
NOTA 2,122
Tendered Votes 0
Majority 17,248
Turnout 186,767

2014 By-election

A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.

By-election, 2014: Santipur[28][29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Ajoy Dey 71,973 38.95
CPI(M) Anup Kumar Ghosh 51,838 28.05
INC Kumares Chakraborty 36,645 19.83
BJP Sufal Sarkar 24,324 13.16
Majority 20,135 10.90
Turnout 1,87,088 86.94
TMC gain from INC Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur [17][31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajoy Dey 98,902 57.77 +10.09
RCPI Yar Mullick 60,744 35.48 -11.18#
BJP Kanoj Biswas 11,543 6.74
Majority 38,158 22.29
Turnout 1,71,255 89.83
INC hold Swing +21.27

.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006,[16] 2001,[15] 1996[14] and 1991[13] state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey of Congress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987,[12] 1982[11] and 1977,[10] Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik of Janata Party in the respective years.[33]

1951–1972

Asamanja De of Congress won in 1972.[9] Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI won in 1971.[8] M. Mokshed Ali of RCPI won in 1969.[7] K.Pal of CPI(M) won in 1967.[6] Kanai Pal, Independent, won in 1962.[5] Haridas Dey of Congress won in 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951, Sashi Bhusan Khan of Congress won the Santipur seat.[3]

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