Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Magrahat Purba | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in West Bengal | |
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Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Constituency No | 141 |
Type | Reserved for SC |
Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar (SC) |
Electorate (year) | 169,148 (2011) |
Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Magrahat East) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 141 Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Magrahat II community development block.[1]
Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]Earlier it was part of Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Magrahat | Abdul Hashem | Indian National Congress[3] |
Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress[3] | ||
1957 | Abdul Hashem | Indian National Congress[4] | |
Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress[4] | ||
1962 | Magrahat East | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress[5] |
1967 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
1969 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1971 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
1972 | Manoranjan Haldar | Indian National Congress[9] | |
1977 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
1982 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
1987 | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
1991 | Nirmal Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
1996 | Nirmal Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
2001 | Bansari Mohan Kanji | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
2006 | Bansari Mohan Kanji | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
2011 | Magrahat Purba | Namita Saha | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
Election results
2011
Namita Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Chandan Saha of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Trinamool Congress | Namita Saha | 75,217 | 50.30 | +2.68# | |
CPI(M) | Chandan Saha | 66,414 | 44.41 | -5.87# | |
BJP | Ratan Kumar Sardar | 4,476 | |||
People’s Democratic Conference of India | Taranga Mondal | 2,621 | |||
Independent | Swapan Mandal | 1,419 | |||
Independent | Namita Mistri | 640 | |||
Indian Justice Party | Alok Kumar Haldar | 610 | |||
Turnout | 149,542 | 84.24 | |||
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 8.55# |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the Magrahat East constituency in 2006.
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 26 | 19 |
Indian National Congress | 0 | 2 |
SUCI(C) | 1 | 1 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 15 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 2 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2006 Magrahat East
In the 2006[16]and 2001[15]state assembly elections, Bansari Mohan Kanji of CPI(M) won the 121 Magrahat East (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Namita Saha of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirmal Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Namita Saha representing Congress in 1996[14]and 1991.[13] Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Manoranjan Haldar of Congress in 1987,[12] Nirmal Kanti Mondal of Congress in 1982[11] and Manoranjan Haldar of Congress in 1977.[10][19]
1962-1972 Magrahat East
Manoranjan Halder of Congress won in 1972.[9]Radhika Ranjan Pramanick of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969[7]and 1967.[6]Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress won in 1962.[5]
1951-1957 Magrahat
Magrahat was a joint seat in 1957[4]and 1951.[3]In both the elections Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of Congress, won the Magrahat seat.
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