Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Palashipara
পলাশিপাড়া
Vidhan Sabha constituency
বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
Palashipara is located in West Bengal
Palashipara
Palashipara
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 79
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year) 216,805 (2016)[1]

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chanderghat and PatharghataII gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block, Tehatta II community development block, and Bikrampur, Bilkumari, Dhananjaypur and Haranagar gram panchayats of Nakashipara community development block.[2]

Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1977 Madhabendu Mahanta CPI(M)[3]
1982 Madhabendu Mahanta CPI(M)[4]
1987 Madhabendu Mahanta CPI(M)[5]
1991 Kamalendu Sanyal CPI(M)[6]
1996 Kamalendu Sanyal CPI(M)[7]
2001 Kamalendu Sanyal CPI(M)[8]
2006 Biswanath Ghosh CPI(M)[9]
2011 S.M.Sadi CPI(M)[10]

2016 Tapas Saha AITUC


For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 see Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, S.M.Sadi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee of All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Palashipara constituency[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S.M.Sadi 73,619 46.12 -2.08
Trinamool Congress Prof. Manik Bhattacharya 71,967 45.09 -1.39#
BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas 8,145 5.10
BSP Rati Kanta Thakur 2,480
MLKSC Shahjahan Mollick 1,896
JD(U) Jelhak Mahalder 1,513
Turnout 159,620 86.11
CPI(M) hold Swing -1.69#

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

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Nadia district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 13 Increase11
Indian National Congress 1 Increase0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease8
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)


1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[9]Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Palashipara assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC. Contests in most years were multicornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamalendu Sanyal of CPI(M) defeated Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC in 2001,[8]Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1996[7]and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1991.[6]Madhabendu Mahanta of CPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra of Congress in 1987,[5]and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1982[4]and 1977.[3][12] Prior to that the constituency did not exist. Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.

References

  1. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/GE2016_website_upload_data/AC_wise_elector.pdf
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