Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Uttarpara
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Uttarpara is located in West Bengal
Uttarpara
Uttarpara
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 185
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year) 216,312 (2011)

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Uttarpara-Kotrang municipality, Konnagar municipality 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		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Uttarpara Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[2]
1957 Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[3]
1962 Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[4]
1967 Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Santasri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Prof, Swaraj Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Anup Ghosal All India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uttarpara constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Anup Ghosal 104,753 59.77 +11.91#
CPI(M) 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
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing 25.23#

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

e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Hooghly district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 Increase14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 Decrease12
Forward bloc 1 Decrease2
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2


1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] 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. 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][18]

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]

References

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