Palashipara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Palashipara
পলাশীপাড়া | |
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Assembly constituency বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র | |
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Coordinates: 23°47′0″N 88°27′0″E | |
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State | West Bengal |
District | Nadia |
Constituency No | 79 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 12. Krishnanagar |
Electorate (year) | 185,525 (2011)[1] 218,181 (2016)[2] 244,867 (2021)[3][4] |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chanderghat and Patharghata II gram panchayats of Tehatta I CD Block, Tehatta II CD Block, and Bikrampur, Bilkumari, Dhananjaypur and Haranagar gram panchayats of Nakashipara CD Block.[5]
Palashipara Assembly constituency is part of 12. Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.[5]
Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1977 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M)[6] |
1982 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M)[7] |
1987 | Madhabendu Mahanta | CPI(M)[8] |
1991 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M)[9] |
1996 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M)[10] |
2001 | Kamalendu Sanyal | CPI(M)[11] |
2006 | Biswanath Ghosh | CPI(M)[12] |
2011 | S.M.Sadi | CPI(M)[13] |
2016 | Tapas Kumar Saha | AITC[14] |
2021 | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | AITC |
For MLAs in the area prior to 1977 see Tehatta Assembly constituency
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Dr. Manik Bhattacharya | 110274 | 54.17 | +9.18 | |
BJP | Bibhas Chandra Mandal | 58938 | 28.95 | +21.27 | |
CPI(M) | S. M. Sadi | 26228 | 12.88 | -29.06 | |
SUCI(C) | Maniruzzaman Mondal | 1696 | 0.83 | -0.58 | |
BSP | Ratikanta Thakur | 1690 | 0.83 | ||
Independent | Panchanan Mandal | 301 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Bijoy Dutta | 916 | 0.45 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Barman | 1688 | 0.83 | ||
NOTA | 1654 | 0.81 | |||
Turnout | 203652 | 83.17 | |||
AITC gain from | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Tapas Kumar Saha of AITMC defeated previous M.L.A. S.M. Sadi of CPI(M)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | 82,122 | 44.99 | ||
CPI(M) | S.M. Sadi | 76,568 | 41.94 | ||
BJP | Bibhash Chandra Mandal | 14,028 | 7.68 | ||
SHS | Monoj Roy | 3,117 | 1.71 | ||
SUCI(C) | Batshobha Sekh | 2,571 | 1.41 | ||
BSP | Dwijen Biswas | 1,576 | 0.86 | ||
SDPI | Fajlur Rahaman Sekh | 583 | 0.32 | ||
NOTA | 1,990 | 1.09 | |||
Turnout | 182,560 | 83.67 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, S.M.Sadi of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee of All India Trinamool Congress
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | S.M.Sadi | 73,619 | 46.12 | -2.08 | |
AITC | 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.
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[12] 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 (Former Minister of State) of CPI(M) defeated Tapas Kumar Saha of TMC in 2001,[11] Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1996[10] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1991.[9] Madhabendu Mahanta of CPI(M) defeated Kumaresh Chandra of Congress in 1987,[8] and Kartic Chandra Biswas of Congress in 1982[7] and 1977.[6][18] Prior to that the constituency did not exist. Tehatta Assembly constituency existed in the area.
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