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Sagardighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Sagardighi
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 24°17′N 88°06′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Constituency No	60
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	9. Jangipur
Electorate (year)	168,136 (2011)[1] 206,049 (2016)[2] 236,885 (2021)[3]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 60 Sagardighi Assembly constituency covers Sagardighi community development block.[4]

Sagadighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Sagardighi	Shyamapada Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[5]
1951		Kuber Chand Halder	Indian National Congress[5]
1957		Shyamapada Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[6]
1957		Kuber Chand Halder	Indian National Congress[6]
1962		Ambika Chanran Das	Indian National Congress[7]
1967		Ambika Charan Das	Indian National Congress[8]
1969		Kuber Chand Halder	Bangla Congress[9]
1971		Atul Chandra Sarkar	Indian National Congress[10]
1972		Nrisinha Kumar Mandal	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Hazari Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1982		Hazari Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1987		Paresh Nath Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
1991		Paresh Nath Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
1996		Paresh Nath Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2001		Paresh Nath Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
2006		Parikhit Let	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
2011		Subrata Saha	All India Trinamool Congress[19]
2016		Subrata Saha	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Subrata Saha	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Aminul Islam of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sagardighi constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Saha	44,817	26.23	-11.79
	INC	Aminul Islam	39,603	23.18
	CPI(M)	Rajab Ali Mallick	39,385	23.05	-11.80
	Independent	Samsul Hoda	31,920	18.68
	BJP	Debsharan Ghosh	7,358	4.31	+1.38
	SDPI	Badrul Sekh	2,725	1.59	-2.72
	NOTA	None of the above	1,969	1.15
	Independent	Kanika Chakroborty (Das)	1,672	0.98
	SUCI(C)	Mirza Lutful Hoque	1,416	0.83
Turnout			170,865	82.92	-2.67
	AITC hold		Swing

Samsul Hoda, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

2011

In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sagardighi constituency[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Saha	54,708	38.02	-8.01#
	CPI(M)	Ismail Sekh	50,134	34.85	-13.77
	Independent	Aminul Islam	22,402	15.57
	SDPI	Badrul Sekh	6,198	4.31
	BJP	Shekharendu Das	4,220	2.93
	Independent	Daud Mondal	2,934
	Independent	Naru Gopal Saha	2,037
	BSP	Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay	1,243
Turnout			143,876	85.59
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+5.56#

Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.[21]

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[18] Parikshit Let of CPI(M) won the Sagardighi (SC) assembly seat defeating Rajesh Kumar Bhakat of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Paresh Nath Das of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Bhakat representing Trinamool Congress in 2001,[17] Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1996,[16] 1991[15] and 1987.[14] Hazari Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1982[13] and Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[12][22]

1951–1972

Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress won in 1972.[11] Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress won in 1971.[10] Kuber Chand Haldar of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[9] Ambika Charan Das of Congress won in 1967[8] and 1962.[7] In 1957[6] Sagadigighi constituency was not there. Jangipur was a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951[5] Sagardighi was a joint seat. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.

References

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