Deganga
Constituency No. 120 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBarasat
Established1952
Total electors175,754
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Deganga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 120 Deganga Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kadambagachhi and Katra gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block, and Amulia, Berachampa I, Berachampa II, Chakla, Chaurasi, Hadipur Jhikra I, Kalsur, Nur Nagar and Sohai-Shwetpur gram panchayats of Deganga community development block.[1]

Deganga Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
1951 Rafiuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Rafiuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress[3]
Atul Krishna Roy Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri Indian National Congress[4]
1967 J.Kabir Bangla Congress[5]
1969 Harun-Or-Rashid Progressive Muslim League[6]
1971 Harun-Or-Rashid Progressive Muslim League[7]
1972 M.Shaukat Ali Indian National Congress[8]
1977 A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman Indian Union Muslim League[9]
1982 Mortaza Hossain All India Forward Bloc[10]
1987 A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman Indian Union Muslim League [11]
1991 Md. Yakub All India Forward Bloc[12]
1996 Md. Yakub All India Forward Bloc[13]
2001 Md. Yakub All India Forward Bloc[14]
2006 Mortaza Hossain All India Forward Bloc[15]
2011 Dr Nuruzjjaman All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Anisur Rahaman (Bidesh) All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Deganga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rahima Mondal 100,105 46.70 -4.17
ISF Karim Ali 67,568 31.52
BJP Dipika Chatterjee 38,446 17.93 +11.63
AIFB Md. Hasanoor Jaman Chowdhury 2,942 1.37 -35.92
NOTA None of the above 2,100 0.98 +0.15
BSP Sattar Ali 1,354 0.63 -1.59
WPOI Md. Rafikul Islam 1,078 0.50 -0.71
SUCI(C) Ajoy Sadhukhan 787 0.37 -0.55
Turnout 214,380
AITC hold Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Deganga constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC AKM Farhad 97,412 50.87 +1.48
AIFB Md. Hasanoor Jaman Chowdhury 71,422 37.29 -1.20
BJP Tarun Kanti Ghosh 12,074 6.30 -1.01
BSP Baki Billah Karikar 3,562 2.22 -0.02
WPOI Rafikul Islam 2,317 1.21
SUCI(C) Ajoy Sadhukhan 1,754 0.92
NOTA None of the above 1,589 0.83
LJP Rita Panda 694 0.36
Turnout 191,509 88.75 -1.55
AITC hold Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Deganga constituency[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mofidul haque Sahaji Mintu 78,395 49.39 +11.84
AIFB Dr. Mortaza Hossain 61,095 38.49 -8.89
BJP Tarun Kanti Ghosh 11,606 7.31
BSP Roushan Ali 3,562 2.24
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League Kausar Ali Mullick 1,708
Independent Bhaskar Ghosh 1,369
Independent Abdul Ahed Molla 979
Turnout 158,714 90.3
AITC gain from AIFB Swing 20.73

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Dr. Mortoza Hossain of AIFB won the Deganga assembly seat defeating Mafidul Haque Sahaji of AITC. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc defeated Abdur Rouf of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Idris Ali of Congress in 1996,[13] and Ashanullah of Congress in 1991.[12] A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML defeated Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc in 1987.[11] Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc defeated A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML in 1982.[10] A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML defeated Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc in 1977.[9][19]

1951-1972

M. Shaukat Ali of Congress won in 1972.[8] Harun-Or-Rashid Independent/Progressive Muslim League won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6] J.Kabir of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5] Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri of Congress won in 1962.[4] Rafiuddin Ahmed and Atul Krishna Roy, both of Congress, won the Deganaga joint seat in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Rafiuddin Ahmed of Congress won the Deganga seat.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Deganga. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  19. ^ "92 - Deganga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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