Gangarampur
Constituency No. 41 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDakshin Dinajpur
LS constituencyBalurghat
Established1951
Total electors224,040
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Gangarampur is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 41 Gangarampur Assembly constituency (SC) covers Gangarampur municipality, Belbari I, Damdama, Gangarampur and Nandanpur gram panchayats of Gangrampur community development block, and Ajmatpur, Autina, Gurail, Hazratpur, Ramchandrapur and Rampara Chenchra gram panchayats of Tapan community development block.[1]

Gangarampur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Gangarampur Satindra Nath Basu Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Lakshman Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Satindra Nath Basu Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Mangla Kisku Communist Party of India[4]
1967 K. Sayed Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Ahindra Sarkar Communist Party of India[6]
1971 Ahamed Moslihuddin Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Ahamed Moslihuddin Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Ahindra Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Ahamed Moslihuddin Indian National Congress (Socialist)[10]
1987 Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marrxist)[12]
1996 Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Narayan Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Narayan Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Satyendra Nath Ray All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Goutam Das Indian National Congress
2021 Satyendra Nath Ray Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyendra Nath Ray of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Goutam Das of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gangarampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Satyendra Nath Ray 88,724 46.82 +36.67
AITC Goutam Das 84,132 44.40 +4.22
CPI(M) Nandalal Hazra 12,273 6.48
BSP Arun Kanti Bala 1,169 0.62 -0.24
NOTA None of the above 1,149 0.61 -0.79
KPPU Akshay Sarkar 1,145 0.60
CPI(ML) Red Star Subrata Roy 890 0.47 -0.15
Turnout 189,482 84.58 -2.67
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Goutam Das of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Satyendra Nath Ray of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Gangarampur (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Goutam Das 80,401 46.37
AITC Satyendra Nath Ray 69,668 40.18 -5.67
BJP Sanatan Karmakar 17,604 10.15 +7.06
NOTA None of the above 2,432 1.40
BSP Jatindra Nath Barman 1,486 0.86
CPI(ML) Red Star Sukla Bhuimali 1,068 0.62
Independent Bimal Chandra Barman 719 0.41
Turnout 173,378 87.25 -2.60
INC gain from AITC Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Satyendra Nath Ray of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nandalal Hazra of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gangarampur (SC) constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Satyendra Nath Ray 65,666 45.85 +1.38#
CPI(M) Nandalal Hazra 64,998 45.38 -6.82
BJP Dipankar Roy 4,432 3.09
Independent Akshay Sarkar 2,127
Independent Sreepada Barman 1,915
BSP Uttam Kumar Barman 1,267
Independent Susen Chandra Barman 1,121
Independent Sukla Bhuimali 858
Independent Kanak Sarkar 835
Turnout 143,219 89.85
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 7.20#

Shukla Bhuimali, contesting as an Indepependent, belonged to CPI(ML).[18]

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

1977–2006

In 2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections Narayan Biswas of CPI(M) won the Gangarampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Biplab Mitra of Trinamool Congress. Minati Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Asish Majumdar of BJP in 1996,[13] Biplab Mitra of Congress in 1991[12] and Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress in 1987.[11] Ahamed Moslihuddin representing ICS defeated Arabinda Chakrabarty of CPI(M) in 1982.[10] Ahindra Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress in 1977.[9][19]

1951–1972

Ahamed Moslihuddin of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Ahindra Sarkar of CPI(M) won in 1969.[6] K. Sayed of Congress won in 1967.[5] Mangla Kisku of CPI won in 1962.[4] Lakshman Chandra Hansda and Satindra Nath Basu, both of Congress, won in 1957,[3] when Gangarampur was a joint seat. Satindra Nath Basu of Congress won in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Gangarampur. Empowering India. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, 41 Gangarampur". West Bengal Assembly Election 2011. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  19. ^ "35 - Gangarampur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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