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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Rajarhat Gopalpur
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Rajarhat Gopalpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Aditi Munshi]]
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
| constituency_no = 117
| established = 1962
| electors = 239,551
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 117 Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation|Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality]]) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of [[South Dum Dum Municipality]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 15 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Pranab Prasad Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S. N. Das
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Rabindranath Mondal
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="2"|Khagendranath Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="5"|Rabindranath Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=5|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|[[Tanmoy Mondal]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Rabindranath Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Purnendu Basu]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Aditi Munshi]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajarhat Gopalpur}}
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|candidate = [[Aditi Munshi]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
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|candidate = Tarunjyoti Tewari
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Subhajit Dasgupta
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Abu Taleb
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
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|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
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===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Rajarhat Gopalpur}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Aditi Munshi]]
|votes = 87,650
|percentage = 49.04
|change = +4.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Samik Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 62,354
|percentage = 34.89
|change = +22.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Subhajit Dasgupta
|votes = 24,511
|percentage = 13.71
|change = -26.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,258
|percentage = 1.26
|change = -1.04
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 178,723
|percentage = 69.42
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajarhat Gopalpur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Purnendu Basu|Purnendu Bose]]
|votes = 72,793
|percentage = 44.30
|change = -15.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Nepaldev Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 65,919
|percentage = 40.11
|change = +4.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dilip Mitra
|votes = 19,683
|percentage = 11.97
|change = +9.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ranjit Kumar Dutta
|votes = 1,244
|percentage = 0.75
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shyamal Mondal
|votes = 895
|percentage = 0.54
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,780
|percentage = 2.30
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,874
|percentage = 4.19
|change = -19.58
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 164,314
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=117| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120507065016/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=117| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 7 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Rajarhat Gopalpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Purnendo Bose]]
|votes = 89,829
|percentage = 59.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rabindranath Mondal
|votes = 54,104
|percentage = 35.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Manoranjan Das
|votes = 3,837
|percentage = 2.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Paul
|votes = 785
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Purnendu Basu
|votes = 613
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jahar Roy
|votes = 603
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Abhijit Maity
|votes = 538
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 35,725
|percentage = 23.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 150,327
|percentage = 78.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977–2006 Rajarhat===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Rabindranath Mandal of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp91.htm |title = 91 - Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1962–1972 Rajarhat===
Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1962]]
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Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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