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	\|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)		\|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
	\|subdivision_name6 = ~~221~~,~~695~~ (2011)		\|subdivision_name6 = 222,418 (2011)<ref>{{cite web\|date=14 August 2018\|title=West Bengal 2011\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/\|work=Election Commission of India\|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 257,811 (2016)<ref>{{cite web\|date=16 August 2018\|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/\|work=Election Commission of India\|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 285,180 (2021)<ref name="eci_2021">{{cite web\|date=21 June 2021\|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021\|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/\|work=Election Commission of India\|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
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	==Election results==		==Election results==
	===2021===		===2021===
	{{Election box begin \| title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=90\|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 \|work = Ranaghat Dakshin\| publisher = Empowering India \|access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}		{{Election box begin \| title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=90\|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 \|work = Ranaghat Dakshin\| publisher = Empowering India \|access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="eci_2021"/>}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link		{{Election box candidate with party link
	\|party = Bharatiya Janata Party		\|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
	\|candidate = [[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]		\|candidate = [[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]
	\|votes = ~~119260~~		\|votes = 119,260
	\|percentage = 49.34		\|percentage = 49.34
	\|change =		\|change =
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	\|party = All India Trinamool Congress		\|party = All India Trinamool Congress
	\|candidate = Barnali Dey		\|candidate = Barnali Dey Roy
	\|votes = ~~102745~~		\|votes = 102,745
	\|percentage = 42.5		\|percentage = 42.51
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
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	\|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)		\|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	\|candidate = Rama Biswas		\|candidate = Rama Biswas
	\|votes = ~~15124~~		\|votes = 15,124
	\|percentage = 6.24		\|percentage = 6.26
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link		{{Election box candidate with party link
	\|party = ~~None of the above~~		\|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
	\|candidate = ~~None of the above~~		\|candidate = Prasanta Biswas
	\|votes =		\|votes = 1,666
	\|percentage =		\|percentage = 0.69
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link		{{Election box candidate with party link
	\|party = ~~Bahujan Samaj Party~~		\|party = None of the above
	\|candidate =		\|candidate = [[None of the above (India)\|None of the above]]
	\|votes = ~~1666~~		\|votes = 1,577
	\|percentage = 0.49		\|percentage = 0.65
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
			{{Election box majority
			\|votes = 16,515
			\|percentage = 6.83
			\|change =
			}}
	{{Election box turnout		{{Election box turnout
	\|votes =		\|votes = 241,687
	\|percentage =		\|percentage = 84.75
	\|change =		\|change =
	}}		}}
	{{Election box gain with party link		{{Election box gain with party link
	\|winner = ~~[[BJP]]~~		\|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
	\|loser = ~~[[CPI~~(M)]]		\|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	\|swing =		\|swing =
	}}		}}

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'''Ranaghat Dakshin''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 90 Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Anishmali, Baidyapur I, Baidyapur II, Debagram, Majher Gram, Nokari, Raghunathpur Hijuli I and Shyamnagar [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Ranaghat II (Community development block)|Ranaghat II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], Anulia, Habibpur, Nawpara Masunda, Payradanga, Ramnagar II and Tarapur gram panchayats of [[Ranaghat I (Community development block)|Ranaghat I]] community development block and [[Cooper's Camp]] notified area.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 13 [[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/> Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of [[Nabadwip (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 = 1 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Ranaghat||Bijoy Krishna Sarkar||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Keshab Chandra Mitra||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Benoy Kumar Chatterjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Gour Chandra Kundu||[[Communist Party of India]]<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Ranaghat East||Nitai Pada Sarkar||Communist Party of India<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Benoy Kumar Chatterjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>
|-
|1969||Ranaghat East||Nitai Pada Sarkar ||Communist Party of India<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Gour Chandra Kundu||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969/>
|-
|1971||Ranaghat East||Naresh Chandra Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Gour Chandra Kundu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1971/>
|-
|1972||Ranaghat East||Nitaipada Sarkar|| Communist Party of India<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||[[Naresh Chandra Chaki]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972/>
|-
|1977||Ranaghat East||Satish Chandra Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Gour Chandra Kundu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1977/>
|-
|1982||Ranaghat East||Satish Chandra Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Gour Chandra Kundu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982/>
|-
|1987||Ranaghat East||Binay Krishna Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Gour Chandra Kundu||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987/>
|-
|1991||Ranaghat East||Binay Krishna Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Subhaas Basu ||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991/>
|-
|1996||Ranaghat East||Binay Krishna Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Shankar Singha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996/>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||Ranaghat East||Asim Bala||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Shankar Singha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2001/>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||Ranaghat East||Debendra Nath Biswas||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||Ranaghat West||Aloke Kumar Das||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006/>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||Ranaghat Dakshin||[[Abir Biswas]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||Ranaghat Dakshin||Rama Biswas||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||Ranaghat Dakshin||[[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=90|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work = Ranaghat Dakshin| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]
|votes = 119260
|percentage = 49.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Barnali Dey
|votes = 102745
|percentage = 42.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rama Biswas
|votes = 15124
|percentage = 6.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate =
|votes = 1666
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = [[BJP]]
|loser = [[CPI(M)]]
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Rama Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Abir Ranjan Biswas of AITC.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=90|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Ranaghat Dakshin| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rama Biswas
|votes = 104,159
|percentage = 47.51
|change = +6.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Abir Ranjan Biswas
|votes = 86,906
|percentage = 39.64
|change = -11.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Susmit Ranjan Haldar
|votes = 18,114
|percentage = 8.26
|change = +3.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,640
|percentage = 1.66
|change = +1.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Prashanta Biswas
|votes = 2,407
|percentage = 1.10
|change = -0.42
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,19,215
|percentage = 85.03
|change = -2.52
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -1.20
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Aloke Das of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=90|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Ranaghat Dakshin| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Abir Ranjan Biswas
|votes = 99,432
|percentage = 51.23
|change = -2.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Aloke Das
|votes = 79,824
|percentage = 41.13
|change = -1.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Benoy Bhusan Roy
|votes = 8,934
|percentage = 4.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Prashanta Biswas
|votes = 2,951
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party
|candidate = Chaitanya Barai
|votes = 2,942
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 194,083
|percentage = 87.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -1.20
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.
===1977-2006===
Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

====Ranaghat East====
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Debendra Nath Biswas of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 80 Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp80.htm |title = 80 - Ranaghat East (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

====Ranaghat West====
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Shankar Singha of Congress defeated [[Jyotirmoyee Sikdar]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp81.htm |title = 81 - Ranaghat West Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-10-05 }}</ref>

===1967-1972===
====Ranaghat East====
Nitaipada Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>

====Ranaghat West====
Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> and 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>

===1951-1962 Ranaghat===
In [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]] and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]], there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

==References==
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{{Nadia topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Nadia district]]

Ranaghat Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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