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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ranaghat Uttar Purba
| 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/Ranaghat Uttar Purba.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency|Ranaghat]]
| constituency_no = 89
| established = 2011
| electors = 238,113
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
}}

'''Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Aranghata, Bahirgachhi, Duttapulia, Jugalkishore, Kamalpur and Raghunathpur Hijuli II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Ranaghat II (Community development block)|Ranaghat II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bagula I, Bagula II, Mamjoan, Ramnagar Bara Chupria I and Ramnagar Bara Chupria II gram panchayats of [[Hanskhali (Community development block)|Hanskhali]] community development block.<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 Uttar Purba Assembly 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 the Legislative Assembly ==
===Ranaghat===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Bijoy Krishna Sarkar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Keshab Chandra Mitra
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Benoy Kumar Chatterjee
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Gour Chandra Kundu
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|}

===Ranaghat East===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="2"|Nitai Pada Sarkar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Naresh Chandra Biswas
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Nitaipada Sarkar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Satish Chandra Biswas
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="3"|Binay Krishna Biswas
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Asim Bala
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Debendra Nath Biswas
|}

===Ranaghat West===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Benoy Kumar Chatterjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="2"|Gour Chandra Kundu
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Naresh Chandra Chaki
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="3"|Gour Chandra Kundu
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|Subhaas Basu
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|Shankar Singha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Aloke Kumar Das
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|}

===Ranaghat Uttar Purba===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Samir Kumar Poddar]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ranaghat Uttar Purba}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}1,26,235|percentage=59.71|change={{increase}}5.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Barnali Dey Roy|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}74,492|percentage=35.24|change={{decrease}}4.35}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mrinal Biswas(Mini)|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}4,713|percentage=2.23|change={{new}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Barnali Biswas|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}1,167|percentage=0.55|change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Bindu Biswas|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:}}976|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.53}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nitya Gopal Mondal|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}962|percentage=0.46|change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Madhav Das |party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}} 324 |percentage=0.15|change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gobinda Podder|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}247|percentage=0.12|change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Asim Biswas |party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}192|percentage=0.09|change={{new}} }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Asim Biswas |party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}159|percentage=0.08 |change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jagadish Mandal (Jogo) |party=SUCI(C)|votes={{formatnum:}}150|percentage=0.07|change={{new}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}1,779|percentage=0.84 |change={{decrease}}0.26}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}51,743|percentage=24.47 |change={{increase}}9.67}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}2,11,396|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ranaghat Uttar Purba}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashim Biswas (politician)|Ashim Biswas]]
|votes = 116,786
|percentage = 54.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Samir Kumar Poddar]]
|votes = 85,004
|percentage = 39.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Dinesh Chandra Biswas
|votes = 5,204
|percentage = 2.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,359
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sanjit Kumar Mandal
|votes = 2,117
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Apurba Lal Roy
|votes = 1,228
|percentage = 0.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kamal Sarkar
|votes = 1,065
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Samir Kumar Biswas
|votes = 488
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Purvanchal Mahapanchayet
|candidate = Swadhin Biswas
|votes = 485
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 214,736
|percentage = 81.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Babusona Sarkar of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Samir Kumar Poddar]]
|votes = 93,215
|percentage = 48.13
|change = -6.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Babusona Sarkar
|votes = 78,243
|percentage = 40.40
|change = +3.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nikhil Ranjan Sarkar
|votes = 15,467
|percentage = 7.99
|change = +4.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pradip Kumar Sarkar
|votes = 2,301
|percentage = 1.19
|change = -1.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,642
|percentage = 0.85
|change = +0.85
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,93,678
|percentage = 81.10
|change = -3.84
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Archana Biswas of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=89| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327191113/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=89| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Ranaghat Uttar Purba| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Samir Kumar Poddar]]
|votes = 93,836
|percentage = 55.03
|change = +11.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Archana Biswas
|votes = 62,644
|percentage = 36.74
|change = -11.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Basudev Majumdar
|votes = 6,243
|percentage = 3.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nanigopal Roy
|votes = 4,578
|percentage = 2.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Subhas Chandra Sarkar
|votes = 1,967
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party
|candidate = Anuva Sikder (Mallick)
|votes = 1,237
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 170,505
|percentage = 84.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +22.84
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the now defunct [[Hanskhali Assembly constituency|Hanskhali]] seat.</small>
===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>{{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> Debendra Nath Biswas of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 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>{{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> Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of [[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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.<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> Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and Sushil Kumar Ray 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref><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 = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

===1967-1972===
====Ranaghat East====
Nitaipada Sarkar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<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====
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>{{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> Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.<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> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]],<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> Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Nadia district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency - Revision history

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