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{{Infobox settlement



| name = Tarakeswar 
| official_name =
| other_name =
| native_name = 
| settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto =

| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|22|53|00|N|88|01|00|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
| subdivision_name3 = 198
| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Open
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|29. Arambagh (SC)]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 221,972 (2016)

| area_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Tarakeswar''' Vidhan Sabha constituency is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 198 [[Tarakeswar]] Vidhan Sabha constituency, also spelt Tarakeshwar, is composed of the following: [[Tarakeswar Municipality]], [[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bhanderhati I, Bhanderhati II, Gopinathpur I, Gopinathpur II and Perambua Sahabazar [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali]] community development block.<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= 26 July 2015 |work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Tarakeswar||Parbati Charan Hazra||[[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, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Parbati Charan Hazra||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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Parbati Charan Hazra||Indian National Congress<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||[[Ram Chatterjee]]||[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]<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, AC No 180|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Ram Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 180 |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Ram Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 180|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Balai Lal Sheth||Indian National Congress<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Ram Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 185|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Ram Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 185|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Santi Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 185|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Santi Chaterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 185| publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Pratim Chaterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No 185|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Pratim Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Pratim Chatterjee||Marxist Forward Bloc<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 Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 185|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Rachhpal Singh]]||[[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, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Rachhpal Singh]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|2021
|
|[[Ramendu Sinharay]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}
* In some years Marxist Forward Bloc candidates ran on Independent or CPI(M) tickets.

==Election results==
===2021 election===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Tarakeswar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Ramendu Sinharay|votes=97,588|percentage=50.75|change=-4.35}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Swapan Dasgupta]]|votes=88461|percentage=36.35|change=+27.29}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Surajit Ghosh |votes=14396|percentage=9.36|change=+6.80}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party of India (Athawale)|candidate=Sanju Chakraborty|votes=1690|percentage=1.47|change=-0.23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=NOTA|votes=2740|percentage=2.07|change=+2.07}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 election===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Tarakeswar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Rachhpal Singh]]
|votes = 97,588
|percentage = 50.75
|change = -4.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Surajit Ghosh
|votes = 69,898
|percentage = 36.35
|change = -4.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Jagannath Das
|votes = 17,989
|percentage = 9.36
|change = +6.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Party (Naren)
|candidate = Palash Hansda
|votes = 2,818
|percentage = 1.47
|change = -0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = NOTA
| =
|votes = 3,983
|percentage = 2.07
|change = +2.07
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Rachpal Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pratim Chatterjee of MFB.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Tarakeswar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=198|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Tarakeswar| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Rachhpal Singh]]
|votes = 97,022
|percentage = 55.10
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Marxist Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Pratim Chatterjee]]
|votes = 71,549
|percentage = 40.64
|change = -17.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ganesh Chakraborty
|votes = 4,504
|percentage = 2.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Palash Kinkar Hansda
|votes = 2,996
|percentage = 1.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 176,072
|percentage = 89.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Marxist Forward Bloc
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Tarakeswar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=198|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Tarakeswar| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Marxist Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Pratim Chatterjee]]
|votes = 74,849
|percentage = 58.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krishna Bhattacharjee
|votes = 44,578
|percentage = 40.64
|change = -17.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ajit Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 9,400
|percentage = 7.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,28,861
|percentage = 87.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Marxist Forward Bloc
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Trinamool Congress+BJP alliance contested this seat in 2006.

===2001===
In the 2001 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2001]]: Tarakeswar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=198|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Tarakeswar| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Marxist Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Pratim Chatterjee]]
|votes = 69,186
|percentage = 54.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mohan Ghosh
|votes = 40,274
|percentage = 31.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rakhal Chandra Das
|votes = 12,434
|percentage = 9.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Debasish Chatterjee
|votes = 3325
|percentage = 2.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Prabir Pal
|votes = 1615
|percentage = 1.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,26,834
|percentage = 83.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Marxist Forward Bloc
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Trinamool Congress+Trinamool Congress alliance contested this seat in 2001.

===1977-2006===
Tarakeswar has been a base of [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] but officially their candidates are often shown as Independent. In 1996, the candidate was shown as belonging to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001 and 1996, Pratim Chatterjee, Independent/ CPI(M), won the 185 Tarakeswar assembly seat defeating Krishna Bhattacharjee of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Mohan Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Ajit Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Balailal Sheth of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Ram Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Bimal Kanti Ghosh of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Ajit Bose Mullik of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp185.htm |title =185 - Tarakeswar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]],<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

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

{{West Bengal elections}}

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

Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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