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Santipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Santipur is located in West Bengal
Santipur
Santipur
Location in West Bengal
Santipur is located in India
Santipur
Santipur
Santipur (India)
Coordinates: 23°15′0″N 88°26′0″E / 23.25000°N 88.43333°E / 23.25000; 88.43333Coordinates: 23°15′0″N 88°26′0″E / 23.25000°N 88.43333°E / 23.25000; 88.43333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Constituency No86
Lok Sabha constituency13. Ranaghat (SC)
Electorate (year)190,634 (2011)[1]
225,358 (2016)[2]
255,619 (2021)[3]

Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Shantipur) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of the Santipur community development block.[4]

Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[4] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Name Party
1951 Sashi Bhusan Khan Indian National Congress[6]
1957 Haridas Dey Indian National Congress[7]
1962 Kanai Pal Independent[8]
1967 K.Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1969 M. Mokshed Ali Revolutionary Communist Party of India[10]
1971 Bimalananda Mukherjee Revolutionary Communist Party of India[11]
1972 Asamanja De Indian National Congress[12]
1977 Bimalananda Mukherjee Independent[13]
1982 Revolutionary Communist Party of India[14]
1987 Revolutionary Communist Party of India[15]
1991 Ajoy Dey Indian National Congress[16]
1996 Indian National Congress[17]
2001 Indian National Congress[18]
2006 Indian National Congress[19]
2011 Indian National Congress[20]
By-Election, 2014 All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Arindam Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[21]
2021 Jagannath Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 by-election Braja Kishor Goswami All India Trinamool Congress

Election results[edit]

2021 By-election[edit]

By-election, 2021: Santipur[22][23][24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Braja Kishore Goswami 112,087 54.89 +12.17
BJP Niranjan Biswas 47,412 23.22 -26.72
CPI (M) Soumen Mahato 39,958 19.57 +19.57
INC Raju Pal 2,877 1.41 -3.07
NOTA None of the above 1,880 0.92
Majority 64,675 31.67
Turnout 204,469 80.08
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2021 Assembly Election[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagannath Sarkar 1,09,722 49.94
AITC Ajoy Dey 93,844 42.72
INC Riju Ghoshal 9,848 4.48
NOTA None of the above 2,385 1.09
Majority 15,878 7.28
Turnout 2,20,238 86.16
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and a corporate and International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes[27] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Arindam Bhattacharya 103,566 51.76
AITC Ajoy Dey 84,078 42.02
BJP Swapan Kumar Dam 7,495 3.75
Majority 19,488 9.74
Turnout 2,00,178 88.83
INC gain from AITC Swing

2014 General election[edit]

Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). Ranaghat went to the polls on May 12, 2014 in phase 5 of the 2014 general election in West Bengal.[29] The result of Santipur in this election is given below.[30]

e • d 
Party Candidate Valid Votes Votes recorded on Postal Ballot papers
AITC Tapas Mandal 69,651 N/A
CPI(M) Archana Biswas 52,403
BJP Supravat Biswas 31,070
INC Pratap Kanti Ray 25,885
Rejected Votes 0
NOTA 2,122
Tendered Votes 0
Majority 17,248
Turnout 186,767

2014 By-election[edit]

A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.

By-election, 2014: Santipur[31][32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ajoy Dey 71,973 38.95
CPI (M) Anup Kumar Ghosh 51,838 28.05
INC Kumares Chakraborty 36,645 19.83
BJP Sufal Sarkar 24,324 13.16
Majority 20,135 10.90
Turnout 1,87,088 86.94
AITC gain from INC Swing

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Santipur [20][34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajoy Dey 98,902 57.77 +10.09
style="background-color: Template:Revolutionary Communist Party of India/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|Template:Revolutionary Communist Party of India/meta/shortname]] Yar Mullick 60,744 35.48 -11.18#
BJP Kanoj Biswas 11,543 6.74
Majority 38,158 22.29
Turnout 1,71,255 89.83
INC hold Swing +21.27

.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.

1977–2006[edit]

In the 2006,[19] 2001,[18] 1996[17] and 1991[16] state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey of Congress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987,[15] 1982[14] and 1977,[13] Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik of Janata Party in the respective years.[36]

1951–1972[edit]

Asamanja De of Congress won in 1972.[12] Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI won in 1971.[11] M. Mokshed Ali of RCPI won in 1969.[10] K.Pal of CPI(M) won in 1967.[9] Kanai Pal, Independent, won in 1962.[8] Haridas Dey of Congress won in 1957.[7] In independent India's first election in 1951, Sashi Bhusan Khan of Congress won the Santipur seat.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "With more than 79% voter turnout, Gosaba records highest polling percentage". Millennium Post. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  24. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Form20 - 86 Santipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  26. ↑ "Santipur Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  27. ↑ "শান্তিপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, অতীতের ফলাফল - একনজরে সব তথ্য". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  28. ↑ "Santipur Assembly Elections 2016 Latest News & Results". India.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  29. ↑ "Phase wise schedule" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  30. ↑ "13-RANAGHAT (SC)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  31. ↑ "Santipur (West Bengal) Assembly Elections Results". www.elections.in. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  32. ↑ "শান্তিপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র". Zee 24 Ghanta (in Bengali). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  33. ↑ "বামদের টিকে থাকতে হলে চাই নতুন দল". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  34. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Santipur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  35. ↑ "AC Summary: Santipur 2011". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  36. ↑ "78 - Santipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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