| Madhyamgram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 242,425 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 118 Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Madhyamgram municipality, Chandigarh Rohanda, Kemia Khamarpara gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, and Ichhapur Nilganj, Paschim Khilkapur and Purba Khilkapur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]
Madhyamgram Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Madhyamgram | Rathin Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
Rathin Ghosh, involvement in a multi-crore municipal recruitment scam. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are investigating the illegal recruitment of approximately 1,500 people across various civic bodies between 2014 and 2018. It is alleged that jobs were provided in exchange for bribes.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rathin Ghosh | 95,995 | 41.21 | ||
| BJP | Anindya Banerjee | 93,596 | 40.18 | ||
| ISF | Priyanka Barman | 35,501 | 15.24 | ||
| AIFB | Nitai Pal | 2,209 | 0.95 | ||
| INC | Ananta Roy | 1,587 | 0.68 | ||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,474 | 0.63 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
In the 2021 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Rajasree Rajbanshi of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rathin Ghosh | 112,741 | 48.93% | −4.16% | |
| BJP | Rajasree Rajbanshi | 64,615 | 24% | +19% | |
| ISF | Biswajit Maity | 46,748 | 21% | +21% | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,152 | 1.37 | −0.04 | |
| BSP | Himangshu Mondal | 1,667 | 0.72 | −0.67 | |
| Independent | Saifuddin Mondal | 869 | 0.38 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Biplab Dutta | 639 | 0.28 | ||
| Turnout | 230,431 | 84.59 | −2.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
In the 2016 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapas Majumdar of Indian National Congress, the coalition candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rathin Ghosh | 110,271 | 53.09 | −4.09 | |
| INC | Tapas Majumdar | 74,467 | 35.85 | ||
| BJP | Debasis Mitra | 17,148 | 8.26 | +5.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,932 | 1.41 | ||
| BSP | Himangshu Mondal | 2,886 | 1.39 | −1.04 | |
| Turnout | 207,704 | 86.63 | −2.12 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
In the 2011 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress, the United Progressive Alliance (India) candidate, defeated his nearest rival Ranjit Choudhury of Forward Bloc.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rathin Ghosh | 99,841 | 57.18 | ||
| AIFB | Ranjit Choudhury | 65,173 | 37.33 | ||
| BJP | Bijoy Banerjee | 5,350 | 3.06 | ||
| BSP | Jaydeb Biswas | 4,236 | 2.43 | ||
| Turnout | 174,600 | 88.75 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Madhyamgram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
