| Saptagram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 193 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 186,561 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Swaraj Ghosh | |
| Party | [[Bharatiya Janta Party|Template:Bharatiya Janta Party/meta/shortname]] |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Saptagram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bansberia Municipality, Akna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block, and Mogra II and Saptagram gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block.[1]
Saptagram Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bansberia | |||
| 1977[2] | Prabir Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982[3] | |||
| 1987[4] | |||
| 1991[5] | |||
| 1996[6] | Robin Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001[7] | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| 2006[8] | |||
| Saptagram | |||
| 2011[9] | Tapan Dasgupta | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anirban Sarkar | ||||
| BJP | Swaraj Ghosh | ||||
| AITC | Bidesh Ranjan Bose | ||||
| INC | Sougata Ghosh | ||||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 93,328 | 48.56 |  0.37
| |
| BJP | Debabrata Biswas | 83,556 | 43.48 |  34.33
| |
| INC | Pabitra Deb | 8,332 | 4.34 | 34.29
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the Above | 3,037 | 1.58 | 0.03
| |
| Independent | Subir Roy | 1,745 | 0.91 | Template:New | |
| Independent | Milan Das | 707 | 0.37 | Template:New | |
| Independent | Bishnu Chowdhuri | 601 | 0.31 | Template:New | |
| Independent | Ajoy Das | 568 | 0.30 | Template:New | |
| Independent | Paritosh Karmakar | 316 | 0.16 | Template:New | |
| Majority | 9,772 | 5.08 | 5.22
| ||
| Turnout | 1,89,153 | 82.27 | 0.73
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 88,208 | 48.93 | 7.58
| |
| INC | Dilip Nath | 69,641 | 38.63 | Template:New | |
| BJP | Sushanta Sengupta | 16,494 | 9.15 | 6.92
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the Above | 2,894 | 1.61 | Template:New | |
| CPI(ML)L | Sajal Adhikari | 1,536 | 0.85 | 1.41
| |
| JMM | Kashinath Murmu | 1,509 | 0.84 | Template:New | |
| Turnout | 1,80,394 | 83.91 | 1.59
| ||
| Majority | 18,567 | 10.30 | 9.02
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 90,289 | 56.51 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | 59,421 | 37.19 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Sadhan Mal | 3,612 | 2.26 | ||
| BJP | Kartick Chandra Paul | 3,559 | 2.23 | ||
| ABHM | Priyatosh Majumder | 1,866 | 1.17 | ||
| JDP | Meghnath Tudu | 1,040 | 0.65 | ||
| Turnout | 1,59,787 | 85.50 | |||
| Majority | 30,868 | 19.32 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
1977-2006[edit | edit source]
In 2006[8] and 2001[7] state assembly elections Asutosh Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 187 Bansberia assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Suma Mukherjee and Tapan Dasgupta, both of Trinamool Congress in respective years. Robin Mukherjee of Congress defeated Prabir Sengupta of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Prabir Sengupta of CPI(M) defeated Robin Mukherjee of Congress in 1991[5] and 1987,[4] Shibani Maitra of Congress in 1982[3] and Sanat Majumdar of Janata Party in 1977.[2][12]
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 26 July 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Saptagram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Saptagram. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "187 - Bansberia Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.