Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sonarpur Uttar
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Sonarpur Uttar Location in West Bengal Sonarpur Uttar Location in India
Coordinates: 22.4382026°N 88.4320450°E / 22.4382026; 88.4320450
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	151
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Jadavpur
Electorate (year)	196,980 (2011)

Sonarpur Uttar, (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:

• Ward No. 1 to Ward No. 7 and Ward No. 25 to Ward No. 35 of Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality
• Bonhugly I, Bonhugly II, Kamrabad, Kheadaha I and Kheadaha II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block

Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Sonarpur	Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury	Communist Party of India
1967		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972		Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India
1977		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001		Nimai Chandra Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2006		Shyamal Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Sonarpur Uttar	Firdousi Begum	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Firdousi Begum	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Sonarpur Uttar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firdousi Begum	1,19,957	49.88
	BJP	Ranjan Baidya	83,867	34.87
	CPI (M)	Monalisa Sinha	29,400	12.22
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Sonarpur Uttar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firdousi Begum	101,939	50.31	-5.09
	CPI (M)	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	77,059	38.03	-1.33
	BJP	Satyabrata Dutta	15,218	7.51	+5.78
	BSP	Ajit Baul	1770	0.87
Turnout			202,625	82.03
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Sonarpur Uttar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Firdousi Begum	89,841	55.4
	CPI (M)	Shyamal Naskar	63,817	39.36
	BJP	Debasish Purkait	3,618	1.73
	BSP	Ranjan Kumar Halder	1,290
	Independent	Shyamal Naskar	1,276
	Independent	Fakir Mohammed Laskar	1,141
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Dutta	747
	Independent	Bhushan Mondal	42
Turnout			162,155	82.32
	AITC win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Election 2006

Legislative Assembly Election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Shyamal Naskar	1,13,146
	AITC	Nirmal Ch. Mandal	1,05,126
	CPI (M) gain from AITC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Legislative Assembly Election 2001

Legislative Assembly Election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nirmal Ch. Mandal	99,893
	CPI (M)	Abha Mondal	91,829
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001, Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996 and 1991, and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982 and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.

Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969, and 1967. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.