Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Uttarpara
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Uttarpara is located in West Bengal
Uttarpara
Uttarpara
Location in West Bengal
Uttarpara is located in India
Uttarpara
Uttarpara
Uttarpara (India)
Coordinates: 22°40′01″N 88°20′24″E / 22.66694°N 88.34000°E / 22.66694; 88.34000Coordinates: 22°40′01″N 88°20′24″E / 22.66694°N 88.34000°E / 22.66694; 88.34000
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.185
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency27. Sreerampur
Electorate (year)216,312 (2011)
Government
 • Incumbent MLAKanchan Mullick
 • Political Party  AITC  

Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block.[1]

Uttarpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year		 Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India[2][3][4]
1957
1962
1967 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
1969
1971 Santasri Chatterjee
1972
1977
1982
1987
1991
1996 Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay
2001 Swaraj Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2003 by-election Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16]
2006 Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj
2011 Anup Ghosal All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Prabir Ghosal
2021 Kanchan Mullick

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Uttarpara constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kanchan Mullick 93,878 46.96 +2.07
BJP Prabir Kumar Ghoshal 57,889 28.96 +16.44
CPI (M) Rajat Banerjee 42,718 21.37 -17.18
NOTA None of the above 3,353 1.68 -0.67
CPI(ML)(L) Sourav Roy 1,223 0.61 -0.30
Independent Ranjan Mukherjee 833 0.42
Turnout 1,99,894 76.94 -1.17
AITC hold Swing

2016[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Uttarpara constituency[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Prabir Kumar Ghoshal 84,918 44.89 −14.88
CPI (M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 72,918 38.55 +3.43
BJP Krishna Bhattacharjee 23,687 12.52 +9.00
NOTA None of the above 4,444 2.35
CPI(ML)(L) Swapan Majumdar 1,730 0.91
Independent Suvendu Biswas 1,458 0.77
Turnout 1,89,155 78.11
AITC hold Swing 11.32#

2011[edit]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uttarpara constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Anup Ghosal 104,753 59.77 +11.91
CPI (M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj 61,560 35.12 −13.32
BJP Pranab Chakraborty 6,161 3.52
JD(U) Rishikesh Singh 2,794 1.59
Turnout 175,268 81.03
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 25.23#

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of CPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat defeating Sudpita Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta of Congress in 1996.[13] Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kashinath Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.[9][20]

1951-1972[edit]

Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969,[6] 1967,[5] 1962,[4] 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "AC By Election: Uttarpara 2003". AC No 292. India Votes. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Uttarpara. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  19. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Uttarpara. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  20. ↑ "179 - Uttarpara Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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