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Hooghly District, West Bengal
Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''Chuchura''). There are four subdivisions: Chinsurah Sadar, Srirampore, Chandannagore, and Arambagh. History The district of Hooghly derived its name from the town of Hooghly on the west bank of the Hugli River about 40 km north of Kolkata. This town was a major river port for trade in India before colonialism. The district has thousands of years of rich heritage as part of the Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The first European to reach this area was the Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama. In 1536 Portuguese traders obtained a permit from Sultan Mahmud Shah to trade in this area. In those days the Hooghly River was the main route for transportation and Hooghly served as an excellent trading port. Within a few decades, the town of Hooghl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of West Bengal
The Himalayas lies in the north of West Bengal and the Bay of Bengal is at the south. Between them, the river Ganga flows eastwards and its main distributary, the Hooghly River, flows south to reach the Bay of Bengal. The Siliguri Corridor, which connects North-East India with rest of the India, lies in the North Bengal region of the state. Geographically, West Bengal is divided into a variety of regions—Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, Terai and Dooars region, North Bengal plains, Rarh region, Western plateau and high lands, coastal plains, Sundarbans and the Ganga Delta. In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed, with 14 districts, as per 1947 Partition of Bengal, partition plan of the then Bengal province of British India. The former princely state Cooch Behar State, Koch Bihar joined as a district on 26 January 1950, and the former French Enclave and exclave, enclave Chandannagore joined as part of the Hooghly district in 1954. The States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serampore (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Serampore (previously known as Serampore-26 and changed to Srerampur-27 in the 2009 election) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Serampore in West Bengal. Five assembly segments of the constituency are in Hooghly district and two are in Howrah district. Overview Srerampur is basically an industrial constituency with an agricultural hinterland. The Howrah-Hooghly industrial belt on the west bank of the Hooghly river covers the Howrah, Hooghly and Srerampur constituency. According to ''The Hindu'', Serampore and Howrah constituencies have more than 25% non-Bengali voters with their roots in Rajasthan, Bihar or Uttar Pradesh. Vidhan Sabha segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 27 Sreerampur is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation Serampore Lok Sabha constituency was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haripal (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Haripal Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 196 Haripal Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Haripal community development block and Balarambati, Basubati and Kamarkundu Gopalnagar, Daluigachha gram panchayats of Singur community development block. Haripal Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). It was earlier part of Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2016 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections Bharati Mukherjee of CPI(M) won the Haripal seat defeating Safiul Islam Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kaliprasad Biswas of CPI(M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Jangipara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 195 Jangipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jangipara community development block and Ainya, Haripur, Masat and Shiyakhala gram panchayata of Chanditala I community development block. Jangipara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2006 .# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sudarshan Raychaudhuri of CPI(M) won the Jangipara assembly seat defeating Ehsanul Haque Kazi of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanditala (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Chanditala Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 194 Chanditala Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Dankuni Municipality(Before 2010 grampanchayat) & Bhogabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmorah and Nababpur gram panchayats of Chanditala I community development block Baksa, Barijhati, Chanditala, Garalgacha, Janai, Monaharpur, Mrigala and Naiti gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block. Chanditala Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, AITC candidate Swati Khandoker defeated her nearest rival Yash Dasgupta of BJP by 41,347 votes 2016 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Saptagram, formerly known as Bansberia Assembly Constituency Assembly constituency ( bn, সপ্তগ্রাম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Committee Bansberia Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011 and a new constituency comes into being at Saptagram. 187 Bansberia Assembly Constituency changed to 193 Saptagram Assembly Constituency Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bansberia Municipality, Aknna, 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. Saptagram Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandua (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Pandua Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 192 Pandua Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Pandua community development block. Pandua Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 2011 1977–2006 In the 2006 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Sk Majed Ali of CPI (M) won the Pandua assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Alam Kazi Rowshan of Trinamool Congress, Sailen Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress and Madhusudan Banerjee of Congress, in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Deb Narayan Chakraborty of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Balagarh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency headquartered in Jirat, Hooghly in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 191 Balagarh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Balagarh community development block and Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Digsui and Mogra I gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block. Balagarh Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2007 by-election. 1977–2007 The Balagarh seat fell vacant because of the death of the sitting MLA, Dibakanta Routh. In 2007 by-elections, Bhuban Pramanick of CPI(M) polled 60,101 votes to win the seat. Ashim Majhi of Trin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Chunchura Assembly constituency (earlier spelt as Chinsurah) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 190 Chunchura Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block. Chunchura Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2011 In the 2011 election, Asit Mazumdar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Narendranath Dey of AIFB. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Naren Dey Forward Bloc won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Chandannagar Assembly constituency (earlier spelt as Chandernagore) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 189 Chandanagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and Bhadreswar Municipality. Chandannagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections Sibaprosad Bandopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 182 Chandernagore assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Mukherjee of Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Singur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 188 Singur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Anandanagore, Bagdanga Chinamore, Baruipara Paltagarh, Beraberi, Bighati, Bouichipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, Gopalnagore, Mirzapur-Bankipur, Nasibpur, Singur I and Singur II gram panchayats of Singur community development block and Begampur, Kapasaria and Panchghora gram panchayats of Chanditala II community development block. Singur Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress won the Singur assembly seat defeating his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champdani (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Champdani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. When the constitution map was drawn up in the independent India, the area was under the now defunct Bhadreswar Assembly constituency. Overview This area was under ''Bhadreswar Assembly constituency,'' when the first constituency map of independent India was drawn. In 1967, the Champdani Assembly constituency was created as per orders of the Delimitation Commission, In 2006, No. 187 Champdani Assembly constituency was further changed and is composed of the following: Champdany Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Ward Nos. 1 & 2 and 20 to 24 of Serampore Municipality and Payarapur gram panchayat of Sreerampur-Uttarpara community development block. Champdani Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election Result 2021 In 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election All Indian Trinamool Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
