Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is an
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constituency in
North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...
in the
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n
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of
West Bengal
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. Up to 2011 there was one constituency, 91-Rajarhat (SC), covering the area. From 2011 there are two constituencies: Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency and
Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency.
Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, No. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
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Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Shri Pa ...
(Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of
Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of
South Dum Dum
South Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
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municipality.
Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16
Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)
Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Dum Dum in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 16 Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas distric ...
.
[ Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2011
In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).
1977–2006 Rajarhat
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[ Rabindranath Mandal of ]CPI(M)
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won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001[ Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing ]Congress
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in 1996,[ Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,][ Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982][ and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.]
1962–1972 Rajarhat
Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.][ S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.][ Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in ]1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
.[ Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.
]
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of North 24 Parganas district