Rajarhat New Town 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 Indian state of

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. Up to 2011 there was one constituency, 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

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, No. 115 Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1–5,12-14,20-21 of

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(Before 2015 Wards 1-6 & 10-13 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward 27 of

(formerly Mahisbathan–II gram panchayat of Rajarhat CD Block) and remaining Rajarhat CD Block Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituency is part of No. 17

Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) Barasat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barasat in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 17 Barasat Lok Sabha constituency are in North 24 Parganas dist ...

. Rajarhat (SC) was part of

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 ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

In the 2011 election, Sabyasachi Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tapash Chatterjee of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006 Rajarhat

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Rabindranath Mandal of

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won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of

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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

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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 won in

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. Prior to that the Rajarhat seat was not there.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of North 24 Parganas district