Ratua Assembly constituency is an
assembly constituency in
Malda district
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in the
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of
West Bengal
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Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission, No. 48 Ratua Assembly constituency covers
Ratua I community development block
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and Araidanga, Paranpur, Pukuria and Sambalpur
gram panchayat
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s of
Ratua II
Ratua II is a Community Development Block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History Gauda and Pandua
Gauda was once the "capital of the ancient bhukti or politica ...
community development block.
Ratua Assembly constituency is part of No. 7
Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency (spelling as spelled by Election Commission of India) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency are in Malda distr ...
.
[ It was earlier part of ]Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency are in Uttar Dinajpur district. ...
.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
In the 2021 election, Samar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Abhishek Singhania of BJP.
2016
In the 2016 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival, Shehnaz Quadery of Trinamool Congress.
2011
In the 2011 election, Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated his nearest rival Sailen Sarkar of CPI(M).
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentage in 2011.
1977–2006
In the 2006[ and 2001][ state assembly elections, Sailen Sarkar of ]CPI(M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...
won the Ratua assembly seat defeating Asit Bose and Samar Mukherjee, both of Congress
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, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mozammel Haque of CPI(M) in 1996.[ Mumtaz Begum of CPI(M) defeated Biswanath Guha and Niren Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, in 1991][ and 1987][ respectively. Samar Mukherjee of Congress defeated Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) in 1982.][ Mohammad Ali of CPI(M) defeated Niren Chandra Sinha of Congress in 1977.]
1951–1972
Nirendra Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Mohammad Ali, Independent, won in 1969.][ Sourindra Mohan Mishra of Congress won in 1967.][ Dhanswar Saha of Congress won the Ratua seat 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 wor ...
.[ Ratua was a joint seat in ]1957
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.[ Sourindra Mohan Mishra and Dhaneswar Saha, both of Congress, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Md. Sayeed Mia of Congress won the Ratua seat.][
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References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of Malda district