Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Tehatta
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Tehatta is located in West Bengal
Tehatta
Tehatta
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°42′52″N 88°32′34″E / 23.71444°N 88.54278°E / 23.71444; 88.54278Coordinates: 23°42′52″N 88°32′34″E / 23.71444°N 88.54278°E / 23.71444; 88.54278
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Constituency No78
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year)199,458 (2011)[1]
230,569 (2016)[2]
252,454 (2021)[3]

Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Tehatta seat was there from 1951 to 1972 and was revived in 2011 as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

Overview[]

The Jalangi River in Tehatta

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.[4]

Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Raghunandan Biswas INC[5]
1957 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC[6]
1962 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC[7]
1967 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC[8]
1969 Surat Ali Khan INC[9]
1971 Madhabendu Mohanta CPI(M)[10]
1972 Kartik Chandra Biswas INC[11]
2011 Ranjit Mondal CPI(M)[12]
2016 Gouri Sankar Dutta AITC[13]

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.

Election results[]

2021[]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Tehatta[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Kumar Saha 97,848 44.86 -4.18
BJP Ashutosh Paul 90,933 41.69 +33.25
CPI(M) Subodh Chandra Biswas 23,239 10.65 -29.65
BSP Tarak Nath Biswas 1,876 0.86 -0.10
NOTA None of the above 1,736 0.80 +0.07
Independent Rabindranath Halder 1,439 0.66
Purvanchal Mahapanchayet Surya Biswas 638 0.29
Independent Chiranjit Sardar 400 0.18
Turnout 218,109 89.10 +2.77
AITC hold Swing

2016[]

In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tehatta constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 97,611 49.04 +29.12
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 80,215 40.30 -2.48
BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas 16,809 8.44 +4.43
BSP Arabinda Biswas 1,918 0.96
NOTA None of the above 1,444 0.73
SUCI(C) Sherful Ansary 1,063 0.53
Turnout 199,060 86.33 -2.23
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011[]

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tehatta constituency[12][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 75,445 42.78
Independent Tapas Kumar Saha 56,248 31.90
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 35,127 19.92
BJP Asutosh Paul 7,067 4.01
BSP Tapan Bala 2,458
Turnout 176,345 88.56
CPI(M) win (new seat)

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.[17]

1977-2006[]

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.

1951–1972[]

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972.[11] Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971.[10] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969.[9] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,[8]1962[7] and 1957.[6] In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2578.htm?ac=78
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Tehatta. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  16. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Tehatta. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  17. ^ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray on April 23, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
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