Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Deganga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Deganga

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°37′15″N 88°40′41″E / 22.62083°N 88.67806°ECoordinates: 22°37′15″N 88°40′41″E / 22.62083°N 88.67806°E
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 120
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 17. Barasat
Electorate (year) 175,754 (2011)

Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 120 Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kadambagachhi and Katra gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block, and Amulia, Berachampa I, Berachampa II, Chakla, Chaurasi, Hadipur Jhikra I, Kalsur, Nur Nagar and Sohai-Shwetpur gram panchayats of Deganga community development block.[1]

Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951DegangaRafiuddin AhmedIndian National Congress[2]
1957Rafiuddin AhmedIndian National Congress[3]
Atul Krishna RoyIndian National Congress[3]
1962Maulana Bazlur Rahman DurgapuriIndian National Congress[4]
1967J.KabirBangla Congress[5]
1969Harun-Or-RashidProgressive Muslim League[6]
1971Harun-Or-RashidProgressive Muslim League[7]
1972M.Shaukat AliIndian National Congress[8]
1977A.K.M. Hassan UzzamanIndian Union Muslim League[9]
1982Dr. Mortoza HossainAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1987A.K.M. Hassan UzzamanIndian Union Muslim League [11]
1991Md. YakubAll India Forward Bloc[12]
1996Md. YakubAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2001Md. YakubAll India Forward Bloc[14]
2006Dr. Mortoza HossainAll India Forward Bloc[15]
2011Dr.M.NuruzzamanAll India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Deganga constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Dr. M. Nuruzzaman 78,395 49.39 +11.84
Forward Bloc Dr. Mortaza Hossain 61,095 38.49 -8.89
BJP Tarun Kanti Ghosh 11,606 7.31
BSP Roushan Ali 3,562 2.24
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League Kausar Ali Mullick 1,708
Independent Bhaskar Ghosh 1,369
Independent Abdul Ahed Molla 979
Turnout 158,714 90.3
AITMC gain from Forward Bloc Swing 20.73
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 28 Increase23
Congress 1 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease16
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1
Communist Party of India 1 Increase1

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15]Dr. Mortoza Hossain of AIFB won the Deganga assembly seat defeating Mafidul Haque Sahaji of AITC. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc defeated Abdur Rouf of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14]Idris Ali of Congress in 1996,[13] and Ashanullah of Congress in 1991.[12] A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUML defeated Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc in 1987.[11]Dr. Mortoza Hossain of Forward Bloc defeated A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUMUL in 1982.[10]A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman of IUMUL defeated Md. Yakub of Forward Bloc in 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972

M. Shaukat Ali of Congress won in 1972.[8]Harun-Or-Rashid Independent/Progressive Muslim League won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6]J.Kabir of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[5]Maulana Bazlur Rahman Durgapuri of Congress won in 1962.[4] Rafiuddin Ahmed and Atul Krishna Roy, both of Congress, won the Deganaga joint seat in 1957.[3]In independent India’s first election in 1951, Rafiuddin Ahmed of Congress won the Deganga seat.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Deganga. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "92 - Deganga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.