Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nabadwip
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nabadwip

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 23°25′0″N 88°22′0″E / 23.41667°N 88.36667°E / 23.41667; 88.36667Coordinates: 23°25′0″N 88°22′0″E / 23.41667°N 88.36667°E / 23.41667; 88.36667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 84
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year) 199,952 (2011)

Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.[1]

Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951NabadwipNiranjan ModakIndian National Congress[3]
1957Niranjan ModakIndian National Congress[4]
1962Debi Prasad BasuCommunist Party of India [5]
1967Sachindra Mohan NandyIndian National Congress[6]
1969Sachindra Mohan NandyIndian National Congress[7]
1971Debi Prasad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972Radha Raman SahaIndian National Congress[9]
1977Debi Prosad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982Debi Prosad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001Pundarikhsya SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006Pundarikhsya SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2011Pundarikhsya SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nabadwip constituency[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Pundarkshya Saha 94,117 53.45 -2.53#
CPI(M) Sumit Biswas 71,282 40.49 -3.64
BJP Pinki Agarwal 7,303 4.15
CPI(ML) Liberation Parikshit Paul 336
Turnout 176,069 88.06
AITMC hold Swing 1.11

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Nadia district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 13 Increase11
Indian National Congress 1 Increase0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease8
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16]Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[15]Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,[14]Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991[13]and 1987[12]Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982[11]and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.[10][19]

1951–1972

Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.[9]Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8]Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969[7]and 1967.[6]Debi Prasad Basu of CPI won in 1962.[5]In 1957[4]and in independendent India’s first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Nabadwip. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  19. ↑ "77 - Nabadwip Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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