Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sonarpur Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Sonarpur Uttar

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°25′00″N 88°25′00″E / 22.41667°N 88.41667°E / 22.41667; 88.41667Coordinates: 22°25′00″N 88°25′00″E / 22.41667°N 88.41667°E / 22.41667; 88.41667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 151
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency Jadavpur
Electorate (year) 196,980 (2011)

Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 151 Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 1 to 7 and 25 to 33 of Rajpur Sonarpur municipality, and Banhooghly I, Banhooghly II, Kamrabad, Kheyadaha I and Kheyadaha II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block.[1]

Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Sonarpur was earlier part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962SonarpurKhagendra Kumar Roy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India[3]
1967Gangadhar NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969Gangadhar NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971Gangadhar NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Kansari HalderCommunist Party of India[7]
1977Gangadhar NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Gangadhar NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Bhadreswar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Bhadreswar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Bhadreswar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001Nimai Chandra MondalAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006Shyamal NaskarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011Sonarpur UttarFirdousi BegumAll India Trinamool Congress[15]

Election results

2011

In 2011, Firdousi Begum of Trinamool Congress defeated Shyamal Naskar of CPIM.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sonarpur Uttar constituency[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Firdousi Begum 89,841 55.4
CPI(M) Shyamal Naskar 63,817 39.36
BJP Debasish Purkait 3,618 1.73
BSP Ranjan Kumar Haldar 1,290
Independent Shyamal Naskar 1,276
Independent Fakir Mahammed Laskar 1,141
Independent Manoj Kumar Dutta 747
Independent Bhushan Mondal 42
Turnout 162,155 82.32
AITMC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUCI(C) 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

Earlier Sonarpur had a single seat.

1977-2006 Sonarpur

In the 2006[14]elections to the state assembly Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur assembly seat reserved for scheduled castes defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mandal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[13]Nirmal Chandra Mandal of Trinamool Congress defeated Abha Mandal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Mandal of Congress in 1996[12]and 1991,[11]and Sovaranjan Sardar of Congress in 1987.[10] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mandal of ICS in 1982[9]and Gourhari Sardar of Congress in 1977.[8][17]

1962-1972 Sonarpur

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972.[7]Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971,[6]1969,[5]and 1967.[4]Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  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 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sonarpur Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "109 - Sonarpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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