Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Rampurhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rampurhat
Location in West Bengal
Rampurhat
Rampurhat (India)
Coordinates: 24°10′N 87°47′E
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBirbhum
Constituency No.291
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency42. Birbhum
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Rampurhat municipality, Rampurhat I CD Block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block.[1]

Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2016

In the 2016

16 elections, Asish Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress defeat INC Candidate Saiyed Siraj. The winning candidate is now the Minister in Charge Of West Bengal Government.

2011

In the 2011 elections, Ashish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rampurhat [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Asish Banerjee 75,066 45.8 -7.06#
AIFB Rebati Bhattacharya 64,828 39.55 -2.04
BJP Subhasis Choudhury 17,815 10.87
Independent Mahesh Kisku 3,769
CPI(ML)L Prodyot Mukherjee 242
Turnout 163,905 86.31
AITC hold Swing -5.56#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Birbhum district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 6 5
Indian National Congress 2 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 4
Forward Bloc 1 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Md. Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Asish Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.[5]

1951–1972

Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress won in 1972. Braja Mohan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sasanka Sekhar Mongal of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Niharika Majumdar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Rampurhat was a joint seat. Gobardhan Das of CPI and Durgapada Das, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Panchanan Let and Srikumar Bandopadhyay, both of Forward Block, won.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. "Rampurhat". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rampurhat. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Rampurhat. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. "291 – Rampurhat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
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