Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Amdanga | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Amdanga Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°49′N 88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°ECoordinates: 22°49′N 88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 102 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 15. Barrackpore |
| Electorate (year) | 177,515 (2011) |
Amdanga (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. 102 Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]
Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Amdanga | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2] |
| 1982 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3] | |
| 1987 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1991 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5] | |
| 1996 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 2001 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 2006 | Abdus Sattar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 2011 | Rafiquer Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress[9] |
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Amdanga constituency[9][10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Rafiquer Rahaman | 87,162 | 53.79 | +6.30# | |
| CPI(M) | Abdus Sattar | 65,605 | 40.48 | -6.93 | |
| BJP | Joydeb Ghosh | 4,633 | 2.86 | ||
| PDS | Motiar Rahaman Biswas | 2,767 | |||
| BSP | Dr. Asok Kumar Golder | 1,885 | |||
| Turnout | 162,052 | 91.29 | |||
| AITMC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 13.43# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 28 |  23 |
| Congress | 1 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 |  16 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[8]Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rafiquer Rahman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7]Md. Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996,[6]Idris Ali of Congress in 1991,[5]Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987,[4]C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982,[3]and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977.[2][11]Prior to that the constituency did not exist.
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Amdanga. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ "89 - Amdanga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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