Madhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Madhyamgram | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Madhyamgram Location in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 22°42′0″N 88°27′0″E / 22.70000°N 88.45000°ECoordinates: 22°42′0″N 88°27′0″E / 22.70000°N 88.45000°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 118 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 17. Barasat |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Madhyamgram (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. 118 Madhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Madhyamgram municipality, Chandipur Rohanda, Kemia Khamarpara gram panchayats of Barasat II community development block, and Ichhapur Nilganj, Paschim Khilkapur and Purba Khilkapur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.[1]
Madhyamgram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Madhyamgram | Rathin Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2011
In the 2011 election, Rathin Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ranjit Choudhury of Forward Bloc.
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Madhyamgram constituency[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Rathin Ghosh | 99,841 | 57.18 | ||
| Forward Bloc | Ranjit Choudhury | 65,173 | 37.33 | ||
| BJP | Bijoy Banerjee | 5,350 | 3.06 | ||
| BSP | Jaydeb Biswas | 4,236 | 2.43 | ||
| Turnout | 174,600 | 88.75 | |||
| AITMC win (new seat) | |||||
| 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)
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, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Madhyamgram. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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