Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rashbehari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rashbehari

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°31′05″N 88°21′32″E / 22.51806°N 88.35889°E / 22.51806; 88.35889Coordinates: 22°31′05″N 88°21′32″E / 22.51806°N 88.35889°E / 22.51806; 88.35889
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Kolkata
Constituency No 160
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral system First past the post

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: রাসবিহারী বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 160 Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 and 93 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957Rashbehari AvenueSunil DasPraja Socialist Party[2]
1962Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[3]
1967Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[4]
1969Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[5]
1971RashbehariLakshmi Kanta BasuIndian National Congress[6]
1972Lakshmi Kanta BoseIndian National Congress[7]
1977Rashbehari AvenueAshok Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[9]
1987Hoimi BosuIndian National Congress[10]
1991Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[11]
1996Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[12]
Bye-Election,1998Sovandeb ChattopadhyayWest Bengal Trinamool Congress[12]
2001Sovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006Sovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2011RashbehariSovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[15]

Election results

2016

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Rashbehari constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
INC Ashutosh Chatterjee
BJP Samir Banerjee
BSP Omprakash Prajapati
SUCI(C) Swati Ghosh
Independent Tarulata Dutta
Independent Uttam Kumar Das

2011

In the 2011 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Santanu Bose of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rashbehari constituency[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 88,892
CPI(M) Santanu Bose 38,992
BJP Jiban Sen 5,108
LJP Mita Biswas 1,059
Independent Deb Kumar Das 983
Independent Ashim Halder 563
Turnout
AITMC hold Swing
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 11 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 Decrease6
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

2006

In the 2006 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Mala Roy of INC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Rashbehari constituency[14][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 34,747
INC Mala Roy 12,917
NCP Tarun Kumar Bandyopadhyay 12,882
Independent Shibajee Dey 2,029
Independent Dipankar Naskar 347
Independent Shankar Das 309
Independent Kajal Das 295
Independent Pranab Bhattacharjee 292
Turnout 63851
AITMC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sitaram Behani of JD(S).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Rashbehari constituency[13][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 41,562 64.33
JD(S) Sitaram Behani 14,174 21.94
BJP Samir Chatterjee 4,882 7.56
PDS Sankar Banerjee 1,555 2.41
Independent Dipankar Naskar 1,442 2.23
Independent Kundan Kumar Das 991 1.53
Turnout 64606 52.11
AITMC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1998 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 1998 following the resignation of the sitting Congress MLA of Baruipur, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay who was switched to Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal state assembly bye election, 1998: Rashbehari Avenue constituency [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 31,979 53.44
CPI(M) Biplab Chatterjee 18,446 30.83
INC Soumyadeep Basu 9,052 15.13
Independent Kanika Mukherjee 117 0.20
Independent Amalendu Ghosh 105 0.18
Independent Kalyan Kumar Rakshit 74 0.12
Independent Samir Guha 44 0.12
Independent Mridula Mukherjee 24 0.12
Turnout 60,583 50.05
AITMC gain from INC Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 1998.

1977-2006

In the 2006[14] and 2001[13] state assembly elections, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress won the Rashbehari Avenue assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Mala Roy of Congress and Sitaram Behani of JD(S) respectively. Hoimi Basu of Congress defeated Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) in 1996,[12] Ashim Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1991,[11] Arun Prokas Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1987,[10] and Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[9]Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977. [8][20]

1957-1972

Lakshmi Kanta Bose of Congress defeated Sachin Sen of CPI(M) in 1972[7]and 1971.[6] Bejoy Kumar Banerjee, Independent, defeated Harendranath Ghosh of Congress in 1969,[5]G.Mukherjee of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1967[4] and Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1962.[3]Sunil Das of PSP defeated Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress, Debajyoti Barman, Independent, and others in 1957.[2]Prior to that the Rashbehari Avenue seat was not there.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 148. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 116. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 138. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 149. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 160. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Rashbehari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2006". Rashbehari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2001". Rashbehari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  19. ↑
  20. ↑ "149 - Rashbehari Avenue Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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