Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Satgachhia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Satgachhia

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°35′57″N 88°10′56″E / 22.59917°N 88.18222°E / 22.59917; 88.18222Coordinates: 22°35′57″N 88°10′56″E / 22.59917°N 88.18222°E / 22.59917; 88.18222
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 145
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency Diamond Harbour
Electorate (year) 214,972 (2011)

Satgachhia (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. 145 Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bishnupur II CD Block, and Chak Manik, Burul, Gaja-Poyali, Kamrabad, Naskarpur, Rania and Satgachhia gram panchayats of Budge Budge II CD Block.[1]

Satgachia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1977SatgachiaJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982Jyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987Jyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1991Jyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996Jyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001Sonali GuhaAll India Trinamool Congress[7]
2006Sonali GuhaAll India Trinamool Congress[8]
2011Sonali GuhaAll India Trinamool Congress[9]

Election results

2011

In 2011 Sonali Guha of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Barun Kumar Naskar of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Satgachia constituency[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITMC Sonali Guha 93,902 49.59 -3.16#
CPI(M) Barun Kumar Naskar 75,792 40.03 -2.91
BJP Subrata Samanta 7,517 3.97
Independent Tirthankar Ghosh 1,930
CPI(ML) Liberation Dilip Pal 1,658
Independent Gofran Molla 1,619
Independent Asit Baran Kumar 1,070
Turnout 189,347 88.08
AITMC hold Swing -0.25#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

 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)

1977-2006

In the 2006[8] and 2001[7] state assembly elections, Sonali Guha of Trinamool Cogress won the 117 Satgachia assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Kabita Kayal and Gokul Bairagi, both of CPI(M), respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) defeated Chittaranjan Bag of Congress in 1996,[6] Amar Bhattacharya of Congress in 1991,[5]Sardar Amjad Ali of Congress in 1987,[4]Dinabandhu Bairagi of Congress in 1982[3] and Jumman Ali Mollah of Congress in 1977.[2][11]Prior to that the Satgachhia seat did not exist.

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. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Satgachia. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "117 - Satgachia Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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