Tehatta Assembly constituency

Tehatta
Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1952
Total electors252,454
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Tapas Kumar Saha
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.

Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Raghunandan Biswas INC
1957 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC
1962 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC
1967 Shankardas Bandopadhyay INC
1969 Surat Ali Khan INC
1971 Madhabendu Mohanta CPI(M)
1972 Kartik Chandra Biswas INC
2011 Ranjit Mondal CPI(M)
2016 Gouri Sankar Dutta AITC

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Tehatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Kumar Saha 97,848 44.86 -4.18
BJP Ashutosh Paul 90,933 41.69 +33.25
CPI(M) Subodh Chandra Biswas 23,239 10.65 -29.65
BSP Tarak Nath Biswas 1,876 0.86 -0.10
NOTA None of the above 1,736 0.80 +0.07
Independent Rabindranath Halder 1,439 0.66
Purvanchal Mahapanchayet Surya Biswas 638 0.29
Independent Chiranjit Sardar 400 0.18
Turnout 218,109 89.10 +2.77
AITC hold Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tehatta constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 97,611 49.04 +29.12
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 80,215 40.30 -2.48
BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas 16,809 8.44 +4.43
BSP Arabinda Biswas 1,918 0.96
NOTA None of the above 1,444 0.73
SUCI(C) Sherful Ansary 1,063 0.53
Turnout 199,060 86.33 -2.23
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tehatta constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mondal 75,445 42.78
Independent Tapas Kumar Saha 56,248 31.90
AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta 35,127 19.92
BJP Asutosh Paul 7,067 4.01
BSP Tapan Bala 2,458
Turnout 176,345 88.56
CPI(M) win (new seat)

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

1977-2006

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972. Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971. Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969. Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.


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