Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Dhanekhali | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Dhanekhali Dhanekhali Location in West Bengal | |
Coordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°07′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.11667°ECoordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°07′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.11667°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Hooghly |
Constituency No. | 196 |
Type | Reserved for SC |
Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
Electorate (year) | 222,502 (2011) |
Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (archaic spelling: Dhaniakhali) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhanekhali I, Dhanekhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block.[1]
Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Dhaniakhali | Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[2] |
1957 | Radha Nath Das | Indian National Congress[3] | |
D.N.Mukherjee | Indian National Congress[3] | ||
1962 | Birendra Chaudhury | Indian National Congress[4] | |
1967 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[5] | |
1969 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[6] | |
1971 | Kashi Nath Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
1972 | Kashi Nath Patra | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1977 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[9] | |
1982 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[10] | |
1987 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[11] | |
1991 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[12] | |
1996 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[13] | |
2001 | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc[14] | |
2006 | Ajit Patra | All India Forward Bloc[15] | |
2011 | Dhanekhali | Ashima Patra | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
Election results
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Trinamool Congress | Ashima Patra | 100,529 | 51.18 | +14.53# | |
Forward Bloc | Srabani Sarkar | 84,252 | 42.89 | -20.46 | |
BJP | Kripa Sindhu Roy | 4,334 | 2.21 | ||
CPI(ML) Liberation | Tarun Bauldas | 4,276 | 2.18 | ||
JDP | Amit Mandal | 3,042 | |||
Turnout | 196,433 | 88.28 | |||
Trinamool Congress gain from Forward Bloc | Swing | 34.99# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 16 | 14 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 12 |
Forward bloc | 1 | 2 |
Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | 1 |
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Ajit Patra of Forward Bloc won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[14] and Congress in 1996[13]and 1991,[12] and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987,[11] 1982 [10]and 1977.[9][18]
1951-1972
Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972.[8] Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in 1962.[4] In 1957[3] Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. In independent India’s first election in 1951[2] the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dhanekhali. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "191 - Dhaniakhali (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.