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Magrahat Purba | |
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Constituency No. 141 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
LS constituency | Jaynagar |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 242,395 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Namita Saha | 110,945 | 54.00 | ||
BJP | Chandan Kumar Naskar | 56,866 | 28.00 | ||
CPI(M) | Chandan Saha | 33,822 | 16.00 | ||
None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates | ~4,500 | 2.80 | |||
Majority | 54,079 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Namita Saha | 75,217 | 50.30 | +2.68 | |
CPI(M) | Chandan Saha | 66,414 | 44.41 | −5.87 | |
BJP | Ratan Kumar Sardar | 4,476 | |||
People’s Democratic Conference of India | Taranga Mondal | 2,621 | |||
Independent | Swapan Mondal | 1,419 | |||
Independent | Namita Mistri | 640 | |||
IJP | Alok Kumar Halder | 610 | |||
Turnout | 149,542 | 84.24 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 8.55 |
In 2006[15] and 2001,[14] Bansari Mohan Kanji of CPI(M) won the Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Namita Saha of AITC. Nirmal Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Namita Saha of INC in 1996[13] and 1991.[12] Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Manoranjan Halder of INC in 1987,[11] Nirmal Kanti Mondal of INC in 1982[10] and Manoranjan Halder of INC in 1977.[9][18]
Manoranjan Halder of INC won in 1972.[8] Radhika Ranjan Pramanik of CPI(M) won in 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar of INC won in 1962.[4] In 1957 and 1952, Magrahat Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957,[3] Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, won. In 1952, Abdul Hashem and Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar, both of INC, won.[2]