Santipur Assembly constituency
Santipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Santipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 86 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Santipur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 255,619 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Braja Kishore Goswami |
Most Successful Parties from Santipur Assembly
- Indian National Congress (9 times) (45.0%)
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (4 times) (20.0%)
- Independent politician (2 times) (10.0%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (2 times) (10.0%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (10.0%)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1 time) (5.00%)
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of the Shantipur community development block.[1]
Santipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]- ^ = by-election
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Swapan Kumar Das | 117,941 | 54.86 |  4.92 | |
| AITC | Brajakishor Goswami | 72,565 | 33.76 |  8.96 | |
| CPI(M) | Soumen Mahato | 11,533 | 5.36 | ||
| Independent | Arindam Bhattacharya | 7,216 | 3.36 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 930 | 0.43 | 0.66 | |
| Majority | 45,376 | 21.1 | 13.88 | ||
| Turnout | 214,973 | 94.32 | 8.37 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021 by-poll
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Braja Kishor Goswami | 112,087 | 55.39 | ||
| BJP | Niranjan Biswas | 47,412 | 23.43 | ||
| CPI(M) | Soumen Mahato | 39,958 | 19.75 | ||
| INC | Raju Pal | 2,877 | 1.42 | ||
| Majority | 64,675 | 31.96 | |||
| Turnout | 202,334 | ||||
| Swing to AITC from BJP | Swing | ||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jagannath Sarkar | 109,722 | 49.94 | ||
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 93,844 | 42.72 | ||
| INC | Riju Ghoshal | 9,848 | 4.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,385 | 1.09 | ||
| Majority | 15,878 | 7.22 | |||
| Turnout | 219,692 | 85.95 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]In the 2016 elections, the 6-times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal State Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya, who secured 103,566 (52.25%) votes,[5] with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Arindam Bhattacharya | 103,566 | 51.76 | ||
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 84,078 | 42.02 | ||
| BJP | Swapan Kumar Dam | 7,495 | 3.75 | ||
| Majority | 19,488 | 9.74 | |||
| Turnout | 2,00,178 | 88.83 | |||
| INC gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2014 by-poll
[edit]A by-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ajoy Dey | 71,973 | 38.95 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anup Kumar Ghosh | 51,838 | 28.05 | ||
| INC | Kumares Chakraborty | 36,645 | 19.83 | ||
| BJP | Sufal Sarkar | 24,324 | 13.16 | ||
| Majority | 20,135 | 10.90 | |||
| Turnout | 1,87,088 | 86.94 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy Dey | 98,902 | 57.77 | ||
| RCPI | Iyar Mallik | 60,744 | 35.48 | ||
| BJP | Kanoj Biswas | 11,543 | 6.74 | ||
| Majority | 38,158 | 22.29 | |||
| Turnout | 171,189 | 89.80 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2006
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy Dey | 89,769 | 47.86 | ||
| CPI(M) | Santanu Chakrabarti | 87,361 | 46.57 | ||
| Independent | Ujjal Nandi | 4,092 | 2.18 | ||
| BJP | Kanchan Maitra | 4,029 | 2.15 | ||
| BSP | Amal Sarkar | 2,327 | 1.24 | ||
| Majority | 2,408 | 1.28 | |||
| Turnout | 188,014 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2001
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy Dey | 69,117 | 42.99 | ||
| Independent | Badal Basak | 47,541 | 29.57 | ||
| BJP | Kumaresh Chakraborty | 37,576 | 23.37 | ||
| RCPI | Asim Ghosh | 6,527 | 4.06 | ||
| Majority | 21,576 | 13.42 | |||
| Turnout | 160,812 | 83.84 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1996
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy De | 78,163 | 49.28 | ||
| RCPI | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 67,793 | 42.74 | ||
| BJP | Malay Kumar Pramanick | 11,622 | 7.33 | ||
| Independent | Manmohan Sarkar | 829 | 0.52 | ||
| Independent | Sachindranath Bhattacharya | 211 | 0.13 | ||
| Majority | 10,370 | 6.54 | |||
| Turnout | 163,000 | 88.77 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1991
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajoy Dey | 56,107 | 43.92 | ||
| RCPI | Asim Ghosh | 54,666 | 42.79 | ||
| BJP | Chittaranjan Kar | 15,542 | 12.17 | ||
| BSP | Kshitish Chandra Mondal | 983 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | Sachinder Nath Bhattacharya | 455 | 0.36 | ||
| Majority | 1,441 | 1.13 | |||
| Turnout | 131,378 | 84.45 | |||
| Swing to INC from Independent | Swing | ||||
1987
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 50,261 | 50.46 | ||
| INC | Ajay De | 45,633 | 45.82 | ||
| Independent | Kesto Ghosh | 2,734 | 2.75 | ||
| Independent | Mahabir Mukherjee | 971 | 0.97 | ||
| Majority | 4,628 | 4.64 | |||
| Turnout | 101,297 | 81.63 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
1982
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 42,525 | 52.15 | ||
| INC | Asamanja De | 34,668 | 42.51 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Das (Pintoo) | 4,357 | 5.34 | ||
| Majority | 7,857 | 9.64 | |||
| Turnout | 83,309 | 81.07 | |||
| Swing to Independent from RCPI | Swing | ||||
1977
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCPI | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 28,553 | 55.72 | ||
| JP | Jnanendra Nath Pramanik | 14,371 | 28.04 | ||
| INC | Pulak Goswami | 6,569 | 12.82 | ||
| Independent | Nirapada Basak | 853 | 1.66 | ||
| Independent | Chintaharan Goswami | 730 | 1.42 | ||
| Independent | Krishnendu Biswas | 168 | 0.33 | ||
| Majority | 14,182 | 27.68 | |||
| Turnout | 52,298 | 62.01 | |||
| Swing to RCPI from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Asamanja De | 27,272 | 59.42 | ||
| RCPI | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 18,626 | 40.58 | ||
| Majority | 8,646 | 18.84 | |||
| Turnout | 46,982 | 66.35 | |||
| Swing to INC from RCPI | Swing | ||||
1971
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCPI | Bimalananda Mukherjee | 16,818 | 39.73 | ||
| INC | Asaamanha De | 16,530 | 39.05 | ||
| Independent | M. Makshed Ali | 3,744 | 8.84 | ||
| Independent | Kanat Paul | 2,920 | 6.90 | ||
| INC(O) | Jnanndra Nath Pramanik | 1,807 | 4.27 | ||
| Independent | Ghosh Banajit Kumar | 514 | 1.21 | ||
| Majority | 288 | 0.68 | |||
| Turnout | 45,445 | 61.52 | |||
| RCPI hold | Swing | ||||
1969
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCPI | M. Makshed Ali | 21,848 | 47.49 | ||
| INC | Haridas Day | 19,400 | 42.17 | ||
| Independent | Kanai Pal | 3,289 | 7.15 | ||
| NDF | Baswas Nagendra Nath | 1,464 | 3.18 | ||
| Majority | 2,448 | 5.32 | |||
| Turnout | 47,094 | 69.26 | |||
| Swing to RCPI from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1967
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Pal | 20,695 | 47.63 | ||
| INC | H. Dey | 16,577 | 38.15 | ||
| Independent | N. Goswami | 4,223 | 9.72 | ||
| Independent | B. Pramanik | 1,958 | 4.51 | ||
| Majority | 4,118 | 9.48 | |||
| Turnout | 46,920 | 69.85 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from Independent | Swing | ||||
1962
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kanai Pal | 26,553 | 53.80 | ||
| INC | Haridas Dey | 17,400 | 35.26 | ||
| SBP | Bijan Kumar Chakravarti | 5,399 | 10.94 | ||
| Majority | 9,153 | 18.54 | |||
| Turnout | 52,934 | 54.34 | |||
| Swing to Independent from INC | Swing | ||||
1957
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Haridas Dey | 17,180 | 46.90 | ||
| Independent | Kanai Pal | 13,470 | 36.78 | ||
| Independent | Debesh Chandra Sinha | 4,457 | 12.17 | ||
| Independent | Naran Goswami | 1,521 | 4.15 | ||
| Majority | 3,710 | 10.12 | |||
| Turnout | 36,628 | 54.65 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1951
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sashibhusan Khan | 8,115 | 38.11 | ||
| RCPI | Kanai Pal | 4,564 | 21.43 | ||
| KMPP | Biswanath Goswami | 2,738 | 12.86 | ||
| ABJS | Sukumar Das | 2,647 | 12.43 | ||
| Independent | Harkali Das | 2,532 | 11.89 | ||
| Independent | Dhirananda Goswami | 420 | 1.97 | ||
| Independent | Radhakanta Roy | 279 | 1.31 | ||
| Majority | 3,551 | 16.68 | |||
| Turnout | 21,295 | 42.10 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Santipur Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "শান্তিপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র ২০২১ : ভোটের প্রার্থী, অতীতের ফলাফল - একনজরে সব তথ্য". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali). 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "Santipur Assembly Elections 2016 Latest News & Results". India.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ↑ "Santipur (West Bengal) Assembly Elections Results". www.elections.in. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "শান্তিপুর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র". Zee 24 Ghanta (in Bengali). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "বামদের টিকে থাকতে হলে চাই নতুন দল". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
