Tarakeswar Assembly constituency

Tarakeswar
Tarakeswar
Constituency No. 198 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Tarakeswar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Arambagh
Established	1951
Total electors	221,972
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Santu Pan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Most Successful parties from Tarakeshwar assembly

Marxist Forward Bloc (10 times) (55.6%)
Indian National Congress (4 times) (22.2%)
Trinamool Congress (3 time) (16.7%)
Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.55%)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 198 Tarakeswar Assembly constituency, also spelt Tarakeshwar, is composed of the following: Tarakeswar Municipality, Tarakeswar community development block, and Bhanderhati I, Bhanderhati II, Gopinathpur I, Gopinathpur II and Perambua Sahabazar gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block.¹

Tarakeswar Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency (SC).¹

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1951	Parbati Charan Hazra	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc
1969
1971
1972	Balai Lal Sheth	Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc
1982	Ram Chatterjee
1987	Santi Chatterjee
1991	Santi Chatterjee
1996	Pratim Chatterjee
2001
2006
2011	Rachhpal Singh	Trinamool Congress
2016	Rachhpal Singh
2021	Ramendu Sinharay
2026	Santu Pan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar²
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santu Pan	116,901	52.76	9.43
	AITC	Ramendu Sinharay	85,902	38.77	8.19
	CPI(M)	Adesh Khamrui	9,616	4.34	2.75
	Independent	Diti Bhattacharjee	1,878	0.85
	NOTA	None of the above	1,485	0.67	0.67
Majority			30,999	13.99	10.36
Turnout			221,578	94.03	8.17
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar³
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ramendu Sinharay	96,698	46.96	3.79
	BJP	Swapan Dasgupta	89,214	43.33	33.97
	CPI(M)	Surajit Ghosh	14,595	7.09
	NOTA	None of the above	2,752	1.34	0.73
Majority			7,484	3.63	10.77
Turnout			205,917	85.86	0.76
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rachhpal Singh	97,588	50.75	4.35
	NCP	Surajit Ghosh	69,898	36.35
	BJP	Jagannath Das	17,989	9.36	6.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,983	2.07
	JDP	Palash Hansda	2,818	1.47	0.23
Majority			27,690	14.40	0.06
Turnout			1,92,276	86.62	2.59
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar⁴
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rachhpal Singh	97,022	55.10
	CPI(M)	Pratim Chatterjee	71,550	40.64
	BJP	Ganesh Chakraborty	4,504	2.56	32.04
	JDP	Palash Hansda	2,996	1.70
Majority			25,472	14.46	9.04
Turnout			1,76,072	89.21	1.61
	AITC gain from MFB		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	74,849	58.10	3.55
	BJP	Krishna Bhattacharjee	44,578	34.60	24.80
	INC	Ajit Kumar Ghosh	9,400	7.30
Majority			30,271	23.50	0.7
Turnout			1,28,827	87.60	4.56
	MFB hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar⁵
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	69,186	54.55
	INC	Mohan Ghosh	40,274	31.75
	BJP	Rakhal Chandra Das	12,434	9.80
	Independent	Debasish Chatterjee	3,325	2.62
	Independent	Prabir Pal	1,615	1.27
Majority			28,912	22.80
Turnout			1,26,834	83.04
	MFB hold		Swing

1977-2006

Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972.⁶ Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971,⁷ 1969⁸ and 1967.⁹ Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in 1962,¹⁰ 1957¹¹ and in independent India's first election in 1951.¹²

1951-1972

Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972.⁶ Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971,⁷ 1969⁸ and 1967.⁹ Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in 1962,¹⁰ 1957¹¹ and in independent India's first election in 1951.¹²

References

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