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Arambagh Assembly constituency

Arambagh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

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Arambagh
Constituency No. 200 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Lok Sabha constituencyArambagh
Established1951
Total electors207,328
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Arambagh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Arambagh municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur, Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirol gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block.1

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1951 Madan Mohan Saha Communist Party of India
Radha Krishna Pal Independent politician
1957 Indian National Congress
1962 Prafulla Chandra Sen
(Arambagh East)
Radha Krishna Pal
(Arambagh West)
1967 Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress
1969 Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress
1971
1972
1977 Ajoy Kumar Dey Janata Party
1982 Abdul Mannan Indian National Congress
1987 Benode Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996 Binoy Dutta
2001
2006
2011 Krishna Chandra Santra Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Madhusudan Bag Bharatiya Janata Party
2026 Hemanta Bag

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hemanta Bag 123,000 52.15 Increase5.27
AITC Mita Bag 94,041 39.87 Decrease3.75
CPI(M) Bithika Pandit 11,414 4.84 Decrease1.96
INC Sushil Santra 2,296 0.97 New entry
NOTA None of the above 1,606 0.68 Decrease0.76
Majority 28,959 12.28 Increase9.02
Turnout 235,875 93.04 Increase7.66
BJP hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Madhusudan Bag 103,108 46.88 Increase38.24
AITC Sujata Mondal 95,936 43.62 Decrease10.25
CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik 14,965 6.8 Decrease28.81
NOTA None of the above 3,171 1.44 Decrease0.44
Majority 7,172 3.26 Decrease15.00
Turnout 219,960 85.38 Decrease0.42
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Krishna Chandra Santra 107,579 53.87 Increase0.50
CPI(M) Asit Kumar Malik 71,122 35.61 Decrease7.11
BJP Murari Bera 17,261 8.64 Increase4.72
NOTA None of the Above 3,748 1.88 New entry
Majority 36,457 18.26 Increase7.61
Turnout 1,99,710 85.80 Decrease2.57
AITC hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Krishna Chandra Santra 98,011 53.37 Increase23.26
CPI(M) Asit Kumar Malik 78,448 42.72 Decrease19.54
BJP Sukumar Santra 7,194 3.92 New entry
Majority 19,563 10.65 Decrease21.50
Turnout 1,83,653 88.37 Increase2.97
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh61
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Binoy Dutta 104,067 62.26 Decrease16.69
AITC Bivabindu Nandi 50,324 30.11 Increase13.40
INC Sufal Jana 12,757 7.63 New entry
Majority 53,743 32.15 Decrease30.09
Turnout 1,67,148 85.40 Increase3.26
CPI(M) hold Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Binoy Dutta 127,439 78.95 Increase16.52
AITC Sheikh Hasan Imam 26,963 16.71 New entry
BJP Asit Kumar Kundu 7,010 4.34 Decrease0.56
Majority 1,00,466 62.24 Increase32.29
Turnout 1,61,402 82.14 Decrease2.64
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Binoy Dutta 91,939 62.43 Increase6.41
INC Abdus Sukur 47,839 32.48 Decrease6.91
BJP Anath Bandhu Dey 7,220 4.90 Increase1.24
Independent Sadananda Pal 274 0.19 New entry
Majority 44,100 29.95 Increase13.32
Turnout 1,47,272 84.78 Increase3.63
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Benode Das 71,681 56.02 Increase1.27
INC Jalim Singha Roy 50,404 39.39 Decrease4.15
BJP Prafulla Kumar Mukherjee 4,688 3.66 Increase2.53
Independent Sourish Ghosh 1,181 0.92 New entry
Majority 21,277 16.63 Increase5.42
Turnout 1,27,954 81.15 Decrease1.20
CPI(M) hold Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Benode Das 60,097 54.80 New entry
INC Abdul Mannan 47,799 43.54 Decrease4.53
BJP Madan Haider 1,244 1.13 New entry
Independent Sheikh Mohammad Jikria 326 0.30 New entry
Independent Nikunja Jana 308 0.28 New entry
Majority 12,298 11.21 Increase8.17
Turnout 1,09,774 82.35 Increase4.81
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abdul Mannan 42,668 48.07 Increase32.50
Independent Ranjit Chakarborty 39,925 44.98 New entry
JP Ajoy Kumar Dey 6,174 6.96 Decrease50.78
Majority 2,743 3.09 Decrease28.95
Turnout 88,767 77.54 Increase19.19
INC gain from JP Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Ajoy Kumar Dey 31,304 57.74
CPI(M) Madan Mohan Saha 13,935 25.70
INC Abdul Mannan 8,440 15.57
Independent Sheikh Shahabuddin Ahmed 539 0.99
Majority 17,369 32.04
Turnout 54,218 58.35
JP gain from INC Swing

1951-1972

Prafulla Chandra Sen won the Arambagh seat in 1972,13 197114 and 1969.15 In a historic contest in 196716 Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat to Ajay Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, who became the new Chief Minister, in the first United Front government in the state. The main factor of Sen's defeat was student agitation there. Students under the leadership of Narayan Ch Ghosh had organised farmers, poor people and the middle class against Sen. In 196217 Arambagh had two seats. Prafulla Chandra Sen of Congress won the Arambagh East seat and Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh West seat. In 195718 Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh seat. In independent India's first general election in 1951,19 Arambagh had twin seats. These were won by Madan Mohan Saha of CPI and Radha Krishna Pal, Independent.

References

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