Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Rashbehari is a most prestigious area of South Kolkata and also one of the oldest place of kolkata.

Rashbehari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rashbehari
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°31′05″N 88°21′32″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Constituency No160
MLASovandeb Chattopadhyay
Lok Sabha constituency23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 160 Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 and 93 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Rashbehari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]

History

Considering the contributions made by Rash Behari Ghosh for the people of India, a street was named after him in Kolkata.[6] Rashbehari Avenue, named after him, starts from Kalighat Metro station and runs eastwards to Ballygunge and Gariahat.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957Rashbehari AvenueSunil DasPraja Socialist Party[2]
1962Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[3]
1967Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[4]
1969Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent[5]
1971RashbehariLakshmi Kanta BasuIndian National Congress[6]
1972Lakshmi Kanta BoseIndian National Congress[7]
1977Rashbehari AvenueAshok MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[9]
1987Hoimi BosuIndian National Congress[10]
1991Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[11]
1996Hoimi BasuIndian National Congress[12]
Bye-Election,1998Sovandeb ChattopadhyayWest Bengal Trinamool Congress[12]
2001Sovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2006Sovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Rashbehari
2011RashbehariSovandeb ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[15]

Election results

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rashbehari constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 60,857 44.23
INC Ashutosh Chatterjee 46,304 33.65
BJP Samir Banerjee 23,381 16.99
SUCI(C) Swati Ghosh 1,335 0.97
BSP Omprakash Prajapati 968 0.70
Independent Uttam Kumar Das 587 0.42
Independent Tarulata Dutta 553 0.40
NOTA None of the above 3,872 2.81
Majority 14,553 10.58
Turnout 137,857
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Santanu Bose of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rashbehari constituency[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 88,892 65.60 +11.10
CPI (M) Santanu Bose 38,998 28.80 +8.60
BJP Jiban Sen 5,108 3.80
LJP Mita Biswas 1,059 0.80
Independent Deb Kumar Das 983 0.70
Independent Ashim Halder 563 0.43
Majority 49,894 36.8
Turnout
AITC hold Swing
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 11 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 6
Forward Bloc 0 1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

2006

In the 2006 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Mala Roy of INC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Rashbehari constituency[14][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 34,819 54.50
INC Mala Roy 12,917 20.20
NCP Tarun Kumar Bandyopadhyay 12,884 20.20
Independent Shibajee Dey 2,029 3.20
Independent Dipankar Naskar 347 0.5
Independent Shankar Das 309 0.3
Independent Kajal Das 295 0.2
Independent Pranab Bhattacharjee 292 0.2
Majority 21,883 34.3
Turnout 63851
AITC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on CPIM+NCP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sitaram Behani of JD(S).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Rashbehari constituency[13][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 41,562 64.33
JD(S) Sitaram Behani 14,174 21.94
BJP Samir Chatterjee 4,882 7.56
PDS Sankar Banerjee 1,555 2.41
Independent Dipankar Naskar 1,442 2.23
Independent Kundan Kumar Das 991 1.53
Turnout 64606 52.11
AITC hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

1998 Bye-election

A bye-election was held on 1998 following the death of Congress MLA of Rashbehari Avenue,Hoimi Basu and resignation of the sitting Congress MLA of Baruipur, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay who was switched to Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal state assembly bye election, 1998: Rashbehari Avenue constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 31,979 53.44
CPI (M) Biplab Chatterjee 18,446 30.83
INC Soumyadeep Basu 9,052 15.13
Independent Kanika Mukherjee 117 0.20
Independent Amalendu Ghosh 105 0.18
Independent Kalyan Kumar Rakshit 74 0.12
Independent Samir Guha 44 0.12
Independent Mridula Mukherjee 24 0.12
Turnout 60,583 50.05
AITC gain from INC Swing

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 1998.

1977-2006

In the 2006[14] and 2001[13] state assembly elections, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress won the Rashbehari Avenue assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Mala Roy of Congress and Sitaram Behani of JD(S) respectively. Hoimi Basu of Congress defeated Ranjan Banerjee of CPI(M) in 1996,[12] Ashim Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1991,[11] Arun Prokas Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1987,[10] and Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) in 1982.[9] Ashok Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.[8][19]

1957-1972

Lakshmi Kanta Bose of Congress defeated Sachin Sen of CPI(M) in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Bejoy Kumar Banerjee, Independent, defeated Harendranath Ghosh of Congress in 1969,[5] G.Mukherjee of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1967[4] and Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress and Sunil Das of PSP in 1962.[3] Sunil Das of PSP defeated Priya Ranjan Sen of Congress, Debajyoti Barman, Independent, and others in 1957.[2] Prior to that the Rashbehari Avenue seat was not there.

References
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