Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Saptagram, formerly known as Bansberia Assembly Constituency (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: সপ্তগ্রাম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Committee Bansberia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011 and a new constituency comes into being at Saptagram. 187 Bansberia Assembly Constituency changed to 193 Saptagram Assembly Constituency
Saptagram, Formerly known as Bansberia Vidhan Sabha Constituency
আদি সপ্তগ্ৰাম Adi Saptagram | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Saptagram | |
![]() ![]() Saptagram, Formerly known as Bansberia Vidhan Sabha Constituency Location in West Bengal ![]() ![]() Saptagram, Formerly known as Bansberia Vidhan Sabha Constituency Saptagram, Formerly known as Bansberia Vidhan Sabha Constituency (India) | |
Coordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Hooghly |
Constituency No. | 193 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
Electorate (year) | 186,561 (2011) |
Government | |
Area code(s) | 033 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bansberia Municipality, Aknna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block, and Mogra II and Saptagram gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block.[1]
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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2011 | Saptagram | Tapan Dasgupta | All India Trinamool Congress |
2016 | Saptagram | Tapan Dasgupta | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 88208 | 48.93% | ||
INC | Dilip Nath | 69641 | 38.63% | ||
CPI(ML)L | Sajal Adhikari | 1,536 | 0.85% | ||
BJP | Sushant Sengupta | 16494 | 9.15% | ||
JDP | Kashinath Murmu | 1,509 | 0.84% | ||
Turnout | 1,80,394 | 83% | |||
Majority | 18,567 | 10.30% | |||
AITC win (new seat) |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken in 2006 in the now defunct Bansberia constituency.
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 16 | ![]() |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | ![]() |
Forward bloc | 1 | ![]() |
Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | ![]() |
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
See also
References
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Saptagram. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2016.