Tarakeswar Assembly constituency

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

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
LS constituency	Arambagh
Established	1951
Total electors	221,972
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramendu Sinharay
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Tarakeswar	Parbati Charan Hazra	Indian National Congress[2]
1957		Parbati Charan Hazra	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		Parbati Charan Hazra	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[5]
1969		Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[6]
1971		Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[7]
1972		Balai Lal Sheth	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[9]
1982		Ram Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[10]
1987		Santi Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[11]
1991		Santi Chaterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[12]
1996		Pratim Chaterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[13]
2001		Pratim Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[14]
2006		Pratim Chatterjee	Marxist Forward Bloc[15]
2011		Rachhpal Singh	All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016		Rachhpal Singh	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Ramendu Sinharay	All India Trinamool Congress

• In some years Marxist Forward Bloc candidates ran on Independent or CPI(M) tickets.

Election results

2021 election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tarakeswar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ramendu Singha Roy	97,588	47.63	−4.35
	BJP	Swapan Dasgupta	88461	43.1	+27.29
	CPI(M)	Surajit Ghosh	14396	9.36	+6.80
	RPI(A)	Sanju Chakraborty	1690	1.47	−0.23
		NOTA	2740	2.07	+2.07

2016 election

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	−4.29
	BJP	Jagannath Das	17,989	9.36	+6.80
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Palash Hansda	2,818	1.47	−0.23
		NOTA	3,983	2.07	+2.07

2011

In the 2011 election, Rachpal Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Pratim Chatterjee of MFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tarakeswar constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rachhpal Singh	97,022	55.10
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	71,549	40.64	−17.46
	BJP	Ganesh Chakraborty	4,504	2.56
	JDP	Palash Kinkar Hansda	2,996	1.70
Turnout			176,072	89.29
	AITC gain from MFB		Swing	#

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.

2006

In the 2006 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Tarakeswar constituency^[16][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MFB	Pratim Chatterjee	74,849	58.10
	BJP	Krishna Bhattacharjee	44,578	40.64	−17.46
	INC	Ajit Kumar Ghosh	9,400	7.30
Turnout			1,28,861	87.6
	MFB hold		Swing	#

.# Trinamool Congress+BJP alliance contested this seat in 2006.

2001

In the 2001 election, Pratim Chatterjee of CPIM-Marxist Forward Bloc Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Krishna Bhattacharje of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Tarakeswar constituency^[16][19]

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	3325	2.62
	Independent	Prabir Pal	1615	1.27
Turnout			1,26,834	83.04
	MFB hold		Swing	#

.# Trinamool Congress+Trinamool Congress alliance contested this seat in 2001.

1977-2006

Tarakeswar has been a base of Marxist Forward Bloc but officially their candidates are often shown as Independent. In 1996, the candidate was shown as belonging to CPI(M). In 2006, 2001 and 1996, Pratim Chatterjee, Independent/ CPI(M), won the 185 Tarakeswar assembly seat defeating Krishna Bhattacharjee of BJP in 2006,^[15] Mohan Ghosh of Congress in 2001^[14] and Ajit Kumar Ghosh of Congress in 1996.^[13] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Santi Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Balailal Sheth of Congress in 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Ram Chatterjee, Independent, defeated Bimal Kanti Ghosh of ICS in 1982.^[10] and Ajit Bose Mullik of Janata Party in 1977.^[20]

1951-1972

Balai Lal Sheth of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Ram Chatterjee of Marxist Forward Block/ Independent won in 1971,^[7] 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] Parbati Charan Hazra of Congress won in 1962,^[4] 1957^[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.^[2]

References

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