Mathurapur Assembly constituency

Mathurapur Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Mathurapur
Former constituency No. 123 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Mathurapur
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mathurapur Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.^[1]

Mathurapur Assembly constituency was a part of Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1952	Mathurapur	Bhusan Chandra Das	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2]
		Brindaban Gayen	Indian National Congress[2]
1957		Bhusan Chandra Das	Indian National Congress[3]
		Brindaban Gayen	Indian National Congress[3]
1962	Mathurapur Dakshin	Bhusan Chandra Das	Indian National Congress[4]
	Mathurapur Uttar	Brindaban Gayen	Indian National Congress[4]
1967	Mathurapur	H.Halder	Bangla Congress[5]
1969		Renupada Halder	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[6]
1971		Renupada Halder	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[7]
1972		Birendranath Halder	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[9]
1982		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[10]
1987		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[11]
1991		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[12]
1996		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Kanti Ganguly	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006		Kanti Ganguly	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006^[15] and 2001,^[14] Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M) won the Mathurapur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Satya Ranjan Bapuli of AITC. Satya Ranjan Bapuli of INC won five times in a row defeating Kanti Ganguly of CPI(M) in 1996^[13] and 1991,^[12] Brindaban Bhandari of CPI(M) in 1987^[11] and 1982,^[10] and Rabin Mondal of SUCI(C) in 1977.^[9][16]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Birendranath Halder of INC won in 1972.^[8] Renupada Halder of SUCI(C) won in 1971^[7] and 1969.^[6] H.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967.^[5] In 1962,^[4] Mathurapur Assembly constituency had two seats. Bhusan Chandra Das of INC won the Mathurapur Dakshin seat and Brindaban Gayen of INC won the Mathurapur Uttar seat. In 1957 and 1952, Mathurapur Assembly constituency was a joint seat. Bhusan Chandra Das and Brindaban Gayen, both of INC won in 1957.^[3] Bhusan Chandra Das of KMPP and Brindaban Gayen of INC won in 1952.^[2]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
16. "123 - Mathurapur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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