Satgachhia Assembly constituency

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

Satgachhia
Constituency No. 145 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Satgachhia Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1977
Total electors	270,148
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mohan Chandra Naskar
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Satgachhia Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Bishnupur II community development block
• Chakmanik, Burul, Gaza Poali, Kamra, Naskarpara, Rania and Satgachhia gram panchayats of Budge Budge II community development block

Satgachhia Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2][3][4][5][6]
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Sonali Guha	All India Trinamool Congress[7][8][9]
2006
2011
2016
2021	Mohan Chandra Naskar

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Satgachhia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mohan Chandra Naskar	118,635	50.00
	BJP	Chandan Pal	95,317	40.00
	CPI(M)	Goutam Pal	16,220	7.00
		Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)	~5,200	2.50
Majority			23,318
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

^[10]

2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sonali Guha	100,171	47.98%
	CPI(M)	Paramita Ghosh	82,899	39.7%
	BJP	Saptarshi Basu	18,857	9.03%
	NOTA	NOTA	2,902	1.39%
	CPI(ML)L	Dilip Pal	1,469	0.7%
	BSP	Satyendranath Ghosh	1582	0.76%
Majority			17,272
Turnout			2,08,797
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Satgachhia^[9][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sonali Guha	93,902	49.59	−3.16
	CPI(M)	Barun Kumar Naskar	75,792	40.03	−2.91
	BJP	Subrata Samanta	7,517	3.97
	Independent	Tirthankar Ghosh	1,930
	CPI(ML)L	Dilip Pal	1,658
	Independent	Gofran Molla	1,619
	Independent	Asit Baran Kumar	1,070
Turnout			189,347	88.08
	AITC hold		Swing	-0.25

2006

Legislative Assembly Election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sonali Guha	64,322
	CPI(M)	Kabita Kayal	57,526
	INC	Mujibar Rahaman Kayal	6,353
Majority			6,796
Turnout			1,33,967
	AITC hold		Swing

2001

Legislative Assembly Election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sonali Guha	56,325	46.65%
	CPI(M)	Gokul Bairagi	50,314	41.68%
	BJP	Sibaji Das Gupta	4,552	3.77%
	NCP	Samsul Alam Saikh (kalam)	4,513	3.74%
Majority			6,011
Turnout			1,20,729
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1996

Legislative Assembly Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	58,597	48.69%
	INC	Bag Chitta Ranjan	47,487	39.46%
	BJP	Muzaffar Khan	10,686	8.88%
Majority			11,110
Turnout			120,347
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

Legislative Assembly Election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	54,798	54.07%
	INC	Amar Bhattacharya	34,603	34.14%
	BJP	Bimal Maitra	8,598	8.48%
Majority			20,195
Turnout			101,347
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

Legislative Assembly Election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	51,135	57.12%
	INC	Sardar Amjad Ali	35,331	39.47%
	Independent	Rana Santosh	2,667	2.98%
Majority			15,804
Turnout			101,347
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

Legislative Assembly Election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	50,618	68.26%
	INC	Dinabandhu Bairagi	23,532	31.74%
Majority			27,086
Turnout			74150
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

Legislative Assembly Election, 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jyoti Basu	54,538	79.86%
	INC	Jumman Ali Mollah	7,092	12.44%
	JP	Asok Kumar Ghosal	3,817	6.69%
Majority			38,446
Turnout			57025
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006^[8] and 2001,^[7] Sonali Guha of AITC won the Satgachhia Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rivals Kabita Kayal and Gokul Bairagi, both of CPI(M), respectively. Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) defeated Chittaranjan Bag of INC in 1996,^[6] Amar Bhattacharya of INC in 1991,^[5] Sardar Amjad Ali of INC in 1987,^[4] Dinabandhu Bairagi of INC in 1982^[3] and Jumman Ali Molla of INC in 1977.^[2][12] The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Notes

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
10. "Satgachia Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Satgachhia. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
12. "117 - Satgachia Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.