Tehatta Assembly constituency

Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Tehatta
Constituency No. 78 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Tehatta Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnanagar
Established	1951
Total electors	252,454
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tapas Kumar Saha
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.^[1]

Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Raghunandan Biswas	INC[2]
1957	Shankardas Bandopadhyay	INC[3]|
1962	Shankardas Bandopadhyay	INC[4]
1967	Shankardas Bandopadhyay	INC[5]
1969	Surat Ali Khan	INC[6]
1971	Madhabendu Mohanta	CPI(M)[7]
1972	Kartik Chandra Biswas	INC[8]
2011	Ranjit Mondal	CPI(M)[9]
2016	Gouri Sankar Dutta	AITC[10]
2021	Tapas Kumar Saha	AITC

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tehatta^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapas Kumar Saha	97,848	44.86	−4.18
	BJP	Ashutosh Paul	90,933	41.69	+33.25
	CPI(M)	Subodh Chandra Biswas	23,239	10.65	−29.65
	BSP	Tarak Nath Biswas	1,876	0.86	−0.10
	NOTA	None of the above	1,736	0.80	+0.07
	Independent	Rabindranath Halder	1,439	0.66
	Purvanchal Mahapanchayet	Surya Biswas	638	0.29
	Independent	Chiranjit Sardar	400	0.18
Turnout			218,109	89.10	+2.77
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Gouri Sankar Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Tehatta constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Gouri Sankar Dutta	97,611	49.04	+29.12
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Kumar Mondal	80,215	40.30	−2.48
	BJP	Arjun Kumar Biswas	16,809	8.44	+4.43
	BSP	Arabinda Biswas	1,918	0.96
	NOTA	None of the above	1,444	0.73
	SUCI(C)	Sherful Ansary	1,063	0.53
Turnout			199,060	86.33	−2.23
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Kumar Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, an Independent candidate.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tehatta constituency^[9][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Kumar Mondal	75,445	42.78
	Independent	Tapas Kumar Saha	56,248	31.90
	AITC	Gouri Sankar Dutta	35,127	19.92
	BJP	Asutosh Paul	7,067	4.01
	BSP	Tapan Bala	2,458
Turnout			176,345	88.56
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.^[14]

1977–2006

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara Assembly constituency and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Madhabendu Mohanta of CPI(M) won in 1971.^[7] Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969.^[6] Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,^[5]1962^[4] and 1957.^[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.^[2]