Rampurhat Assembly constituency
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Rampurhat
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Rampurhat.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Rampurhat Assembly Constituency
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| mla = Asish Banerjee
| party = Trinamool Congress
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| state = West Bengal
| district = Birbhum
| loksabha_cons = Birbhum
| constituency_no = 291
| established = 1951
| electors = 201,049
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rampurhat municipality, Rampurhat I CD Block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block.{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-09-26 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}
Rampurhat Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election results
=2021=
{{Election box begin |title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rampurhat}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Asish Banerjee
|votes = 103,276
|percentage = 48.30
|change = {{increase}}3.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subhasis Choudhury
|votes = 94,804
|percentage = 44.30
|change = {{increase}}31.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sanjib Barman
|votes = 11,707
|percentage = 5.50
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
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=2016=
{{Election box begin
|title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rampurhat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Asish Banerjee
|votes = 85,435
|percentage = 44.60
|change = {{decrease}}1.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Syed Siraj Jimmi
|votes = 64,236
|percentage = 33.50
|change = {{increase}}33.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dudh Kumar Mondal
|votes = 25,480
|percentage = 13.30
|change = {{increase}}2.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Mahammad Hannan
|votes = 3,613
|percentage = 1.90
|change = {{decrease}}37.65
}}
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=2011=
In the 2011 elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rampurhat{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25291.htm|title = Rampurhat |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=291| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222716/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=291| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Rampurhat| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-04-20 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Rampurhat |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-04-20 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030419/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_2nd_phase.pdf |archive-date = 2011-09-12 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Asish Banerjee
|votes = 75,066
|percentage = 45.8
|change = {{decrease}}7.06#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Rebati Bhattacharya
|votes = 64,828
|percentage = 39.55
|change = {{decrease}}2.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subhasis Choudhury
|votes = 17,815
|percentage = 10.87
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mahesh Kisku
|votes = 3,769
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Prodyot Mukherjee
|votes = 242
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 163,905
|percentage = 86.31
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -5.56#
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{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.
=1977–2006=
In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Mahammad Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mahammad Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Asish Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp291.htm | title = 291 – Rampurhat Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-10-01 }}
=1951–1972=
Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress won in 1972. Braja Mohan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sasanka Sekhar Mongal of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Niharika Majumdar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Rampurhat was a joint seat. Gobardhan Das of CPI and Durgapada Das, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Panchanan Let and Srikumar Bandopadhyay, both of Forward Block, won.{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp | title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = General Election Results and Statistics | publisher = Election Commission of India | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp | archive-date = 2010-10-05 }}
References
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