Uttarpara Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Uttarpara

| 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/Uttarpara.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Uttarpara Assembly Constituency

| map_alt =

| mla = Kanchan Mullick

| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2021

| state = West Bengal

| district = Hooghly

| loksabha_cons = Serampore

| constituency_no = 185

| established = 1951

| electors = 216,312

| reservation = None

| abolished =

}}

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}

Uttarpara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	colspan=2\|Party Affiliation
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1951	rowspan=5\|Monoranjan Hazra	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India\|rowspan=3}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}
1957
1962
1967	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|rowspan=9\|dab=yes}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf\|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \|access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?\|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf \|title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf\|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \| publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 6 February 2015}}
1969
1971	rowspan=6\|Santasri Chatterjee
1972
1977
1982
1987
1991
1996	Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay
2001	Swaraj Mukherjee	{{Full party name with color\|All India Trinamool Congress}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2003 by-election	Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay	{{Full party name with color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|rowspan=2\|dab=yes}}{{cite web\| url = http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/257 \|title = AC By Election: Uttarpara 2003 \| work= AC No 292\|publisher =India Votes\| access-date = 6 February 2015}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2006	Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj
2011	Anup Ghoshal	{{Full party name with color\|All India Trinamool Congress\|rowspan=3}}{{cite web\| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf\|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No \|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 9 July 2015}}
2016 \| Prabir Kumar Ghosal
2021 \|Kanchan Mullick

Election results

=2021=

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Uttarpara constituency |work = Uttarpara| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Kanchan Mullick

|votes = 93,878

|percentage = 46.96

|change = {{increase}}2.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Prabir Kumar Ghosal|votes=57,889|percentage=28.96|change={{increase}}16.44}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Rajat Banerjee|votes=42,718|percentage=21.37|change={{decrease}}17.18}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,353|percentage=1.68|change={{decrease}}0.67}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)|candidate=Sourav Roy|votes=1,223|percentage=0.61|change={{decrease}}0.30}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,99,894|percentage=76.94|change={{decrease}}1.17}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

}}

=2016=

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Uttarpara constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=185| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163917/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=185| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Uttarpara| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Prabir Kumar Ghosal

|votes = 84918

|percentage = 44.89

|change = −14.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj|votes=72,918|percentage=38.55|change=+3.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Krishna Bhattacharjee|votes=23,687|percentage=12.52|change=+9.00}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=4,444|percentage=2.35|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)|candidate=Swapan Majumdar|votes=1,730|percentage=0.91|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|Independent|candidate=Suvendu Biswas|votes=1,458|percentage=0.77|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|swing = 11.32#

}}

=2011=

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uttarpara constituency{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=185| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519163917/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=185| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Uttarpara| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Anup Ghoshal

|votes = 104,753

|percentage = 59.77

|change = +11.91

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj

|votes = 61,560

|percentage = 35.12

|change = −13.32

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Pranab Chakraborty

|votes = 6,161

|percentage = 3.52

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Rishikesh Singh

|votes = 2,794

|percentage = 1.59

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 175,268

|percentage = 81.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|swing = 25.23#

}}

=1977-2006=

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of CPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat, defeating Sudpita Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in the 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta of Congress in 1996. Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987, Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982, and Kashinath Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp179.htm |title =179 - Uttarpara Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}

=1951-1972=

Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972 and 1971. Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969, 1967, 1962, 1957 and in independent India's first election in 1951.

References

Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal

Category:Politics of Hooghly district

Category:Constituencies established in 1951

Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal