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Arambagh Assembly Constituency
Arambagh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Arambagh municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur, Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirol gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block. Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 1951-1972 Prafulla Chandra Sen won the Arambagh seat in 1972, 1971 and 1969. In a historic contest in 1967 Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat to Ajay Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, who became the new Chief Minister, in the first United Front government in the state. The main factor of Sen's defeat was student agitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is 99,723,000. West Bengal is the List of states and union territories of India by population, fourth-most populous and List of states and union territories of India by area, thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-largest metropolis, and List of cities in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern Nationalism, nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. The INC is a "big tent" party that has been described as sitting on the Centrism, centre of the Indian politics, Indian political spectrum. The party held its first session in 1885 in Mumbai, Bombay where Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, W.C. Bonnerjee presided over it. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress eme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinamool Congress
The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a List of Indian National Congress breakaway parties, breakaway faction from the Indian National Congress and rapidly rose to prominence in the politics of West Bengal under her leadership. Presently, it is ruling the state of West Bengal beside being the third-largest party in India in terms of number of Member of Parliament (India), MPs just after the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP and Indian National Congress, INC. The party won a historic victory in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election by defeating the 34-year-long Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front rule, world's longest democratically elected communist government. It has won a three-time majority in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and has been the ruling party in West Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Chandra Santra
Krishna Chandra Santra is an Indian academic and politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He graduated from University of Burdwan in 1974. He was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ... from Arambag in 2011 and 2016. References Living people 21st-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 University of Burdwan alumni Politicians from Hooghly district Year of birth missing (living people) {{WestBengal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha, all the 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Assembly. In a very high voltage election, a voter turnout of over 84% was recorded, the highest ever in the history of Bengal so far. The Trinamool Congress led United Progressive Alliance won an absolute majority of seats in the state in a historic win marking the end of 34-year rule of Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front, the longest-serving democratically elected communist government in the world, a fact that was noted by international media. Notably, the incumbent List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lost even his Jadavpur Assembly constituency, Jadavpur s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to the Indian voting machines, electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day. The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front won the election with an overwhelming majority. The previous government, formed by the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front had been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government. Election schedule Seat Allotment Results The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front (West Bengal), Left Fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Seat Allotment Results Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition. For the first time since 1971, no single party won a majority. This was also the first time since its landslide victory in 1977, that the ruling CPI(M) failed to win a majority on its own. As of 2022, this was also the last time that no single party won an outright majority. , - align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable", !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center, Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Number of Vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binoy Dutta
Binoy Dutta (11 April 1945 – 22 February 2020) was an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected thrice as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Biography Dutta was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ... from Arambag in 1996. He was also elected from that constituency in 2001 and 2006. Dutta died on 22 February 2020 at the age of 75. References Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001 West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 2020 deaths Politicians from Hooghly district 1945 births {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six List of political parties in India#National parties, national parties of India. The party was founded through 1964 split in the Communist Party of India, a splitting from the Communist Party of India in 1964; it quickly became the dominant faction. The 34 years of Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal, CPI(M)-led Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front rule in West Bengal was the longest-serving democratically elected communist-led government in the world. It emerged as the third largest party of the Parliament of India, parliament in 2004 Indian general election, 2004 national election. Presently, CPI(M) is a part of ruling alliances in two states - the Left Democratic Front, LDF in Kerala, which it lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janata Party
The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to The Emergency (India), the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian National Congress (R). They included the conservative Indian National Congress (Organisation), the hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the liberal to social-democratic Bharatiya Lok Dal (formed in 1974 by the merger of the conservative-liberal Swatantra Party, the conservative Bharatiya Kranti Dal, the Samyukta Socialist Party and the Utkal Congress) and the Socialist Party (India), Socialist Party, as well as later defectors from the Indian National Congress. Raj Narain, a Socialist, had filed a legal writ alleging electoral malpractice against Indira Gandhi in 1971. On 12 June 1975, Allahabad High Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangla Congress
The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in 1966 and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) in two United Front governments, the first lasting from 15 March 1967 to 2 November 1967, the second from 25 February 1969 to 19 March 1970. History Mainly the Left Wing of the Bengal Congress, represented by Ajoy Mukherjee, Pranab Mukherjee, Siddhartha Shankar Ray, A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, Abha Maiti, Sushil Kumar Dhara revolted against the leadership of the old conservative elites of "the Syndicate" like Prafulla Chandra Sen and Atulya Ghosh in 1966 owing to the policies of the Prafulla Sen government during the Food Movement. Sushil Kumar Dhara was the state secretary of the newly formed Bangla Congress. The revolt was mainly led by younger leaders of the Congress and enjoyed widespread support among the rural landowning and tradin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajoy Mukherjee
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, born in Tamluk, West Bengal, India in 1901, was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (Tamrlipta National Government), which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience launched in India in 1942. He was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda. Earlier a member of the Indian National Congress, he later became founded the Bangla Congress, which co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in two United Front governments in 1967-1971. He held the chief ministerial position in both these governments, from March to November 1967, and again from February 1969 to March 1970. In the year 1967 Ajoy Mukherjee defeated Prafulla Chandra Sen, another Gandhian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
