Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is a
Legislative Assembly constituency of
North 24 Parganas district
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in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
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Overview
As per orders of the
Delimitation Commission
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, No. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is the local government responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas in Greater Kolkata.
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Pawan K ...
(Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of
Rajarhat Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of
South Dum Dum
South Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development ...
municipality.
Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16
Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Author ...
.
[ Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
2016
2011
In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).
1977–2006 Rajarhat
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[ Rabindranath Mandal of ]CPI(M)
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won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001[ Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing ]Congress
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in 1996,[ Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,][ Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982][ and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.]
1962–1972 Rajarhat
Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972[ and 1971.][ Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.][ S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.][ Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in ]1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
.[ Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.
]
References
{{West Bengal elections
Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Politics of North 24 Parganas district
Constituencies established in 1962
1962 establishments in West Bengal