Tehatta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, 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

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and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of

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CD Block. Tehatta Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

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

2011

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

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, was a rebel

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candidate.''The Rebel Candidates in the Fray on April 23'', The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011

1977–2006

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006.

Palashipara Assembly constituency Palashipara Assembly constituency is an Vidhan Sabha, assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Delimitation Commission, No. 79 Palashipara Assemb ...

and Chapra, West Bengal Assembly constituency existed in the area.

1951–1972

Kartik Chandra Biswas of

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won in 1972. Madhabendu Mohanta of

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won in 1971. Surat Ali Khan of Congress won in 1969. Shankardas Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1967,

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and

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. In independent India's first election in 1951, Raghunandan Biswas of Congress won the Tehatta seat.

Notes

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Nadia district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal