Uttarpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas (Bhadrakali, Hooghly, Bhadrakali and Hind Motor) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It is the oldest munic ...

Konnagar Municipality Konnagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Konnagar and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Konnagar Municipality was established in 1944. Sib Chandra Deb contributed tirele ...

and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of

Sreerampur Uttarpara Sreerampur Uttarpara is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block is part of the Hooghly Flats, ...

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...

won the Uttarpara assembly seat, defeating Sudpita Roy of

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 Lis ...

. 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

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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

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in 1977.

1951-1972

Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972 and 1971. Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969, 1967,

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and in independent India's first election in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

References

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