Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

North 24 Parganas district North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and ...

in the

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. It is reserved for

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from 2011. Earlier the seat was reserved for

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, 123 Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:

Sandeshkhali I Sandeshkhali I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Nazat is located at Sandeshkhali I CD Block is bounded ...

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, and Beramajur I, Beramajur II, Durgamandap, Jeliakhali, Korakati, Manipur and Sandeshkhali gram panchayats of

Sandeshkhali II Sandeshkhali-II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Sandeshkhali is located at . Sandeshkhali II CD Blo ...

community development block. Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency (ST) is part of 18.

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. It was earlier part of

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Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 assembly elections, Abani Roy of

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won the 98 Sandeshkhali (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Mondal of

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

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of CPI(M) defeated Ranjit Kumar Das of Trinamool Congress/

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in 2001 and 1996. Dhiren Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Krishna Pada Patra of Congress in 1991. Kumud Ranjan Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Ranjit Kumar Das of Congress in 1987 and 1977, and Ananata Kumar Bera of Congress in 1982.

1951-1972

Debendra Nath Sinha of Congress won in 1972. Sarat Sarder of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. Debendra Nath Sinha of Congress won in 1967. Ananta Kumar Baidya of Congress won in

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. Haran Chandra Mondal, Independent, won in

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. In independent India's first election in 1951, Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar of Congress and Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal of

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won the Haroa Sandeshkhali joint seat.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of North 24 Parganas district