Panihati Assembly constituency

Panihati Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Panihati
Constituency No. 111 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Panihati Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Dum Dum
Established	1967
Total electors	185,897
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sreenjay Bhattacharjee
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 111 Panihati Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos.1 to 14, 16, 17 and 22 to 34 of Panihati municipality.^[1]

Panihati Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Panihati	Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[2]
1969		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[3]
1971		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[4]
1972		Tapan Chatterjee	Indian National Congress^[5]
1977		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[6]
1982		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[7]
1987		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
1991		Tania Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]
1996		Nirmal Ghosh	Indian National Congress^[10]
2001		Nirmal Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress^[11]
2006		Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[12]
2011		Nirmal Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress^[13]
2016		Nirmal Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Kamalika Dasgupta	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Panihati

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nirmal Ghosh	86,495	49.61	-2.11
	BJP	Sanmoy Banerjee	61318	35.17	+33.48
	INC	Tapas Majumdar	21169	12.14	-3.44
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ahibhusan Chakraborty of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Panihati constituency^[13][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nirmal Ghosh	88,334	58.34	+6.38#
	CPI(M)	Ahibhusan Chakraborty	56,902	37.58	-10.47
	BJP	Kishor Kumar Shaw	3,759	2.48
	Independent	Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya	1,290
	BSP	Bhaskar Roy	1,134
Turnout			151,419	81.45
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	16.85#

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[12] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Panihati assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Ghosh of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nirmal Ghosh representing Trinamool Congress in 2001^[11] defeated Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI(M), and representing Congress in 1996^[10] defeated Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M). Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991.^[9] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Tapan Chattopadhyay of Congress in 1987^[8] and 1982,^[7] and Sanmatha Nath Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977.^[6][16]

1967–1972

Tapan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.^[5] Gopal Krishna Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,^[4] 1969^[3] and 1967.^[2] Prior to that the Panihati seat was not there.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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12. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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14. "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
15. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Panihati. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
16. "135 - Panihati Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.