Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Saptagram | |
|---|---|
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Saptagram Location in West Bengal  Saptagram Saptagram (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.38333°ECoordinates: 22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.96667°N 88.38333°E | |
| Country |
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Constituency No. | 193 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 28. Hooghly |
| Electorate (year) | 186,561 (2011) |
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: সপ্তগ্রাম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Committee Bansberia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011 and a new constituency comes into being at Saptagram.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bansberia Municipality, Aknna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur community development block, and Mogra II and Saptagram gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block.[1]
Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Saptagram | Tapan Dasgupta | All India Trinamool Congress[2] |
Election results
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Tapan Dasgupta | 88453 | 51.51 | ||
| INC | Dilip Nath | 65453 | 39.87 | ||
| CPI(ML) Liberation | Sadhan Mal | 3,612 | 2.26 | ||
| BJP | Sushant Sengupta | 13,559 | 12.23 | ||
| ABHM | Priyatosh Majumdar | 1,866 | |||
| JDP | Meghnath Tudu | 1,040 | |||
| Turnout | 159,787 | 85.65 | |||
| Trinamool Congress win (new seat) | |||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 in the now defunct Bansberia constituency.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 16 |  |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 |  |
| Forward bloc | 1 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 0 | |
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Saptagram. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
See also
Saptagram – once a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times