Falta Assembly constituency

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Falta
Constituency No. 144 for the
All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Falta Assembly constituency is a

State of West Bengal
.

Overview

As per order of the

Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Falta Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

  • Falta community development block
  • Bhadura Haridas and Kalatalahat gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development block

Falta Assembly constituency is a part of No. 21

Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)
.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1952 Falta Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India[2]
1957 Khagendra Nath Das Indian National Congress[3]
1962 Khagendra Nath Das Indian National Congress[4]
1967 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971 Jyotish Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Mohini Mohan Parui Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Nimai Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Nimai Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Sudhir Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[13]
2001 Tamonash Ghosh
All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006 Chandana Ghosh Dastidar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011 Tamonash Ghosh
All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Tamonash Ghosh
All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Sankar Kumar Naskar
All India Trinamool Congress[17]

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
 		Sankar Kumar Naskar 117,179 56.00
BJP Bidhan Parui 76,405 37.00
INC Abdur Razzak Molla 7,452 4.00
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) ~6,500 3.00
Majority 40,774
Turnout
AITC
hold 		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Falta[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
 Tamonash Ghosh 86,966 55.99 +1.69
CPI(M) Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu 59,295 38.17 -7.53
BJP Avijit Kumar Halder 5,389 3.47
Independent
 Gautam Dalui 2,886
BSP Chittaranjan Malik 1,839
Turnout 155,328 85.07
AITC gain from CPI(M)
 Swing 9.22

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006,

AITC defeated Malina Mistry of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC defeated Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) in 1996.[13] Arati Dasgupta of CPI(M) defeated Sudhir Bhattacharya of INC in 1991[12] and Dinabandhu Halder of INC in 1987.[11] Nimai Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Asraf Ali of INC in 1982[10] and Mohini Mohan Parui of INC in 1977.[9][19]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972

Mohini Mohan Parui of INC won in 1972.[8] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Khagendra Nath Das of INC won in 1962[4] and 1957.[3] Jyotish Chandra Roy of CPI won in 1952.[2]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Sankar Kumar Naskar". NDTV. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Falta. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  19. ^ "118 - Falta Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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