Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Dakshin
Ranaghat Dakshin
Constituency No. 90 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranaghat
Established	2011
Total electors	285,180
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ashim Kumar Biswas
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Ranaghat Dakshin is a Vidhan Sabha constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 90 Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Anishmali, Baidyapur I, Baidyapur II, Debagram, Majher Gram, Nokari, Raghunathpur Hijuli I and Shyamnagar gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, Anulia, Habibpur, Nawpara Masunda, Payradanga, Ramnagar II and Tarapur gram panchayats of Ranaghat I community development block and Cooper's Camp notified area.^[1]

Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1] Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Ranaghat

Year	Name
1951	Bijoy Krishna Sarkar	Indian National Congress
1951	Keshab Chandra Mitra
1957	Benoy Kumar Chatterjee
1962	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India

Ranaghat East

Year	Name
1967	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India
1969	Nitai Pada Sarkar	Communist Party of India
1971	Naresh Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972	Nitaipada Sarkar	Communist Party of India
1977	Satish Chandra Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Satish Chandra Biswas
1987	Binay Krishna Biswas
1991
1996
2001	Asim Bala
2006	Debendra Nath Biswas

Ranaghat West

Year	Name
1967	Benoy Kumar Chatterjee	Indian National Congress
1969	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1977
1972	Naresh Chandra Chaki	Indian National Congress
1982	Gour Chandra Kundu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987	Gour Chandra Kundu
1991	Subhaas Basu
1996	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress
2001	Shankar Singha	Indian National Congress
2006	Aloke Kumar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Ranaghat Dakshin

Year	Name
2011	Abir Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Rama Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Mukut Mani Adhikari	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024^	Mukut Mani Adhikari	All India Trinamool Congress
2026	Ashim Kumar Biswas	Bharatiya Janata Party

^ = by-election

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Dakshin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashim Kumar Biswas	140,010	60.17
	AITC	Sougata Kumar Burman	75,546	32.47
	CPI(M)	Arindam Biswas	10,714	4.6
	NOTA	None of the above	1,223	0.53	−0.12
Majority			64,464	27.7	+20.87
Turnout			232,685	91.54	+6.79
	BJP hold		Swing

2024 bypoll

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Ranaghat Dakshin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mukut Mani Adhikari	113,533	55.08	12.56
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Biswas	74,485	36.13	13.21
	CPI(M)	Arindam Biswas	13,082	6.35	0.09
	Independent	Bankim Mondal	1,307	0.63	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,351	0.66	0.01
Majority			39,048	18.95
Turnout
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Dakshin^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Mukut Mani Adhikari	119,260	49.34
	AITC	Barnali Dey Roy	102,745	42.51
	CPI(M)	Rama Biswas	15,124	6.26
	NOTA	None of the above	1,577	0.65
Majority			16,515	6.83
Turnout			241,687	84.75
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Rama Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Abir Ranjan Biswas of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rama Biswas	104,159	47.51	+6.38
	AITC	Abir Ranjan Biswas	86,906	39.64	−11.59
	BJP	Susmit Ranjan Haldar	18,114	8.26	+3.66
	NOTA	None of the above	3,640	1.66	+1.66
	BSP	Prashanta Biswas	2,407	1.10	−0.42
Turnout			2,19,215	85.03	−2.52
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing	-1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

2011

In the 2011 election, Abir Ranjan Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Aloke Das of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) constituency^[6]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abir Ranjan Biswas	99,432	51.23	−2.65
	CPI(M)	Aloke Das	79,824	41.13	−1.45
	BJP	Benoy Bhusan Roy	8,934	4.60
	BSP	Prashanta Biswas	2,951
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Chaitanya Barai	2,942
Turnout			194,083	87.55
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-1.20

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat West seat.

1962

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962.^[8] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957.^[9] In independent India's first election in 1951,^[10] Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.

1972

Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972.^[11] Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971.^[12] Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969^[13] and 1967.^[14]

Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972.^[11] Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971^[12] and 1969.^[13] Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.^[14]

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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