Uttarpara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Uttarpara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 185 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Uttarpara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| LS constituency | Serampore |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 216,312 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpur gram panchayats of Sreerampur Uttarpara community development block.[1]
Uttarpara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Monoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India[2][3][4] | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Santasri Chatterjee | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay | ||
| 2001 | Swaraj Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| 2003 by-election | Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16] | |
| 2006 | Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | ||
| 2011 | Anup Ghoshal | All India Trinamool Congress[17] | |
| 2016 | Prabir Ghoshal | ||
| 2021 | Kanchan Mullick | ||
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kanchan Mullick | 93,878 | 46.96 | +2.07 | |
| BJP | Prabir Kumar Ghoshal | 57,889 | 28.96 | +16.44 | |
| CPI(M) | Rajat Banerjee | 42,718 | 21.37 | -17.18 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,353 | 1.68 | -0.67 | |
| CPI(ML) | Sourav Roy | 1,223 | 0.61 | -0.30 | |
| Independent | Ranjan Mukherjee | 833 | 0.42 | ||
| Turnout | 1,99,894 | 76.94 | -1.17 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prabir Kumar Ghoshal | 84,918 | 44.89 | −14.88 | |
| CPI(M) | Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | 72,918 | 38.55 | +3.43 | |
| BJP | Krishna Bhattacharjee | 23,687 | 12.52 | +9.00 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,444 | 2.35 | ||
| CPI(ML) | Swapan Majumdar | 1,730 | 0.91 | ||
| Independent | Suvendu Biswas | 1,458 | 0.77 | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,155 | 78.11 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 11.32# | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Anup Ghoshal | 104,753 | 59.77 | +11.91 | |
| CPI(M) | Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | 61,560 | 35.12 | −13.32 | |
| BJP | Pranab Chakraborty | 6,161 | 3.52 | ||
| JD(U) | Rishikesh Singh | 2,794 | 1.59 | ||
| Turnout | 175,268 | 81.03 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 25.23# | |||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj of CPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat, defeating Sudpita Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in the 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001.[14] Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta of Congress in 1996.[13] Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress in 1991[12] and 1987,[11] Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kashinath Banerjee of Janata Party in 1977.[9][20]
1951-1972
Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969,[6] 1967,[5] 1962,[4] 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]