Sagardighi Assembly constituency

State-level election constituency in West Bengal, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sagardighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Sagardighi
Constituency No. 60 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Lok Sabha constituencyJangipur
Established1951
Total electors236,885
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2023
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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 60 Sagardighi Assembly constituency covers Sagardighi community development block.[1]

Sagadighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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YearNamePartyRef.
1951Shyamapada Bhattacharya Indian National Congress [2]
Kuber Chand Halder
1957Shyamapada Bhattacharya [3]
Kuber Chand Halder
1962Ambika Chanran Das [4]
1967 [5]
1969Kuber Chand HalderBangla Congress [6]
1971Atul Chandra SarkarIndian National Congress [7]
1972Nrisinha Kumar Mandal [8]
1977Hazari Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982 [10]
1987Paresh Nath Das [11]
1991 [12]
1996 [13]
2001 [14]
2006Parikhit Let [15]
2011Subrata SahaTrinamool Congress [16]
2016
2021
^2023 Bayron Biswas Switched from INC to TMC[17]
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^ denotes by election.

Election results

2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sagardighi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bayron Biswas
INC Manoj Chakraborty
SDPI Masiur Rahaman
BJP Tapas Chakraborty
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing
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2023 by-election

By-poll was necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress. Shortly after the election, the winning INC candidate Bayron Biswas defected to Trinamool Congress.

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2023 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Sagardighi[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bayron Biswas 87,667 47.35 +27.90
AITC Debasish Bandopadhyay 64,681 34.94 −16.01
BJP Dilip Saha 25,815 13.94 −10.14
NOTA None of the above 1,337 0.72 −0.19
Majority 22,986
Turnout 1,85,142 73.49
INC gain from AITC Swing
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2021

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West Bengal assembly elections,2021: Sagardighi constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subrata Saha 95,189 50.95
BJP Mafuja Khatun 44,983 24.08
INC Sk M. Hasanuzzaman 36,344 19.45
AIMIM Nure Mahaboob Alam 3,450 1.85
NOTA None of the above 1.705 0.91
Majority 50,206
Turnout 1,86,816 78.86
AITC hold Swing
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2016

In the 2016 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Aminul Islam of Congress.

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sagardighi constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subrata Saha 44,817 26.23 −11.79
INC Aminul Islam 39,603 23.18
CPI(M) Rajab Ali Mallick 39,385 23.05 −11.80
Independent Samsul Hoda 31,920 18.68
BJP Debsharan Ghosh 7,358 4.31 +1.38
SDPI Badrul Sekh 2,725 1.59 −2.72
NOTA None of the above 1,969 1.15
Independent Kanika Chakroborty (Das) 1,672 0.98
SUCI(C) Mirza Lutful Hoque 1,416 0.83
Turnout 170,865 82.92 −2.67
AITC hold Swing
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Samsul Hoda, contesting as an Independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

2011

In the 2011 election, Subrata Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ismail Sekh of CPI(M).

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sagardighi constituency[16][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subrata Saha 54,708 38.02 −8.01#
CPI(M) Ismail Sekh 50,134 34.85 −13.77
Independent Aminul Islam 22,402 15.57
SDPI Badrul Sekh 6,198 4.31
BJP Shekharendu Das 4,220 2.93
Independent Daud Mondal 2,934
Independent Naru Gopal Saha 2,037
BSP Dhananjoy Bandopadhyay 1,243
Turnout 143,876 85.59
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +5.56#
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Aminul Islam, a rebel Congress candidate contesting as an independent, was suspended from the party, but Adhir Chowdhury, the Baharampur MP continued to extend support to him.[20]

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Parikshit Let of CPI(M) won the Sagardighi (SC) assembly seat defeating Rajesh Kumar Bhakat of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Paresh Nath Das of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Bhakat representing Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1996,[13] 1991[12] and 1987.[11] Hazari Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress in 1982[10] and Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[9][21]

1951–1972

Nrisinha Kumar Mandal of Congress won in 1972.[8] Atul Chandra Sarkar of Congress won in 1971.[7] Kuber Chand Haldar of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[6] Ambika Charan Das of Congress won in 1967[5] and 1962.[4] In 1957[3] Sagadigighi constituency was not there. Jangipur was a joint seat in 1957. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951[2] Sagardighi was a joint seat. It was won by Shyama Pada Bhattacharjee and Kuber Chand Haldar both of Congress.

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