Saptagram Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Saptagram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Saptagram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 193 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Saptagram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 186,561 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 193 Saptagram Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bansberia Municipality, Akna, 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 28 Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bansberia | |||
| 1977[2] | Prabir Sengupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982[3] | |||
| 1987[4] | |||
| 1991[5] | |||
| 1996[6] | Robin Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001[7] | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2006[8] | |||
| Saptagram | |||
| 2011[9] | Tapan Dasgupta | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bidesh Ranjan Bose | ||||
| BJP | Swaraj Ghosh | ||||
| CPI(M) | Anirban Sarkar | ||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 93,328 | 48.56 |  0.37 | |
| BJP | Debabrata Biswas | 83,556 | 43.48 |  34.33 | |
| INC | Pabitra Deb | 8,332 | 4.34 | 34.29 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,037 | 1.58 | 0.03 | |
| Independent | Subir Roy | 1,745 | 0.91 |  | |
| Independent | Milan Das | 707 | 0.37 | | |
| Independent | Bishnu Chowdhuri | 601 | 0.31 | | |
| Independent | Ajoy Das | 568 | 0.30 | | |
| Independent | Paritosh Karmakar | 316 | 0.16 | | |
| Majority | 9,772 | 5.08 | 5.22 | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,153 | 82.27 | 0.73 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 88,208 | 48.93 | 7.58 | |
| INC | Dilip Nath | 69,641 | 38.63 | | |
| BJP | Sushanta Sengupta | 16,494 | 9.15 | 6.92 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,894 | 1.61 | | |
| CPI(ML)L | Sajal Adhikari | 1,536 | 0.85 | 1.41 | |
| JMM | Kashinath Murmu | 1,509 | 0.84 | | |
| Turnout | 1,80,394 | 83.91 | 1.59 | ||
| Majority | 18,567 | 10.30 | 9.02 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | 90,289 | 56.51 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | 59,421 | 37.19 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Sadhan Mal | 3,612 | 2.26 | ||
| BJP | Kartick Chandra Paul | 3,559 | 2.23 | ||
| ABHM | Priyatosh Majumder | 1,866 | 1.17 | ||
| JDP | Meghnath Tudu | 1,040 | 0.65 | ||
| Turnout | 1,59,787 | 85.50 | |||
| Majority | 30,868 | 19.32 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
1977-2006
In 2006[8] and 2001[7] state assembly elections Asutosh Mukhopadhyay of CPI(M) won the 187 Bansberia assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Suma Mukherjee and Tapan Dasgupta, both of Trinamool Congress in respective years. Robin Mukherjee of Congress defeated Prabir Sengupta of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Prabir Sengupta of CPI(M) defeated Robin Mukherjee of Congress in 1991[5] and 1987,[4] Shibani Maitra of Congress in 1982[3] and Sanat Majumdar of Janata Party in 1977.[2][12]