Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly Constituency in West Bengal, India
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Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
| Sonarpur Uttar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 151 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sonarpur Uttar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 300,229 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
- Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 of Rajpur Sonarpur municipality
- Banhooghly-I, Banhooghly-II, Kamrabad, Kheyadaha-I and Kheyadaha-II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block
Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonarpur | |||
| 1962 | Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India[2] | |
| 1967 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3] | |
| 1969[4] | |||
| 1971[5] | |||
| 1972 | Kansari Halder | Communist Party of India[6] | |
| 1977 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1982[8] | |||
| 1987 | Bhadreswar Mondal[9] | ||
| 1991[10] | |||
| 1996[11] | |||
| 2001 | Nimai Chandra Mondal | Trinamool Congress[12] | |
| 2006 | Shyamal Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| Sonarpur Uttar | |||
| 2011 | Firdousi Begum | Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Debasish Dhar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Debasish Dhar | 119,824 | 46.73 | ||
| AITC | Firdousi Begum | 110,017 | 42.9 | ||
| CPI(M) | Monalisa Sinha | 19,744 | 7.7 | ||
| INC | Dr. Jagannath Kumir | 1,533 | 0.6 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,599 | |||
| Majority | 9,807 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firdousi Begum | 119,957 | 49.88 | ||
| BJP | Ranjan Baidya | 83,867 | 34.87 | ||
| CPI(M) | Monalisa Sinha | 29,400 | 12.22 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Legislative Assembly Election 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firdousi Begum | 101,939 | 50.31 | −5.09 | |
| CPI(M) | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | 77,059 | 38.03 | −1.33 | |
| BJP | Satyabrata Dutta | 15,218 | 7.51 | +5.78 | |
| BSP | Ajit Baul | 1770 | 0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 202,625 | 82.03 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Legislative Assembly Election 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Firdousi Begum | 89,841 | 55.4 | ||
| CPI(M) | Shyamal Naskar | 63,817 | 39.36 | ||
| BJP | Debasish Purkait | 3,618 | 1.73 | ||
| BSP | Ranjan Kumar Halder | 1,290 | |||
| Independent | Shyamal Naskar | 1,276 | |||
| Independent | Fakir Mohammed Laskar | 1,141 | |||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Dutta | 747 | |||
| Independent | Bhushan Mondal | 42 | |||
| Turnout | 162,155 | 82.32 | |||
| AITC win (new seat) | |||||
Legislative Assembly Election 2006
Legislative Assembly Election 2001
Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006
In 2006[13] Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001,[12] Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996[11] and 1991,[10] and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987.[9] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982[8] and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.[7][16]
Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972
Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972.[6] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971,[5] 1969,[4] and 1967.[3] Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.[2]