Uluberia Dakshin Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Uluberia Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Uluberia Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 178 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Uluberia Dakshin Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Uluberia |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 174,463 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 178 Uluberia Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Uluberia I community development block, and Belari, Dhandali, Balichaturi and Nabagram gram panchayats of Shyampur I community development block.[1]
Uluberia Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uluberia | |||
| 1951 | Bijoy Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1951 | Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh | ||
| 1957 | Abani Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Bijoy Bhusan Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Uluberia South | |||
| 1962 | Abani Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Biswanath Das Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Bata Krishna Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Rabindra Ghosh | Independent politician | |
| 1977 | Aurobindo Ghosal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | Rabindra Ghosh | ||
| 1987 | Amar Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Rabindra Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| Uluberia Dakshin | |||
| 2011 | Pulak Roy | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pulak Roy | 109,649 | 48.46 | −1.91 | |
| BJP | Mangalananda Puri Maharaj | 92,462 | 40.86 | +4.55 | |
| AIFB | Amirul Islam Khan | 14,709 | 6.5 | −3.94 | |
| Independent | Sk Julfikar Ali | 2,921 | 1.29 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,446 | 0.64 | −0.09 | |
| Majority | 17,187 | 7.6 | −6.46 | ||
| Turnout | 226,271 | 95.43 | +10.31 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pulak Roy | 101,880 | 50.37 | ||
| BJP | Papia Dey (Adhikary) | 73,442 | 36.31 | +24.28 | |
| AIFB | Sk. Kutub Uddin Ahmed | 21,110 | 10.44 | −23.73 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,474 | 0.73 | ||
| Majority | 28,438 | 14.06 | |||
| Turnout | 202,266 | 85.12 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pulak Roy | 95,902 | 54.11 | +4.63 | |
| AIFB | Md. Nasiruddin | 61,902 | 34.17 | −7.37 | |
| BJP | Somnath Sadhukhan | 14,239 | 8.03 | +4.15 | |
| Independent | Monirul Islam (Mim) | 2,575 | 1.45 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,208 | 1.25 | ||
| Indian Unity Centre | Gobardhan Manna | 1,757 | 0.99 | ||
| Turnout | 177,239 | 85.33 | −0.09 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pulak Roy | 73,734 | 49.48 | +8.25# | |
| AIFB | Sk. Kutubuddin Ahmad | 61,902 | 41.54 | −1.17 | |
| BJP | Goutam Mukherjee | 5,775 | 3.88 | ||
| BSP | Shrinath Yadav | 2,149 | |||
| Indian Unity Centre | Sakila Begum | 1,734 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Aah Soban Khan | 1,448 | |||
| Independent | Dipak Kumar Mondal | 1,429 | |||
| Independent | Sk. Aorangjeb | 858 | |||
| Turnout | 149,029 | 85.42 | |||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | 9.42# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006
In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Rabindra Ghosh of Forward Bloc won the Uluberia South assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Pulak Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[5] Bani Kumar Singha of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[6] Pulak Roy of Congress in 1996,[7] and Amar Banerjee of Congress in 1991.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amar Banerjee of Congress defeated Rabindra Ghosh of Forward Bloc in 1987.[9] Rabindra Ghosh of Forward Bloc defeated Minati Adhikari of Congress in 1982.[10] Aurobindo Ghosal of Forward Bloc defeated Abani Basu, Independent in 1977.[11][12]
1972
Rabindra Ghosh, Independent, won in 1972.[13] Bata Krishna Das of CPI(M) won in 1971.[14] Biswanath Das Ghosh of Forward Bloc won in 1969[15] and 1967.[16] Abani Kumar Basu won the Uluberia South seat in 1962.[17] In 1957 and 1951 Uluberia had a double seat. In 1957[18] Abani Kumar Basu of Congress and Bijoy Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won. Bijoy Mondal and Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh, both of All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won in 1951.[19]