Dhanekhali Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Dhanekhali
Constituency No. 197 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Dhanekhali Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
LS constituency	Hooghly
Established	1951
Total electors	222,502
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashima Patra
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Dhanekhali is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 197 Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhaniakhali I, Dhaniakhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block.^[1]

Dhanekhali Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 28 Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Constituency	Member	Party Affiliation
Dhaniakhali
1951	Dhaniakhali	Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee	Indian National Congress^[2]
1957		Radha Nath Das	Indian National Congress^[3]
		D.N.Mukherjee	Indian National Congress^[3]
1962		Birendra Chaudhury	Indian National Congress^[4]
1967		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[5]
1969		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[6]
1971		Kashi Nath Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[7]
1972		Kashi Nath Patra	Indian National Congress^[8]
1977		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[9]
1982		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[10]
1987		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[11]
1991		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[12]
1996		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[13]
2001		Kripa Sindhu Saha	All India Forward Bloc^[14]
2006		Ajit Patra	All India Forward Bloc^[15]
Dhanekhali
2011	Dhanekhali	Ashima Patra	All India Trinamool Congress^[16]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dhanekhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asima Patra	124,776	53.36	-4.18
	BJP	Tusar Kumar Majumdar	94,617	40.46	+32.96
	INC	Anirban Saha	9,033	3.86
	CPI(ML)L	Sajal Kumar De	3,230	1.20	+0.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2,182	0.93	-0.77
Turnout			233,838	88.96	+1.82
Majority			30,159	12.90	-14.03
Registered electors			262,855
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Dhanekhali (SC) constituency^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asima Patra	125,298	57.54	+6.36
	AIFB	Pradip Majumdar	66,654	30.61	-12.28
	BJP	Sasthi Duley	16,338	7.5	+5.29
	NOTA	None of the above	3,709	1.7
	Independent	Ashis Halder	2,558	1.17
	CPI(ML)L	Sajal Kumar De	1,754	0.81	-1.37
	JDP	Pallab Bag	1,439	0.66	-0.89
Turnout			217,750	87.14	-1.14
Majority			58,644	26.93
Registered electors			2,49,887
	AITC hold		Swing	18.64#

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dhanekhali (SC) constituency^[16]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asima Patra	100,529	51.18	+14.53#
	AIFB	Srabani Sarkar	84,252	42.89	-20.46
	BJP	Kripa Sindhu Roy	4,334	2.21
	CPI(ML)L	Tarun Bauldas	4,276	2.18
	JDP	Amit Mandal	3,042	1.55
Turnout			196,433	88.28
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing	34.99#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[15] Ajit Patra of Forward Bloc won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kripa Sindu Saha of Forward Bloc defeated Asima Patra representing Trinamool Congress in 2001^[14] and Congress in 1996^[13] and 1991,^[12] and Kashinath Patra of Congress in 1987,^[11] 1982^[10] and 1977.^[9]^[19]

1951-1972

Kashi Nath Patra of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Kashi Nath Roy of CPI(M) won in 1971.^[7] Kripa Sindhu Saha of Forward Bloc won in 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] Birendra Chaudhury of Congress won in 1962.^[4] In 1957^[3] Dhaniakhali was a double seat. It was won by Radha Nath Das and D.N.Mukherjee, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951^[2] the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Dhanekhali. Empowering India. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dhanekhali. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ "191 - Dhaniakhali (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

Hooghly district topics

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Subdivisions

Territories

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and municipalities

Community development
blocks

Arambag subdivision	Arambagh Khanakul I Khanakul II Goghat I Goghat II Pursurah
Chandannagore subdivision	Haripal Singur Tarakeswar
Chinsurah subdivision	Balagarh Chinsurah Mogra Dhaniakhali Pandua Polba Dadpur
Srirampore subdivision	Chanditala I Chanditala II Jangipara Sreerampur Uttarpara

Rivers

Damodar
Dwarakeswar
Hooghly
Mundeswari
Saraswati – dried up

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Cities, towns and locations in Hooghly district
People from Hooghly district
Villages in Hooghly district
Damodar Valley

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