Amdanga Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Amdanga, North 24 Parganas. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Amdanga.

Amdanga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Amdanga
Constituency No. 102 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Amdanga Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Barrackpore
Established	1977
Total electors	177,515
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rafiqur Rahaman
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.^[1]

Amdanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1977	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1991	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001	Hashim Abdul Halim	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
2006	Abdus Sattar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2011	Rafiqur Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016	Rafiqur Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Rafiqur Rahaman	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Amdanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rafiqur Rahaman	88,935	42.00
	BJP	Jaydeb Manna	63,455	30.00
	ISF	Jamal Uddin	50,905	24.00
	NOTA	None of the above	2,324	1.00
	Independent	Ranjit Santra	1,738	1.00
	Independent	Mafid Mondal	1,290	1.00
	BSP	Shafique Ali	1,038	1.00
Majority			25,480
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[8] Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001,^[7] Muhammad Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996,^[6] Idris Ali of Congress in 1991,^[5] Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987,^[4] C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982,^[3] and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977.^[2][10] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

2011

In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency^[9][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rafiquer Rahaman	87,162	53.79	+6.30#
	CPI(M)	Abdus Sattar	65,605	40.48	−6.93
	BJP	Joydeb Ghosh	4,633	2.86
	PDS	Motiar Rahaman Biswas	2,767	1.70
	BSP	Dr. Asok Kumar Golder	1,885	1.16
Turnout			162,052	91.29
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	13.43#

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

2016

In the 2016 election, Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency^[9][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rafiqur Rahaman	96,193	50.00	−3.79
	CPI(M)	Abdus Sattar	73,228	38.06	−2.42
	BJP	Arindam Dey	15,691	8.16	+5.30
	NOTA	None of the above	1,808	0.94
	PDS	Motiar Rahaman Biswas	1,655	0.86	−0.84
	BSP	Safique Ali	1,647	0.86	−0.30
	SUCI(C)	Goutam Biswas	1,178	0.61
	Independent	Kaosar Ali Mallik	995	0.52
Turnout			192,395	89.05	−2.24
	AITC hold		Swing