Patharpratima Assembly constituency

Patharpratima Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Patharpratima
Constituency No. 130 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Patharpratima Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Mathurapur
Established	1967
Total electors	263,513
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samir Kumar Jana
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Patharpratima Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Patharpratima community development block

Patharpratima Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Patharpratima	Rabin Mondal	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[2]
1969		Rabin Mondal	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[3]
1971		Rabin Mondal	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[4]
1972		Satya Ranjan Bapuli	Indian National Congress[5]
1977		Gunadhar Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1982		Gunadhar Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1987		Gunadhar Maity	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1991		Janmenjay Manna	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1996		Gopal Krishna Dey	Indian National Congress[10]
2001		Jajneswar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2006		Jajneswar Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2011		Samir Kumar Jana	All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2016		Samir Kumar Jana	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Samir Kumar Jana	All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Patharpratima

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Jana	120,181	51.85	+1.00
	BJP	Asit Kumar Haldar	98,047	42.30	+39.02
	INC	Shukdeb Jana	10,182	4.39	−39.94
	SUCI(C)	Narayan Haldar	1,664	0.72	−0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	1,214	0.52	−0.13
	Lok Samya Party	Sridhar Chandra Bagari	498	0.21
Turnout			231,786	91.76	+1.41
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Patharpratima

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Jana	107,595	50.85	−1.54
	INC	Phanibhushan Giri	93,802	44.33
	BJP	Sridhar Chandra Bagari	6,942	3.28	+1.33
	SUCI(C)	Pabitra Maity	1,895	0.90
	NOTA	None of the above	1,377	0.65
Turnout			211,611	89.35	−1.99
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Patharpratima^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Jana	95,422	52.39	+2.28
	CPI(M)	Jajneswar Das	80,649	44.28	−2.63
	BJP	Mantu Ram Gayen	3,553	1.95
	Independent	Nikhil Chandra Bera	1,389
	Independent	Alauddin Molla	1,138
Turnout			182,151	91.34
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.41

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006^[12] and 2001,^[11] Jajneswar Das of CPI(M) won the Patharpratima Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Samir Kumar Jana of AITC. Gopal Krishna Dey of INC won in 1996^[10] defeating Janmenjay Manna of CPI(M). In 1991,^[9] Janmenjay Manna of CPI(M) defeated Banabehari Patra of INC. Gunadhar Maity of CPI(M) won in 1987,^[8] 1982^[7] and 1977^[6] defeating Ananta Kumar Bera of INC.^[15]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972

Satya Ranjan Bapuli of INC won in 1972.^[5] Rabin Mondal of SUCI(C) won in 1971,^[4] 1969^[3] and 1967.^[2] The seat did not exist prior to that.