Rampurhat Assembly constituency

Rampurhat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Rampurhat
Constituency No. 291 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Rampurhat Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Lok Sabha constituency	Birbhum
Established	1951
Total electors	201,049
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Asish Banerjee
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291, Rampurhat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rampurhat municipality, Rampurhat I CD Block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar CD Block.^[1]

Rampurhat Assembly constituency is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rampurhat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asish Banerjee	103,276	48.30	3.70
	BJP	Subhasis Choudhury	94,804	44.30	31.00
	CPI(M)	Sanjib Barman	11,707	5.50
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rampurhat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asish Banerjee	85,435	44.60	1.20
	INC	Syed Siraj Jimmi	64,236	33.50	33.50
	BJP	Dudh Kumar Mondal	25,480	13.30	2.43
	AIFB	Mahammad Hannan	3,613	1.90	37.65
Majority
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rampurhat^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asish Banerjee	75,066	45.8	7.06#
	AIFB	Rebati Bhattacharya	64,828	39.55	2.04
	BJP	Subhasis Choudhury	17,815	10.87
	Independent	Mahesh Kisku	3,769
	CPI(ML)L	Prodyot Mukherjee	242
Turnout			163,905	86.31
	AITC hold		Swing	-5.56#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.

1977–2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Mahammad Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mahammad Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Asish Banerjee of Congress in 1987, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.^[5]

1951–1972

Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress won in 1972. Braja Mohan Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Sasanka Sekhar Mongal of Forward Bloc won in 1969 and 1967. Niharika Majumdar of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Rampurhat was a joint seat. Gobardhan Das of CPI and Durgapada Das, Independent, won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Panchanan Let and Srikumar Bandopadhyay, both of Forward Block, won.^[6]