Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency

Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Udaynarayanpur
Constituency No. 182 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Udaynarayanpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Established	1962
Total electors	190,722
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samir Kumar Panja
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 182 Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Udaynarayanpur community development block, and Anulia, Balichak, Basantapur, Kanpur and Khosalpur gram panchayats of Amta I community development block.^[1]

Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Udaynarayanpur	Arabinda Roy	Indian National Congress[2]
1967		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1969		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1971		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1972		Saroj Karar	Indian National Congress[6]
1977		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991		Pannalal Maji	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1996		Nani Gopal Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001		Nani Gopal Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2006		Chandralekha Bag	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2011		Samir Panja	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016		Samir Panja	All India Trinamool Congress[15]

Election results

2021

West Bengal Assembly Elections, 2021: Udaynarayanpur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Panja	101,510	51.21	−0.91
	BJP	Sumit Ranjan Karar	87,512	44.15	+39.56
	INC	Aloke Koley	5,178	2.61	−36.45
	Independent	Arnab Adhikary	1,718	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	1,220	0.62	−0.46
	Independent	Samit Karmakar	1,073	0.54
Turnout			198,211
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Udaynarayanpur constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Kumar Panja	94,828	52.12	−2.99
	INC	Saroj Ranjan Karar	71,070	39.06
	BJP	Samui Bhola	8,356	4.59	+2.34.
	Indian Unity Centre	Satyanarayan Rajwar	2,466
	NOTA	None of the above	1,971	1.08
	Independent	Banamali Gayen	1,415	0.78
	Independent	Pradip Maiti	1,120	0.62
	Independent	Debananda Maji	705	0.39
Turnout			181,931	87.42	−2.30
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Udaynarayanpur constituency^[14][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Samir Panja	91,879	55.11	+8.45#
	CPI(M)	Chandralekha Bag	67,988	40.78	−9.13
	BJP	Tapan Dhara	3,746	2.25
	Independent	Narayan Chandra Bhunyia	1,724
	Independent	Gobinda Pandit	1,386
Turnout			166,723	87.42
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	17.58#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[13] Chandralekha Bag of CPI(M) won the Udaynarayanpur seat defeating her nearest rival Samir Kumar Panja of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nani Gopal Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2001^[12] and Shyamal Ranjan Karar of Congress in 1996.^[11] Pannalal Maji of CPI(M) defeated Saroj Ranjan Karar of Congress in 1991,^[10] 1987,^[9] 1982^[8] and 1977.^[7][17]

1962-1977

Saroj Karar of Congress won in 1972.^[6] Pannalal Maji of CPI(M) won in 1971,^[5] 1969^[4] and 1967.^[3] Arabinda Roy of Congress won in 1962.^[2] Prior to that the Udaynarayanpur seat did not exist.