Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency

Uluberia Uttar is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Uluberia Uttar
Constituency No. 177 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Uluberia Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Established	1951
Total electors	170,566
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nirmal Maji
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 177 Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Amta, Bhandargachha, Chandrapur, Khardah, Raspur, Sirajbati, Udang I and Udang II gram panchayats of Amta I community development block and Baniban, Basudevpur, Joyargori, Tehatta Kantaberia I, Tehatta Kantaberia II and Tulsiberia gram panchayats of Uluberia II community development bloc.^[1]

Uluberia Uttar 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
1951	Uluberia	Bijoy Mondal	All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
		Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh	All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[2]
1957		Abani Kumar Basu	Indian National Congress[3]
		Bijoy Bhusan Mondal	All India Forward Bloc[3]
1962	Uluberia North	Bejoy Bhusan Mondal	All India Forward Bloc[4]
1967		Apurbalal Majumdar	All India Forward Bloc[5]
1969		Kalipada Mondal	All India Forward Bloc[6]
1971		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Raj Kumar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Ram Janam Majhi	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Mohan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006		Mohan Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011	Uluberia Uttar	Dr. Nirmal Maji	All India Trinamool Congress[16]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Uluberia Uttar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Nirmal Maji	91,501	49.25	+1.12
	BJP	Chiran Bera	70,498	37.95	+29.79
	CPI(M)	Ashok Dalui	19,292	10.38
	NOTA	None of the above	1,248	0.67	−0.49
	Independent	Nirapada Pandit	1,181	0.64	+0.07
	Independent	Avijit Das	935	0.50
	Independent	Vibekananda Mondal	758	0.41
	Independent	Ganesh Chandra Hazra	367	0.20
Turnout			185,780	82.78	+0.07
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Uluberia Uttar (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Nirmal Maji	79,390	48.13	−4.32
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mondal	65,208	39.53
	BJP	Ananya Pandit	13,457	8.16	+3.78
	NOTA	None of the above	1,909	1.16
	BSP	Shyamapada Dhara	1,208	0.73
	Independent	Amiya Mondal	1,050	0.64
	Independent	Nirapada Pandit	937	0.57
	Indian Unity Centre	Mohit Kar	875	0.53
	Independent	Bimal Singha	617	0.37
	Independent	Ajit Dutta	314	0.19
Turnout			164,965	82.71	−2.69
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Uluberia Uttar (SC) constituency^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dr. Nirmal Maji	76,469	52.45	+4.92#
	CPI(M)	Bhim Ghuku	58,021	39.79	−9.11
	BJP	Archana Ray	6,381	4.38
	Independent	Subal Ghuku	1,559
	BSP	Shyamapada Dhara	1,427
	Indian Unity Centre	Mohit Kar	1,180
	Independent	Ajit Kumar Maji	767
Turnout			145,840	85.40
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	14.03#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006^[15] and 2001^[14] state assembly elections Mohan Mondal of CPI(M) won the Uluberia North assembly seat defeating Gopal Dolui and Ram Janam Majhi, both of Trinamool Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ram Janam Majhi representing Congress defeated Asta Das of CPI(M) in 1996.^[13] Raj Kumar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Gunakar Sinha of Congress in 1991,^[12] Gobinda Sinha of Congress in 1987,^[11] Gunakar Singh of Congress in 1982,^[10] and Arun Pramnik of Janata Party in 1977.^[9][18]

1951-1972

Raj Kumar Mandal of CPI(M) won in 1972^[8] and 1971.^[7] Kalipada Mondal of Forward Bloc won in 1969.^[6] A.L. Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1967.^[5] Bejoy Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won in 1962.^[4] In 1957 and 1951 Uluberia had a double seat. Abani Kumar Basu of Congress and Bijoy Bhusan Mondal of Forward Bloc won in 1957.^[3] Bijoy Mondal and Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh, both of All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won in 1951.^[2]