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Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Amdanga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Amdanga is located in West Bengal
Amdanga
Amdanga
Amdanga is located in India
Amdanga
Amdanga
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°49′N 88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°E / 22.817; 88.517Coordinates: 22°49′N 88°31′E / 22.817°N 88.517°E / 22.817; 88.517
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 102
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 15. Barrackpore
Electorate (year) 177,515 (2011)

Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha 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.

Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

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

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

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)


In the 2006 state assembly elections,Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rafiquer Rahman 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,Md. Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996,Idris Ali of Congress in 1991,Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987,C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982,and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977.Prior to that the constituency did not exist.


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