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Jagatdal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jagatdal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jagatdal is located in West Bengal
Jagatdal
Jagatdal
Jagatdal is located in India
Jagatdal
Jagatdal
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°51′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.85000°N 88.38333°E / 22.85000; 88.38333Coordinates: 22°51′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.85000°N 88.38333°E / 22.85000; 88.38333
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 106
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 15. Barrackpore
Electorate (year) 172,294 (2011)

Jagatdal (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. 106 Jagatdal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 18 to 35 of Bhatpara Municipality, and Kogachi I, Kogachi II, Mamudpur, Panpur Keutia gram panchayats of Barrackpore I community development block.

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

In the 2011 election, Parash Dutta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Haripada Biswas of Forward Bloc.

Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006

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


In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Hari Pada Biswas of Forward Bloc won the Jagatdal assembly seat, defeating his nearest rivals Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha of BJP in 2006and Mukul Roy of AITC in 2001. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are mentioned. Anay Gopal Sinha of Congress defeated Nihar Basu of Forward Bloc in 1996.Nihar Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Anay Gopal Sinha of Congress in 1991,Nani Gopal Sarkar of Congress in 1987,Mrigen Lahiry of Congress in 1982and Sudhin Bhattacharjee of Congress in 1977. Prior to that, the constituency did not exist.


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