Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 22°11′00″N 88°25′00″E / 22.18333°N 88.41667°ECoordinates: 22°11′00″N 88°25′00″E / 22.18333°N 88.41667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No | 136 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 174,811 (2011) |
Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelt Joynagar) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2011. Prior to that it was an open seat.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 136 Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Jaynagar Mazilpur municipality, and Bele Durganagar, Futigoda, Gardoani, Mayahauri, Mayda, Sahajadapur gram panchayats Jaynagar II community development block, and 3. Baharu Kshetra, Dakshin Barasat, Hari Narayanpur, Rajapur Korabeg, Sripur and Uttar Durgapur gram panchayats of Jaynagar I community development block.
Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
In the 2011 elections,Dr. Tarun Kanti Naskar of SUCI(C) defeated his nearest rival Shyamali Halder of CPI(M).
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Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See for details)
Debaparasad Sarkar of SUCI(C) has represented Joynagar assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Asish Ghosh of CPI(M) in 2006, Abul Hossain Laskar of CPI(M) in 2001,Rabindranath Basu of CPI (M) in 1996,Prasanta Sarkhel of Congress in 1991,Kumud Bhattacharjee of Congress/ ICS in 1987and 1982,and Jantosh Chakraborti of Janata Party in 1977.
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