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Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rampurhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Rampurhat is located in West Bengal
Rampurhat
Rampurhat
Rampurhat is located in India
Rampurhat
Rampurhat
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 24°10′N 87°47′E / 24.167°N 87.783°E / 24.167; 87.783Coordinates: 24°10′N 87°47′E / 24.167°N 87.783°E / 24.167; 87.783
Country

Under 2 Sub-Division(Rampurhat & Md. Bazar)

Blocks: Total 15 Block.(9 block Under Rampurhat Sub-Division & 6 Block Under Md. Bazar Sub-Division)
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Constituency No. 291
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 42. Birbhum
Electoral system First past the post

Under 2 Sub-Division(Rampurhat & Md. Bazar)

Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 291 Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Rampurhat munuicipality, Rampurhat I community development block and Bharkata, Gonpur, Hinglow, Kapista, Rampur and Sekedda gram panchayats of Mohammad Bazar community development block.

Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2016 elections , Dr. Asish Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress defeat jote Candidate Saiyed Siraj.


In the 2011 elections, Ashish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rebati Bhattacharya of AIFB.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. For Trinamool Congress alone the swing was -0.02%.

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)


In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Asish Banerjee of Trinamool Congress won the Rampurhat assembly constituency defeating Nirad Baran Mandal of Forward Bloc in 2006, and Md. Hannan of Forward Bloc in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Md. Hannan of Forward Block defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1996. Sashanka Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Satyendra Nath Das of BJP in 1991, Ananda Gopal Roy of Congress in 1982 and Tapas Kumar Mukhopadhyay of Janata Party in 1977.


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