Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
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| Coordinates: 23°11′0″N 88°35′0″E / 23.18333°N 88.58333°ECoordinates: 23°11′0″N 88°35′0″E / 23.18333°N 88.58333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Constituency No | 87 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 13. Ranaghat (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 210,844 |
Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ranaghat municipality, Taherpur notified area, Birnagar municipality, and Ramnagar I, Barasat, Kalinarayanpur-Paharpur and Khisma gram panchayats of Ranaghat I community development block, and Arbandi I, Arbandi II, and gram panchayats of Santipur community development block, and Fulia Township.
Ranaghat Uttar Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 election, Partha Sarathi Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meena Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as CPI(M)'s vote percentage, in 2006 for the Ranaghat East seat.
Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)
Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
In the 2006 state assembly elections,Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996and 1991,and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987.Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.
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