Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Ranaghat Uttar Purba | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Ranaghat Uttar Purba
 Ranaghat Uttar Purba
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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 | 89 |
| Type | Reserved for SC |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 13. Ranaghat (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 200,731 (2011) |
Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Hanskhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Aranghata, Bahirgachhi, Dutta Fulia, Jugalkishore, Kamalpur and Raghunathpur Hijuli II gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, and Bagula I, Bagula II, Mamjoan, Ramnagar Bara Chupria I and Ramnagar Bara Chupria II gram panchayats of Hanskhali community development block.
Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) 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, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Archana Biswas of CPI(M).
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the now defunct Hanskhali 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.
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