Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Santipur | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Santipur
 Santipur
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| Coordinates: 23°15′0″N 88°26′0″E / 23.25000°N 88.43333°ECoordinates: 23°15′0″N 88°26′0″E / 23.25000°N 88.43333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Constituency No | 86 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 13. Ranaghat (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 190,227 (2011) |
Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Shantipur) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 86 Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Shantipur municipality, and Babla, Baganchra, Belgoria I, Belgoria II Gayeshpur and Haripur gram panchayats of Santipur community development block.
Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2016 elections, the 6 times MLA Ajoy Dey was defeated by the West Bengal Pradesh Youth Congress, President, Arindam Bhattacharya. Arindam Bhattacharya a young leader and an International Trade Law expert registered a historical win over his rival, securing a historical 1,03,566 (52.25%) votes with a winning margin of 19,488 votes.
A bye-election was held on 12 April 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Ajoy Dey who switched over to Trinamool Congress from Congress.
In the 2011 election, Ajoy Dey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Yar Mullick of RCPI.
.# Swing calculated on CPI(M)'s vote percentage in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)
In the 2006,2001,1996and 1991state assembly elections, Ajoy Dey of Congress won the Santipur seat, defeating his nearest rivals Sanatanu Chakrabarti of CPI (M), Badal Basak, Independent, Bimalananda Mukherjee of RCPI (R), and Asim Ghosh of RCPI in respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1987,1982and 1977,Bimalananda Mukherjee, RCPI/Independent candidate defeated Ajay Dey, Asamanja De (both of Congress) and Jnanendra Nath Pramanik of Janata Party in the respective years.
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