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Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tehatta
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Tehatta is located in West Bengal
Tehatta
Tehatta
Tehatta is located in India
Tehatta
Tehatta
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°42′52″N 88°32′34″E / 23.71444°N 88.54278°E / 23.71444; 88.54278Coordinates: 23°42′52″N 88°32′34″E / 23.71444°N 88.54278°E / 23.71444; 88.54278
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 78
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year) 199,128 (2011)

Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Tehatta seat was there from 1951-1972 and was revived in 2011 as per orders of the Delimitation Commission.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 78 Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Betai I, Betai II, Chhitka, Kanainagar, Natna, Patharghata I, Raghunathpur, Shyamnagar and Tehatta gram panchayats of Tehatta I community development block and Dighal, Kandi, Nandanpur, Narayanpur I and Narayanpur II gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.

Tehatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, Independent

In the 2011 election, Ranjit Mondal of Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Tapas Kumar Saha, Independent

Tapash Kumar Saha, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Trinamool Congress candidate.

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)


The Tehatta assembly seat was not there between 1977 and 2006. Palashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) existed in the area.


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