Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly constituency

Rajarhat Gopalpur
Rajarhat Gopalpur
Constituency No. 117 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Rajarhat Gopalpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum
Established	1962
Total electors	239,551
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tarunjyoti Tewari
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 117 Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 6-11,15-19,22-26 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Wards 7-9 & 14-27 of Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality) and Ward Nos. 18 and 21-27 of South Dum Dum Municipality.^[1]

Rajarhat-Gopalpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] Rajarhat (SC) was also part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1962	Pranab Prasad Roy	Communist Party of India
1967	S. N. Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969	Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress
1972	Khagendranath Mondal	Indian National Congress
1977	Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Tanmoy Mondal	Trinamool Congress
2006	Rabindranath Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Purnendu Basu	Trinamool Congress
2016	Purnendu Basu
2021	Aditi Munshi
2026	Tarunjyoti Tewari	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat Gopalpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tarunjyoti Tewari	101,277	51.74	16.85
	AITC	Aditi Munshi	73,520	37.56	11.48
	CPI(M)	Subhajit Dasgupta	16,476	8.42	5.29
	INC	Partha Bhowmik	1653	0.84
	NOTA	None of the above	1,568	0.8	0.46
Majority			27,757	14.18	0.03
Turnout			195,730	89.38	19.96
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Rajarhat Gopalpur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Aditi Munshi	87,650	49.04
	BJP	Samik Bhattacharya	62,354	34.89	22.92
	CPI(M)	Subhajit Dasgupta	24,511	13.71	26.4
	NOTA	None of the above	2,258	1.26
Majority			25,296	14.15
Turnout			178,723	69.42
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Rajarhat Gopalpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Purnendu Bose	72,793	44.30	−15.46
	CPI(M)	Nepaldev Bhattacharya	65,919	40.11	+4.12
	BJP	Dilip Mitra	19,683	11.97	+9.42
	Independent	Ranjit Kumar Dutta	1,244	0.75	N/A
	Independent	Shyamal Mondal	895	0.54	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	3,780	2.30	N/A
Majority			6,874	4.19	−19.58
Turnout			164,314
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Purnendo Bose of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Robin Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Purnendo Bose	89,829	59.76
	CPI(M)	Rabindranath Mondal	54,104	35.99
	BJP	Manoranjan Das	3,837	2.55
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Paul	785
	Independent	Purnendu Basu	613
	Independent	Jahar Roy	603
	Independent	Abhijit Maity	538
Majority			35,725	23.77
Turnout			150,327	78.20
	AITC win (new seat)

2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[6] Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M) won the Rajarhat (SC) assembly seat defeating Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001^[7] Tanmoy Mondal of Trinamool Congress defeated Rabindranath Mandal of CPI(M). Prior to that Rabindranath Mondal had won the seat five times in a row defeating Tanmoy Mondal representing Congress in 1996,^[8] Sukumar Roy of Congress in 1991,^[9] Biswananda Naskar of Congress in 1987, Tanmoy Mondal of Congress in 1982^[10] and Amalendu Sekhar Naskar of Congress in 1977.^[11]^[12]

1972

Khagendranath Mondal of Congress won in 1972^[13] and 1971.^[14] Rabindranath Mondal of CPI(M) won in 1969.^[15] S.N.Das of CPI(M) won in 1967.^[16] Pranab Prasad Roy of CPI(M) won in 1962.^[17] Prior to that the Rajarhat seat did not exist.

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "91 - Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[election2004-2] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[election2026-3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-4] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[vidhansabha2011-5] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-6] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-7] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-8] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-9] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-10] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-11] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[election1977-12] "91 - Rajarhat (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[vidhansabha1972-13] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-14] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-15] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-16] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[vidhansabha1962-17] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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