Jaynagar Assembly constituency

Jaynagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

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Jaynagar Assembly constituency

Jaynagar Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

Jaynagar Assembly constituency

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jaynagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

• Jaynagar Majilpur municipality • Baharu Kshetra, Dakshin Barasat, Harinarayanpur, Rajapur Korabeg, Sripur and Uttar Durgapur gram panchayats of the Jaynagar I community development block • Beledurganagar, Futigoda, Gardoani, Mayahauri, Mayda and Sahajadapur gram panchayats of the Jaynagar II community development block

Jaynagar Assembly constituency is a part of the No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Jaynagar Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Subodh Banarjee</td><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td></tr><tr><td>Dinataran Moni</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Subodh Banarjee</td></tr><tr><td>Renupada Halder</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Jnantosh Chakraborty (Jaynagar Uttar)</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Anadi Mohan Tanti (Jaynagar Dakshin)</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Subodh Banarjee</td><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td></tr><tr><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>Prasun Ghosh</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Debaprasad Sarkar</td><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Tarun Kanti Naskar</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Biswanath Das</td><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LF</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Biswanath Das</td><td>104,952</td><td>51.85</td><td>+15.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rabin Sardar</td><td>66,269</td><td>32.74</td><td>+22.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Apurba Pramanik (Apu)</td><td>17,368</td><td>8.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tarun Kanti Naskar</td><td>9,423</td><td>4.65</td><td>−17.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Swapan Kumar Naskar</td><td>1,435</td><td>0.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,164</td><td>0.58</td><td>−0.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Sankar Deb Mondal</td><td>811</td><td>0.40</td><td>−0.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BMP</td><td>Monotosh Naskar</td><td>574</td><td>0.28</td><td>No change</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LJP</td><td>Utpal Mandal</td><td>248</td><td>0.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RPI(A)</td><td>Amitav Naskar</td><td>187</td><td>0.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>202,431</td><td>84.36</td><td>−0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Biswanath Das</td><td>64,582</td><td>36.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sujit Patwari</td><td>49,531</td><td>27.78</td><td>+18.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tarun Kanti Naskar</td><td>39,397</td><td>22.10</td><td>−27.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Utpal Kumar Mondal</td><td>18,055</td><td>10.53</td><td>+3.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,548</td><td>0.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Tarun Naskar</td><td>1,417</td><td>0.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dilip Sardar</td><td>1,257</td><td>0.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Amulya Kumar Sardar</td><td>841</td><td>0.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sankar Deb Mondal</td><td>718</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BMP</td><td>Manabendra Nath Halder</td><td>492</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Taranga Mondal</td><td>431</td><td>0.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>178,269</td><td>84.38</td><td>+1.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from SUCI(C)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tarun Kanti Naskar</td><td>71,566</td><td>49.38</td><td>+3.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Shyamali Halder</td><td>44,976</td><td>31.03</td><td>−4.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Manoranjan Halder</td><td>13,829</td><td>9.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Utpal Kumar Mondal</td><td>9,694</td><td>6.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>People's Democratic Conference of India</td><td>Sanjay Kumar Roy</td><td>2,985</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sanatan Halder</td><td>1,890</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>144,940</td><td>82.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.05</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977–2006

Debaparasad Sarkar of SUCI(C) has represented the Jaynagar Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Ashish Ghosh of CPI(M) in 2006, Abdul Hossain Laskar of CPI(M) in 2001, Rabindranath Basu of CPI(M) in 1996, Prashanta Sarkhel of INC in 1991, Kumud Bhattacharya of ICS in 1987 and 1982, and Jnantosh Chakraborty of Janata Party in 1977.

Legislative Assembly Elections 1952–1972

Prasun Ghosh of INC won in 1972. Subodh Banarjee of SUCI(C) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. In 1962, Jaynagar Assembly constituency had two seats. Jnantosh Chakraborty of INC won the Jaynagar Uttar seat and Anadi Mohan Tanti of INC won the Jaynagar Dakshin seat. In 1957 and 1952, Jaynagar Assembly constituency had joint seats. In 1957, Subodh Banerjee and Renupada Halder, both of SUCI(C), won. In 1952, Subodh Banerjee and Dinataran Moni, both of SUCI(C), won.