# Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency

Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 182 Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Udaynarayanpur community development block, and Anulia, Balichak, Basantapur, Kanpur and Khosalpur gram panchayats of Amta I community development block.
Udaynarayanpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 26 Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Udaynarayanpur | Arabinda Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Saroj Karar | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Nani Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Nani Gopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Chandralekha Bag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Samir Panja | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Samir Panja | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal Assembly Elections, 2021: Udaynarayanpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Samir Kumar Panja | 101,510 | 51.21 | −0.91 |
| | BJP | Sumit Ranjan Karar | 87,512 | 44.15 | +39.56 |
| | INC | Aloke Koley | 5,178 | 2.61 | −36.45 |
| | Independent | Arnab Adhikary | 1,718 | 0.87 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,220 | 0.62 | −0.46 |
| | Independent | Samit Karmakar | 1,073 | 0.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,211 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Udaynarayanpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Samir Kumar Panja | 94,828 | 52.12 | −2.99 |
| | INC | Saroj Ranjan Karar | 71,070 | 39.06 | |
| | BJP | Samui Bhola | 8,356 | 4.59 | +2.34. |
| | Indian Unity Centre | Satyanarayan Rajwar | 2,466 | | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,971 | 1.08 | |
| | Independent | Banamali Gayen | 1,415 | 0.78 | |
| | Independent | Pradip Maiti | 1,120 | 0.62 | |
| | Independent | Debananda Maji | 705 | 0.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 181,931 | 87.42 | −2.30 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Udaynarayanpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Samir Panja | 91,879 | 55.11 | +8.45# |
| | CPI(M) | Chandralekha Bag | 67,988 | 40.78 | −9.13 |
| | BJP | Tapan Dhara | 3,746 | 2.25 | |
| | Independent | Narayan Chandra Bhunyia | 1,724 | | |
| | Independent | Gobinda Pandit | 1,386 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 166,723 | 87.42 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 17.58# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Chandralekha Bag of CPI(M) won the Udaynarayanpur seat defeating her nearest rival Samir Kumar Panja of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nani Gopal Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Shyamal Ranjan Karar of Congress in 1996. Pannalal Maji of CPI(M) defeated Saroj Ranjan Karar of Congress in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.

### 1962-1977

Saroj Karar of Congress won in 1972. Pannalal Maji of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Arabinda Roy of Congress won in 1962. Prior to that the Udaynarayanpur seat did not exist.