# Amdanga Assembly constituency

Amdanga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 102 Amdanga Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amdanga community development block, and Dattapukur I, Dattapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats of Barasat I community development block.
Amdanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1977 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Abdus Sattar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Rafiqur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Rafiqur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Rafiqur Rahaman | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Amdanga :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Rafiqur Rahaman | 88,935 | 42.00 |
| | BJP | Jaydeb Manna | 63,455 | 30.00 |
| | ISF | Jamal Uddin | 50,905 | 24.00 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,324 | 1.00 |
| | Independent | Ranjit Santra | 1,738 | 1.00 |
| | Independent | Mafid Mondal | 1,290 | 1.00 |
| | BSP | Shafique Ali | 1,038 | 1.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,480 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Abdus Sattar of CPI (M) won the Amdanga assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Hashim Abdul Halim of CPI (M) defeated Dr. M. Nuruzzaman of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Muhammad Rafiqul Islam of Congress in 1996, Idris Ali of Congress in 1991, Asoke Krishna Dutt of Congress in 1987, C.F.Ali of IUML in 1982, and Mira Dutta of Janata Party in 1977. Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Rafiquer Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rafiquer Rahaman | 87,162 | 53.79 | +6.30# |
| | CPI(M) | Abdus Sattar | 65,605 | 40.48 | −6.93 |
| | BJP | Joydeb Ghosh | 4,633 | 2.86 | |
| | PDS | Motiar Rahaman Biswas | 2,767 | 1.70 | |
| | BSP | Dr. Asok Kumar Golder | 1,885 | 1.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 162,052 | 91.29 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 13.43# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Rafiqur Rahaman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Abdus Sattar of CPI(M).
2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Amdanga constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Rafiqur Rahaman | 96,193 | 50.00 | −3.79 |
| | CPI(M) | Abdus Sattar | 73,228 | 38.06 | −2.42 |
| | BJP | Arindam Dey | 15,691 | 8.16 | +5.30 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,808 | 0.94 | |
| | PDS | Motiar Rahaman Biswas | 1,655 | 0.86 | −0.84 |
| | BSP | Safique Ali | 1,647 | 0.86 | −0.30 |
| | SUCI(C) | Goutam Biswas | 1,178 | 0.61 | |
| | Independent | Kaosar Ali Mallik | 995 | 0.52 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192,395 | 89.05 | −2.24 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |