# Arambagh Assembly constituency

Arambagh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 200 Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Arambagh municipality, and Arandi I, Arandi II, Batanal, Gaurhati I, Gaurhati II, Madhabpur, Mayapur I, Mayapur II, Salepur I, Salepur II and Tirol gram panchayats of Arambagh community development block.
Arambagh Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party | Party |
| 1951 | Arambagh | Madan Mohan Saha | Communist Party of India |
| | | Radha Krishna Pal | Independent |
| 1957 | | Radha Krishna Pal | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Arambagh East | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| | Arambagh West | Radha Krishna Pal | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Arambagh | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress |
| 1969 | | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Ajoy Kumar Dey | Janata Party |
| 1982 | | Abdul Mannan | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | | Benode Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Benode Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Binoy Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Binoy Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Binoy Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Krishna Chandra Santra | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Krishna Chandra Santra | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Madhusudan Bag | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 1951-1972

Prafulla Chandra Sen won the Arambagh seat in 1972, 1971 and 1969. In a historic contest in 1967 Prafulla Chandra Sen, then the Congress Chief Minister, lost the Arambagh seat to Ajay Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, who became the new Chief Minister, in the first United Front government in the state. The main factor of Sen's defeat was student agitation there. Students under the leadership of Narayan Ch Ghosh had organised farmers, poor people and the middle class against Sen. In 1962 Arambagh had two seats. Prafulla Chandra Sen of Congress won the Arambagh East seat and Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh West seat. In 1957 Radha Krishna Pal of Congress won the Arambagh seat. In independent India's first general election in 1951 Arambagh had twin seats. These were won by Madan Mohan Saha of CPI and Radha Krishna Pal, Independent.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Binoy Dutta of CPI(M) won the Arambagh assembly seat, defeating Bibhabindu Nandi of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Sk. Hasan Imam of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Abdus Sukkur of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Benode Das of CPI(M) defeated Jalim Singha Roy of Congress in 1991 and Abdul Mannan of Congress in 1987. Abdul Mannan of Congress defeated independent candidate Ranjit Chakraborty in 1982. Ajoy Kumar Dey of Janata Party defeated Madan Kumar Saha of CPI(M) in 1977.

### 1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JP | Ajoy Kumar Dey | 31,304 | 57.70% |
| | CPI(M) | Madan Mohan Saha | 13,935 | 25.70% |
| | INC | Abdul Mannan | 8,440 | 15.60% |
| | Independent | Sk. Shahabuddin Ahmed | 539 | 1.00% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,369 | (31.7%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,847 | (58.4%) |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Abdul Mannan | 42,668 | 48.10% |
| | Independent | Ranjit Chakarborty | 39,925 | 45.10% |
| | JP | Ajoy Kumar Dey | 6,174 | 1.10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,743 | (3.1%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,895 | (77.5%) |
| | INC gain from JP | INC gain from JP | Swing | |

### 1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Benode Das | 60,097 | 54.80% |
| | INC | Abdul Mannan | 47,799 | 43.50% |
| | BJP | Madan Haider | 1,244 | 1.10% |
| | Independent | Sk. Md.Jikria | 326 | 0.30% |
| | Independent | Nikunja Jana | 308 | 0.30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12.298 | (11.1%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,005 | (82.4%) |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Benode Das | 71,681 | 56.00% |
| | INC | Jalim Singha Roy | 50,404 | 39.40% |
| | BJP | Prafulla Kumar Mukherjee | 4,688 | 3.70% |
| | Independent | Sourish Ghosh | 1,181 | 0.90% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,277 | (16.4%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,29,918 | (81.2%) |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### 1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 91,939 | 62.40% |
| | INC | Abdus Sukur | 47,839 | 32.50% |
| | BJP | Anath Bandhu Dey | 7,220 | 4.90% |
| | Independent | Sadananda Pal | 274 | 0.20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44,100 | (29.40%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,50,080 | (85.3%) |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### 2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 127,439 | 79.00 | +16.70 |
| | AITC | Sk. Hasan Imam | 26,963 | 16.70 | +16.70 |
| | BJP | Asit Kumar Kundu | 7,010 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,00,476 | 62.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,410 | 82.1 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 35.17# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Benoy Datta | 104,067 | 62.30% |
| | AITC | Bivabindu Nandi | 50,324 | 30.10% |
| | INC | Sufal Jana | 12,757 | 7.60% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,743 | (32.10%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,67,338 | (85.4%) |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Krishna Chandra Santra | 98,011 | 53.40 |
| | CPI(M) | Asit Malik | 78,448 | 42.70 |
| | BJP | Sukumar Santra | 7,194 | 3.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,563 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,83,653 | 88.4% |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Krishna Chandra Santra | 107,579 | 54.90 |
| | CPI(M) | Asit Malik | 71,122 | 36.30 |
| | BJP | Murari Bera | 17,261 | 8.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,457 | 18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,962 | 86.1% |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+LF vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Arambagh (SC) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Madhusudan Bag | 103,108 | 46.88 |
| | AITC | Sujata Mondal Khan | 95,936 | 43.62 |
| | CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | 14,965 | 6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,172 | 3.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,19,960 | 84.98 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | |