# Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency

Ranaghat Uttar Purba is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Aranghata, Bahirgachhi, Dutta Fulia, Jugalkishore, Kamalpur and Raghunathpur Hijuli II gram panchayats of Ranaghat II community development block, and Bagula I, Bagula II, Mamjoan, Ramnagar Bara Chupria I and Ramnagar Bara Chupria II gram panchayats of Hanskhali community development block.
Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Ranaghat East and West were earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Ranaghat | Bijoy Krishna Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| | | Keshab Chandra Mitra | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Benoy Kumar Chatterjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Ranaghat East | Nitai Pada Sarkar | Communist Party of India |
| | Ranaghat West | Benoy Kumar Chatterjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Ranaghat East | Nitai Pada Sarkar | Communist Party of India |
| | Ranaghat West | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Ranaghat East | Naresh Chandra Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Ranaghat East | Nitaipada Sarkar | Communist Party of India |
| | Ranaghat West | Naresh Chandra Chaki | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Ranaghat East | Satish Chandra Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Ranaghat East | Satish Chandra Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Ranaghat East | Binay Krishna Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Ranaghat East | Binay Krishna Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Subhaas Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Ranaghat East | Binay Krishna Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Shankar Singha | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Ranaghat East | Asim Bala | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Shankar Singha | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Ranaghat East | Debendra Nath Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| | Ranaghat West | Aloke Kumar Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba | Samir Kumar Poddar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba | Samir Kumar Poddar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba | Ashim Biswas (politician) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ranaghat Uttar Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ashim Biswas | 116,786 | 54.39 |
| | AITC | Samir Kumar Poddar | 85,004 | 39.59 |
| | ISF | Dinesh Chandra Biswas | 5,204 | 2.42 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,359 | 1.10 |
| | BSP | Sanjit Kumar Mandal | 2,117 | 0.99 |
| | Independent | Apurba Lal Roy | 1,228 | 0.57 |
| | Independent | Kamal Sarkar | 1,065 | 0.50 |
| | BMP | Samir Kumar Biswas | 488 | 0.23 |
| | Purvanchal Mahapanchayet | Swadhin Biswas | 485 | 0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 214,736 | 81.05 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Babusona Sarkar of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Samir Kumar Poddar | 93,215 | 48.13 | −6.90 |
| | CPI(M) | Babusona Sarkar | 78,243 | 40.40 | +3.66 |
| | BJP | Nikhil Ranjan Sarkar | 15,467 | 7.99 | +4.33 |
| | BSP | Pradip Kumar Sarkar | 2,301 | 1.19 | −1.49 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,642 | 0.85 | +0.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,93,678 | 81.10 | −3.84 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Samir Poddar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Archana Biswas of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Samir Kumar Poddar | 93,836 | 55.03 | +11.72 |
| | CPI(M) | Archana Biswas | 62,644 | 36.74 | −11.12 |
| | BJP | Basudev Majumdar | 6,243 | 3.66 | |
| | BSP | Nanigopal Roy | 4,578 | 2.68 | |
| | Independent | Subhas Chandra Sarkar | 1,967 | | |
| | Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party | Anuva Sikder (Mallick) | 1,237 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,505 | 84.94 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +22.84 | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006 for the now defunct Hanskhali seat.

### 1977-2006

Till 2006, Ranaghat had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Ranaghat East and Ranaghat West. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

#### Ranaghat East

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Debendra Nath Biswas of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat East (SC) assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nilima Nag (Mallick) of Trinamool Congress. Asim Bala of CPI(M) defeated Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Akhil Kumar Majumdar of Congress in 1996 and 1991, and Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas of Congress in 1987. Satish Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Nitai Pada Sarkar, Independent, in 1982 and Sushil Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.

#### Ranaghat West

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Aloke Kumar Das of CPI(M) won the Ranaghat West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Shankar Singha of Congress. Shankar Singha of Congress defeated Jyotirmoyee Sikdar in 2001 and Sourendra Nath Nag of CPI(M) in 1996. Subhaas Basu of CPI(M) defeated Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1991. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) defeated Saradindu Biswas of Congress in 1987, Benoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1982, and Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress in 1977.

### 1967-1972
#### Ranaghat East

Nitaipada Sarkar of CPI won in 1972. Naresh Chandra Biswas of CPI(M) won in 1971. Nitai Pada Sarkar of CPI won in 1969 and 1967.

#### Ranaghat West

Naresh Chandra Chaki of Congress won in 1972. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI(M) 1971 and 1969. Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1967.

### 1951-1962 Ranaghat

In 1962 and 1957, there was a single seat for Ranaghat. Gour Chandra Kundu of CPI won in 1962. Benoy Kumar Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Ranaghat was a joint seat. Bijoy Krishna Sarkar and Keshab Chandra Mitra won the Ranaghat seat.